About
SignalFire
Head of Community
Free Machine
Founder, Head of Policy
XPRIZE
Manager, AI XPRIZE
City of New York
Senior Planner, Housing Preservation & Development
University of New Orleans
Master's, Urban Planning
Pace University
B.A., Political Science
Why I joined M13: M13's perspective that community and network are core to helping grow successful companies resonates with my point of view and life experience. As M13’s Director, Network & Community, I believe in connecting the right people at the right time and hearing about them making magic together.
A transformative moment in my career: After graduate school, in post-Katrina New Orleans, I ran a community and economic development organization that convened five neighborhoods of vastly different socio-economic background and perspectives to improve an important commercial street in the city's Upper Ninth Ward. By being at the center of contentious conversations and liaising with New Orleans cultural icons; city, state, and federal officials; and local business owners, I gained great respect for people who fight daily to preserve and grow the fundamental elements of the richness of life and living.
What energizes me about working with entrepreneurs: Their vision on finding unique problems and chipping away at them until the solution becomes clear.
