ONGOING EDUCATION

• 2025, Sustainable Regional Principles, Planning and Transportation, The Johns Hopkins University

• 2025, Thriving in an AI Future with Seth Godin, Udemy

• 2025, 1.5° Lifestyles: Mainstreaming Everyday Sustainability, Lund University

• 2025, Certified, NYC Trash Academy, Sanitation Foundation, New York

• 2025, Sustainable Tourism, University of Copenhagen

• 2025, AI, Empathy & Ethics, University of California, Santa Cruz

• 2025, Global Environmental Management, Technical University of Denmark

• 2025, Artificial Intelligence: Ethics & Societal Challenges, Lund University

• 2024, Beyond Plastic Pollution w/Judith Enck, Bennington College

• 2024, AI, Business & the Future of Work, Lund University

• 2024, Building Compassion from the Inside Out, Compassionate Institute

• 2024, Generative AI for Leaders, Vanderbilt University

• 2024, Google AI Essentials, Google

• 2023, Circular Economy Sustainable Materials Management, Lund University

• 2023, ESG and Climate Change, Wharton, UPENN

• 2023, The Sustainable Development Goals, University of Copenhagen

• 2023, Design for Sustainability, SCAD / PMI Institute

• 2023, Agile Leadership and Resilient Teams, Noble Work Foundation

• 2021, Compassionate Directness, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Digital Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Servant Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Collaborative Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Leading and Managing with the Whole Self, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, Self-Awareness, Authenticity and Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

• 2021, The Science of Happiness, University of California, Berkeley

• 2021, The Science of Well-Being for Educators, Yale University (Invitation-only)

• 2021, The Science of Well-Being, Yale University

• 2020, Inner Engineering, Isha Foundation

• 2020, Brand Safety Officer, Brand Safety Institute

• 2019, Innovation and Creativity, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

• 2019, Strategic Thinking, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

• 2019, Coaching, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

• 2019, Hiring, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

• 2019, Leading People, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

• 2011–2012, Sustainable Design Entrepreneur Program, FIT

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

• Certified Climate Reality Leader, Climate Reality Leadership Corps (2023, 2024, 2025)

• Terra.do

• The Oxygen Project Cooperative

• Acrylic Recycling Workshop with Off Cut Studio, MakeHaven / Yale CEID

• Precious Plastic

• Beyond Plastics, Grassroots Advocacy (2023, 2024, 2025)

• Kombucha Leather Workshop with Yale microbiologist Nora Pyenson, Ph.D.

MEMBER / SUPPORTER / CONTRIBUTOR

• Women And Climate

• WECAN (Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network)

• Creatives For Climate

• Clean Creatives

• Plastic Pollution Coalition

• The Carbon Almanac Network

• Save the Sound, Cleanup Captain, International Coastal Cleanup

• The Climate Reality Project Southern CT Chapter

• Sierra Club

• Ash Creek Conservation Association

• Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition

• Project Limulus, Seaside Park Beach Captain

• Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (BF+DA)

EARTH-FRIENDLY PROJECTS

THE CARBON ALMANAC
(Difference Maker) Invited by best-selling author Seth Godin to help promote The Carbon Almanac, named Data Literacy’s “Most Insightful Data Book” of 2022. Spearheaded the online fashion sustainability resource guide. Contributed to the creation of the LinkedIn course “34 Things to Know About Carbon and Climate.” Produced a standalone event for the global book signing, created content for “The Daily Difference.” Initiated outreach efforts to leaders in sustainability and climate action. Created an independent project and launched it at Art Basel Miami Beach / Miami Art Week and ARCO Madrid.

HASBRO PROJECT UPCYCLE
(Judge and Grand Prize Award Designer) Invited judge for Hasbro Corporation’s internal upcycling design competition at the Providence headquarters. Designed Grand Prize Award using reclaimed Hasbro plastic toys and other objects and materials from a collection we rescued from the local landfill.

BOOKDRIVE
(Cofounder) An ongoing collection of curated industry books donated by agencies and creative professionals then distributed to students enrolled in design programs at high schools, colleges, and universities. The program gives a second life to books that contain career-critical information and creative inspiration to aspiring creatives and emerging professionals.

PUSH DESIGN CAMP
(Cofounder) A 3-day design camp for creative professionals on picturesque Block Island — packed with design workshops, salons, talks, and hands-on activities. Special events included farm-to-table gourmet meals, a natural-clay spa at Mohegan Bluffs, a for-good design project with the Ocean View Foundation, a felting workshop at North Light Fibers micro yarn mill, and a private design talk by former Crate and Barrel visual design director Carolyn Collins, followed by a tour, wine-tasting and shopping event her one-of-a-kind shop, the Lazy Fish.

MEGAGLAM & MEGAGLAM VINTAGE
(Founder) MegaGlam® is a sustainable on-demand streetwear and upcycled apparel brand. MegaGlam Vintage is a pop-up, online vintage and secondary market apparel reseller with personal shopping and styling services. MegaGlam Landfill Luxuries™ is a line of one-of-a-kind accessories made from high-quality goods and materials we rescue for reuse. Our regenerative approach aims to keep textiles out of landfills, reduce carbon emissions and chemical pollution caused by clothing production, and lower water consumption.

THE PLASTIC HORSE RESCUE™
(Founder) It’s not easy to impart information on tough topics that harm living things, add to climate change, and pollute our bodies and earth to the degree that plastic does. It often causes overwhelm or boredom, as the list of chemicals used in plastics alone exceeds 16,000. Horses capture something universal—their grace, spirit, and connection to freedom resonate across cultures and generations. Having grown up with a horse as my BFF, I understand this deep attraction. Even their plastic replicas seem to tap into the emotions that draw people to real horses. Through our ongoing efforts to save plastic horses, ponies, and the occasional unicorn from landfills, The Plastic Horse Rescue uses this emotional bond to educate and delight, making difficult environmental conversations more accessible through something people can readily connect to.

 REJECT FOUND + MADE
(Cofounder) Concept reuse store dealing in vintage apparel, used books, mid-century art, and furnishings — plus lighting crafted from natural stone, scrapyard metal, and acrylic by FreshBeam. Reject’s circular economy model has been actualized as a brick-and-mortar store,  through strategic retail pop-ups, and as a dedicated seller at a 75,000-square-foot antique market.

MAKER / DESIGNER

• 2010–present, MegaGlam® Vintage, Landfill Luxuries™ and the Plastic Horse Rescue™

• 2010–present, The Weather sKwirl™ — the world’s only pink weather-loving climate superhero

• 2011/12, A Better World by Design Expo Showcase, Brown University, Providence

• 2012, “We Want Your Trash,” A Better World by Design RISD/Brown University Gala, The Steelyard (1 of 5 artists chosen from 100+ entries for an exhibition of art produced from discarded materials.)

• 2010, Project Storefronts, Elm City Handmade, New Haven

• 2010, Design Ignites Change, an invitational sustainable design project with Mohawk

• 2008, BookDrive™ — a program repurposing design trade books to college students and emerging designers