I've spent 20 years in communications, and the settings rarely looked alike. My career has taken me through newsrooms, higher education, nuclear energy, financial services, sports, nonprofits, political campaigns, and federal health consulting.

For nine years, I supported CDC as a consultant, advising senior leaders on communications strategy, organizational change, and complex public health challenges. I've directed teams, overseen a $71 million federal health portfolio, and led campaigns across the U.S. and internationally. I've also managed communications through natural disasters and a pandemic, supported enterprise technology transformations, and led grantmaking and health equity strategy for a regional nonprofit.

I've never been particularly interested in doing something a certain way just because that's how it's always been done. I like taking apart problems that haven't been solved, questioning the assumptions behind them, and figuring out what might work better. Sometimes the problem is the message. Sometimes it's the strategy, the process, or an organization that's lost sight of the people it's supposed to serve.

I like change. I like building things. And I'm comfortable challenging an approach that isn't working, even when it's the familiar one. But change has to accomplish something. The point isn't to do things differently for the sake of it. It's to make things work better and bring people along.

MPA, University of Georgia · BS, Journalism, Syracuse University