I am a Midwest-based public policy and government affairs leader with expertise in partnerships and coalition development. I am currently at the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. I am currently working on implementing federal programs like the Inflation Reduction Act such that public funding actually serves communities of color and results in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions -- not just topping off the status quo. Before RAF, I was the Policy Director for the Mississippi River Network and prior to that the Water Policy Director at the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. I served as a political appointee for the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of International Affairs.