Work

I most recently served on Hawai’i Public Radio’s Senior Leadership Team as Director of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, where I focused on building relationships and evolving the station’s core strategic framework to center place, honor native culture and Kanaka, and engage in responsible impact. I’m the founder of the forthcoming daolabs culture studio, co-founder for the 2023 relaunch of the Sustainable Futures Institute, and a strategic advisor for numerous cultural, social enterprise, arts and consumer-facing projects and organizations.


Projects & Consulting

Various Clients 
Consultant & Freelance
Brand, Design Strategy, Communications, Experience, Copy, Product
2013 - Ongoing

Common Space Studio
Design Strategy & Brand Architecture
Projects: Xapiri Ground, Standford IDA, Tools for We
2020 - Ongoing

Roam Rentals Hawai’i
Lead Designer & Project Manager
Home Staging, Events, Brand Activations, Set & Props
2018 - 2023, O’ahu, Hawai’i

(life): Choreographed Inspiration for Business Leaders
Senior Design Strategist, Pilot Team
2016 - 2017, Richmond, Virginia

TEDxRVA (Richmond, Virginia)
Lead: Creative Experience & Audience Engagement
2015, 2016, 2017
Creative Producer, 2014
Co-Chair: Communications, 2013

Various Publications & Galleries
Arts & Culture Writer  
2008 - Ongoing


Formal Positions

Hawai’i Public Radio
Director of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives 
2023 - 2024, O’ahu, Hawai’i

Bess Press / daShop: Books + Curiosities 
Special Projects, Events & Retail 
2019 - 2022, O’ahu, Hawai’i

HNL Tool Library
Head of Community Engagement
2017 - 2018, O’ahu, Hawai’i

O’ahu Fresh
Marketing Manager
2017 - 2019, O’ahu, Hawai’i

Ravenchase Adventures
Director of Experience & Development 
2016 - 2017, Richmond, Virginia

Brooks Brothers
District Visual Coordinator
2010 - 2015, Richmond, Virginia

Anthropologie
Visual Sales Associate
2008 - 2010, Richmond, Virginia

Boards & Service

Denizen
Council Member
2024 - Ongoing
Community Member & Advisor
2020 - Ongoing

Pollinators For Change
Advisor & Pollinator 
2025 - Ongoing, Richmond, Virginia
       
Sustainable Futures Institute
Board Member, Advisor
2023 - Ongoing

HPR Generation Listen 
Leadership Team
2018 - 2020, O’ahu, Hawai’i

Kokua Market 
Member & Advisor to the Board
2018 - 2020, O’ahu, Hawai’i

HNL Tool Library 
Board Member
2017 - 2019, O’ahu, Hawai’i

Skills & Expertise

Systems & Process Design
Spatial Design & Curation
Pattern Recognition
Wisdom & Intuitive Insight
Information Synthesis & Structure
Two-eyed Seeing (Epistomological Diversity)
Strategic Planning
Facilitation
Visioning
Speaking, Writing & Communication
Ecosystem Strategies

College of William & Mary
B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies:
Cultural Theories and Applications of Art 
2007, Williamsburg, Virginia

American University of Rome
Communications 
2004, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
Advanced High School Diploma 
2003, Richmond, Virginia

Programs

Next Economy MBA
Lift Economy
Spring 2025, Virtual

Regenerative Leadership & Design Lab
Foundations of Regenerative Organizations
nRhythm
Summer & Fall 2023, Virtual

Emergent Leadership: Engaging the Future from Awakened Wholeness
Pacific Integral
Summer 2023, Virtual

Intro to Regenerative Economics
Capitol Institute 
Spring 2023, Virtual

Art of Communication, Non-Violent Communication 1
Art of Empathy, Non-Violent Communication 2
The Living Heart with Danny Cohen
Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Virtual

uLab: Leading from the Emergent Future
Presencing Institute, MIT / EdX
2020, Virtual


Communities of Learning

Ka Maka ‘Īnana, Place-Based Community Design
Purple Mai’a Foundation
Cohort 1 and 2, Alumni Network 
2019 - 2021, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Bright Future Now & Bright Future Network
Context Institute with Robert Gilman
Winter 2020, Virtual