I am a Senior Design Researcher #opentowork, Founder of Amble, and Co-Editor of Campfire Stories.

With a background in industrial design and human-centered design, my work leads to insights that help organizations build products, brands, services and programs that achieve their mission and further their impact in the world.

As a facilitator, convener, and strategist, I apply a design-thinking approach to help identify opportunities and clarity in the chaos, while finding unconventional, creative ways of solving problems. For over 12 years, I’ve led the research and strategy for projects with mission-driven organizations and individuals creating impact in the fields of: health and wellness, arts and culture, publishing, transportation, environment, telecommunications, and higher education.

Over the last decade, I’ve also pursued meaningful self-driven passion projects and professional endeavors focused on supporting environmental conservation efforts and organizations, including Amble and Campfire Stories.

In all of my work, I’m in constant pursuit of keeping a promise to an earthworm I met when I was five-years old—to protect it and all the other wormies in the world. I'm based just outside of Philadelphia, PA but forever dreaming of living in a small seacoast town. When not dreaming of my next pursuit, I can be found playing in nearby creeks with my two girls and plotting our next adventure.

PAST

• Senior Design Researcher at frog: 2021-2023

• Design Research, UX & Strategy Consultant: 2018-2021

• Senior Design Researcher & UX Strategist at P'unk Ave: 2012 - 2018

• UX Designer & Strategist at andCulture: 2011 - 2012

• Organizer for Junto, a retreat for business leaders working to create a more thoughtful world: 2014 - 2016

• Design Fellow at the Mayor's Office of Sustainability for the City of Philadelphia

• Design & Communications Fellow at GoodCompany Ventures