• Analyzed variances between planned v. actual financial and operational performance of recently acquired pellet plants valued up to $200M, interviewed 10 key employees to identify lessons learned, and provided recommendations to executive leadership to curtail future unplanned costs. • Benchmarked key historical data across projects to improve cross-plant analysis, improving baseline and target-setting for potential acquisitions and new constructions.
• Identified and completed risk analyses for power market mechanisms for monetizing capacity and ancillary services for an international electric storage company, presented to executive leadership.
• Built a visual and informational catalog of 118 corporate sustainability reports and identified key trends to improve research efficiency and client engagement. Presented findings to reporting team. • Developed a scoring calculator for CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) questionnaire that identified gaps in clients’ responses, increasing the overall scores for over 5 clients.
• Conducted geospatial analyses and wrote findings for the 2017 Estuaries Report Card, raising community environmental awareness and influencing local policy to recover regional estuarine health. • Produced marketing materials for a county policy initiative, passing an 84% referendum vote to continue county funding for public conservation land acquisition and management.
• Managed a team of 50 student volunteers and 3 student workers, creating marketing materials and pitching in classes to recruit over 150 students to attend 16 UGA Costa Rica study abroad programs.
Lisa Aukamp Payne Scholarship recipient. Duke Interdisciplinary Social Innovators: Executive Board. Fall Exchange at Rotterdam School of Management. Young Trustee Screening Committee. IXL Innovation Olympics, 2nd Place. Fuqua Energy Club’s Week-In-Cities coordinator. Fuqua Net Impact and Improv clubs. Duke Triathlon Club.
Merit scholarship recipient. Duke Interdisciplinary Social Innovators. Graduate & Professional Student Council. NC State B-Corp Clinic. Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic. Nicholas Net Impact and Energy clubs.
- LEED
- CDP
- R programming
- ArcGIS
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Excel