My passion lies in managing large-scale creative projects with big statements and impact. I have a knack for envisioning final outcomes, identifying the best team to get the job done, and managing complex moving parts in order to manifest substantial products.
My talents have evolved from nearly 20 years of working in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. Prior to becoming an independent creative, I managed projects, teams, businesses, and properties in highly collaborative contexts. I’ve worked on the frontline of some of the most challenging conservation issues in the American West, including field researching the rarest carnivores in North America, such as grizzlies and wolverines. I’ve coordinated major public education campaigns for Idaho Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service, implementing landscape-scale communication strategies to educate a diverse public on natural resources. I’ve managed a preserve and cattle ranch, managed the world-class Henry’s Fork Lodge, and co-planned major networking and media events (like Jackson Wild).
That past research and management experience, combined with my creativity, has allowed me to take on collaborations that require serious team effort, ranging from scripting and producing outdoor and travel films to generating award-winning branded content. Within the project matrix, I often assume the role of writer alongside manager. My work has evolved into projects like Legacy of the Land, a 300-page coffee table book detailing a ranch history and including the contributions of 150+ museums, private collections, artists, essayists, and others.
I’ve ghostwritten on the behalf of a U.S. President, penned nonfiction that was listed as "Notable" in Best American Essays, and my branded content has garnered several Addy Awards. In addition, my script writing with Off the Grid Studios has won categories at The Drake Fly Fishing Film Awards. While my home base for the last 20 years has been the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, my work has carried me from Scotland to Cuba to the Seychelles. I was a 2015 recipient of a spot at the prestigious Tin House Workshop and a 2023 writer-in-residence at the University of Utah Taft-Nicholson Center.
I hold a BAs in Art History and Spanish from Washington and Lee University, as well as a master’s from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, for which I completed my graduate work on human-wildlife conflict in Namibia. For several years, I served on the board of the Henry’s Fork Foundation, the conservation group which originally brought me to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.