My passion lies at the intersection of environmental sustainability and economic development. I earned my undergraduate degree in geography at Middlebury College, and I started working at the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank. I also worked at the National Geographic Society and the World Wildlife Fund, all within a year after undergrad. A year later, I joined the World Bank and started working for their environment and natural resources department and, within that, the economics unit. I worked on environmental economics and policy, including reports on the economic cost of coastal degradation in West Africa, the health cost of air pollution in the Middle East, and the sustainable oceans economy in Indonesia.

2020 was an eventful year: I got married to my better half Melissa, adopted a rescue dog, Sosa, and came to Princeton during the pandemic. My favorite classes at SPIA were Energy Economics with Amy Craft and Economic Analysis of Development with Anne Case. My goal is to work on economic and financial policies that can incentivize the transition to a net-zero carbon emissions future. I’d like to combine my analytical and technical skills with an impact-making perspective to achieve this goal.