I am Vice President of Operations for the National Alliance of Public Charter School where I am responsible for strategic planning and operations for the charter sector's federal advocate. Previously, I was Vice President of Public Policy, leading the Education and Workforce; and Information and Technology Committees for Business Roundtable. I successfully led Business Roundtable's cyber security advocacy strategy resulting in House passage of bi-partisan cyber security legislation. Previously, I served Seattle Public School District as its Director of the School Support Services Division, Director of Business Systems and Special Assistant to the Chief Financial Operations Officer, respectively. For that school district, I led enterprise-wide operational and strategic initiatives such as: creation of balanced scorecards and performance metrics for the central office; delivery of business process redesign training to hundreds of employees; collaborative budget development and served as district operations subject-matter-expert in labor negotiations with Seattle's teacher union. I continue to advise districts on leading practices in contract negotiations and implementation of performance management initiatives.

Prior to Seattle, I was Visiting Attorney for Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Bankengruppe's Office of Legal and Executive Strategy in Frankfurt, Germany. In this role, I focused on public-private partnerships and the European carbon emission credits trading system, and advised on several aspects of U.S. law. I started my career with IBM Business Consulting Services where as a Strategy Consultant I focused on enterprise architecture and change management with several federal and state government customers.

I participate in the Broad Foundation Network, Aspen Institute Socrates Network, ConvergeUS Innovation Fellow Network, Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Alumni Association and Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Alumni Association. In my spare time I work with social ventures on strategy and ideation, I also a founding board member of two social ventures: Class Action and Health for America.

I earned a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School, M.S. in Public Policy and Management Studies from Carnegie Mellon University and B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Washington.