Designer | Facilitator | Strategist | Artist | Veteran
I am an accomplished consultant, collaborative service designer, and visual communicator focusing on moving from idea to action. My work combines creative and pragmatic solutions that sit at the intersection of art, systems, and design. I work with service-focused individuals, businesses, organizations, and governmental entities.
My goal is to help people, organizations, and systems do their best work; to navigate through ambiguity and complexity while finding generative and adaptable solutions. My hope for my clients is to find what is true and useful, adopt an interactive and experimental mindset, and feel empowered to move forward. I strive to facilitate thoughtful solutioning and engagements that spark collective energy.
My secret sauce includes mixing design thinking, visual thinking, creative practice, thoughtful reflection, and systems thinking seasoned with pragmatism, authenticity, beautiful questions, and thought partnership. I believe in listening to the wisdom of the people I work with, honoring their experiences, and understanding different perspectives.
I don't always believe that we need new or innovative solutions, we may just need to rediscover or redesign what does work. We might need to have a thoughtful and reflective discussion about challenges. Or, we may need to engage with other modalities to bring insight forward.
I live in Tigard, Oregon and am a US Navy Veteran.
Clients Include:
Art of Hosting Olympia, Athena Group, Authentic Leadership Center at Naropa University, Bridge Management, Center for Health Innovation New Mexico, Bridgeport Elementary School, Clackamas County Early Learning Hub, Cocomotion, City of Tigard, College and Career Collaborative, College Housing Northwest, Concepts in Community Living, Confluence Environmental Center, Energy Trust of Oregon, Hearth and Truss, Human Systems Dynamics Institute, Innovative Housing Inc., It’s Our School, Kelvy Bird LLC, Metzger Elementary School, Nations Alliance, Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission, Oregon Solar Energy Industries, Our Table Farm, Pratt and Larson, Pacific Northwest Conference United Church of Christ, Presencing Institute, PSU Impact Summit, Productive Conflict, Resonate Consulting, Rotary Club of Portland, Samara Group, Technical Assent, Tigard Tualatin School District, Timbers Army, Union Creative Agency, WA Government Performance Consortium.
Trainings:
Nonprofit Management Certificate, Oregon State University, 2024
Human Systems Dynamics Associate, Human Systems Dynamics Institute, 2019
Foundations and Advanced Visual Practice, Presencing Institute, 2018 and 2019
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, 2018
Brain Based Coaching, NeuroLeadership Institute, 2018
Authentic Leadership Certificate, Naropa University, 2016
Level 1 Improv, Brody Theater, 2015
Graphic Facilitation, The Grove, 2015
Education:
M.F.A. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Collaborative Design, 2015
M.S. Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Science and Policy, 2013
B.S. Oregon State University, Environmental Science, 2000