My first NESEA event was serving as a volunteer at Building Energy Boston when I was a new intern at Bright Power in 2012. I've been involved ever since! Over the last 10+ years, I’ve participated in many events that NESEA has to offer, served several years on the content committee for Building Energy NYC (including its first year ever), co-chaired the conference in 2020 and was elected to the NESEA Board of Directors in 2020. Currently, I am the NESEA Board of Directors Vice Chair and DEI Liaison, serving as a connection between the board and NESEA community in ensuring we are meeting our DEI commitments and listening to our members. I will be helping to convene the first ever Diversity Caucus at BE-NYC this year! NESEA is deeply engrained in my professional career and so near and dear to my heart.

I believe in NESEA’s strategic plan, mission, and the criticality of NESEA’s work in our industry. Whether it’s connecting people, getting the word out, developing and mentoring businesses or supporting emerging professionals, NESEA’s work is core to advancing our industry on several fronts. I’ve seen the passion, creativity, and attention that both existing and previous board members bring to developing NESEA’s strategy and I have been inspired to do the same. It would be an honor to continue working with the board, representing New York City, learning from others across our region, and continuing to expand NESEA’s potential to make great change.

Workforce development and mentorship are very compelling to me and so important, as our industry has larger tailwinds than ever before and not enough people to do the work. Pairing that with diversifying the types of people we build up and interact with in our community is a huge passion of mine. NESEA has several programs and pilots tailored to this, but we’re only scratching the surface. NESEA has a huge community, a large data set of demographic information and strong connections in the industry that we can continue to leverage. On top of that, I believe there are more programs and partnerships NESEA can pursue to advance these initiatives even further. If re-elected, I would continue as DEI liaison to the community - working directly with the board and NESEA staff to create several data driven, realistic strategies to take our work above and beyond in these areas.