Throughout my career, I’ve guided Fortune 500 companies, federal policymakers, and national nonprofits navigate complex policy environments. I am an active board member of several non-profits, university systems, and political advocacy organizations. Recognized by peers as a top lobbyist here and here.

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At Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), I serve as the global Global Head of Government Affairs & External Relations where I connect and align our brand, vision, and mission with political stakeholders, ed-tech thought leaders, public and private educational systems, think-tanks, and other relevant third-party organizations. I am responsible for maintaining fluency on all legislative and regulatory matters across +10 international markets.

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As the former Senior Direction of External Affairs at Young Invincibles, I sat on our executive leadership team and oversaw the policy, research and communications departments across 5 states and Washington DC. My role was to identify and partner with on the ground allied groups, young adult spokespeople and academic experts to grow our brand and support our policy proposals. In that time, we passed more than 10 bipartisan proposals into law, grew organizational social presence by 24% on Instagram and 32% on YouTube; and increased external policy partners by 55%

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Through BTS Advisors, I consulted with large and small organizations to identify and leverage strategic opportunities within the federal government. Our clients focused on appropriations, energy technology, supply-chain manufacturing, and labor policy. We secured more than $2.1 million in federal appropriations, increased elected-official testimonials by 33%, and delivered over 20 top-tier media placements.

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As a former Vice President at Cassidy & Associates, I’ve represented dozens of Fortune 500 companies to help protect their brands and expand their political impact. As a lobbyist I worked to protect semiconductor supply chains, formulated and crafted artificial intelligence appropriations policy and congressional strategy, amended our tax code to expand various tax provisions, and fought copyright infringement against foreign competitors.

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As a former staffer to Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and Edolphus Towns (D-OH), I owned a portfolio focused on the Appropriations, Education & Workforce, Energy and Commerce and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees. I was the liaison to other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, as well as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, New Dems Coalition, DCCC, and Leadership offices. I worked to secure legislative wins to expand broadband across rural communities across Ohio, authored legislation to improve multimodal connectivity and increase connections for populations with limited transportation options; and worked to protect retirement plans from collapsing in 2014 under the Kline-Miller Multi-employer Pension Reform Act.