Cofounder, The Avarna Group | May. 2015-Present

Cofounder and partner in a venture dedicated to creating pathways, providing resources, and innovating strategies that support the outdoor and environmental sector in their evolution toward diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ). Have supported over 300 organizations, agencies, and institutions in this sector with learning experiences, assessments, implementation planning, mentorship and coaching, intentional convenings, and resources.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, Montana State University | Bozeman, MT | Aug. 2015-May 2016

Taught undergraduate level classes on multicultural education to aspiring teachers; topics include diversity, inclusion, and educational equity, culturally responsive pedagogy, and culturally relevant curriculum development.

Diversity & Inclusion Director, Camber Outdoors (née Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition) | Boulder, CO | May 2015-Sep. 2015

Left two years of board service to build a foundation for diversity and inclusion by creating baseline culture assessments and curating best practices surrounding gender equity in the human powered outdoor industries.

Diversity & Inclusion Manager & Outdoor Educator, National Outdoor Leadership School | Lander, WY | Feb. 2011-May 2015

Developed and implemented strategy, programs, and policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for a community of 1,000 staff and 20,000 annual graduates in 22 locations worldwide.

Lawyer | May 1999-Feb. 2010

Throughout a decade of practice—including with Fenwick & West, LLP, Downey Brand Attorneys, as a solo practitioner in Wyoming, and with humanitarian organizations—I gained valuable expertise in advocacy, especially for marginalized groups. Accomplishments include: serving as a state of Wyoming guardian ad litem, representing the best interests of minor youth impacted by court cases; prevailing in civil rights case against an oil company on behalf of American Indian employee subjected to race-based harassment and retaliatory termination; prevailing in a touchstone First Amendment lawsuit involving free speech and Internet anonymity; and aligning with the ACLU in amicus curiae brief on diversity in California textbooks.

NGO Coordination Centre liaison, Centre for Social Justice | Gujarat, India | February-August 2001

Served as investigator and liaison between donors and Tsunami-affected villages in South India; represented victims of 2001 Gujarat earthquake in seeking equitable (class, religion, and caste-blind) support from government and NGOs; helped draft state Disaster Management Code.

Engineer, Multiple Employers | CA | May 1992-April 2006

Undertook engineering and groundwater hydrology projects for public and private clients, including the Environmental Sciences Division of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, General Electric Nuclear Energy (GE), Accenture Consulting, Hewlett Packard, and municipalities and irrigation districts throughout the West; persuaded GE’s nuclear power plant administrators to adopt sustainable mixed waste management methods; involved in studies related to re-population of Marshall Islands following hydrogen bomb testing that ravaged them in the 1950s; conducted groundwater analysis proving that continued development in Las Vegas is not sustainable, resulting in Las Vegas Sun exposé; helped develop a compound that detected byproducts of nuclear arms manufacturing in downstream water.