I am a versatile visual communications designer with over 16 years of professional experience. I enjoy a broad spectrum of design challenges and engaging people in activities and lifestyle choices that I feel passionate about: green spaces, nature conservancy, public transportation, and healthy, livable communities. 

Most recently, I co-founded and led the product design team at Ecocrumb, a Techstars-backed software company focused on sustainability management in healthcare. With a focus on usability and stakeholder engagement, our mission was to help hospitals and health systems reduce their energy and waste, save money, and support their goals for planetary health. Other experience includes being a founder and design partner at Humbleweed Creative and BUOY Sustainable Strategy where I helped mission-driven companies effectively communicate their sustainability and improve their environmental impacts. 

I have advocated for deeper design thinking and sustainability in the graphic design field through my involvement and leadership with AIGA—serving as Associate Director of Sustainable Design and Chair of the 2013 AIGA (Re)design Awards, an international competition recognizing excellence in environmentally and socially responsible design. 

I have served on non-profit boards and chaired my city's environmental commission. I also hold a Masters in Sustainable Design from MCAD and co-authored Ecosketchbook: Design for Sustainability.

I strongly believe that designers have a responsibility to design sustainably. We must leverage our position in the trenches of design along with our expertise in problem solving to create better systems and products, communicate more meaningful information, influence sustainable behaviors, and engage in community building.