Energy- and climate-focused clients:

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• Center for Carbon Removal
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
• Center for Energy and Environment
• Energy Systems Integration Group
• Great Plains Institute
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Technologies Area
• Southeast Climate Hub, US Department of Agriculture
• State Climate Office of North Carolina
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• University of California – Los Angeles Institute for Carbon Management

Clients working on science, education, and related policy more broadly:

• National Academy of Sciences
  • Board on Higher Education and Workforce
  • Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
  • Committee on Science, Technology, and Law
  • Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Resilient America Roundtable
• Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)
• Arizona State University
  • New Carbon Economy Consortium
  • Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development
• University of Minnesota
  • Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
  • College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • School of Architecture
  • University of Minnesota Extension

Projects

Although much of my work involves internal documents such as grants, strategic planning documents, and other kinds of analysis, here is a selection of documents that I’ve written or edited that are public-facing.

Developmental and Substantive Editing: Reports

	Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Guides for 22 Agricultural Commodities Southeast Climate Hub, US Department of Agriculture	Over a period of one year, worked with USDA staff and with subject matter experts in each of the 22 commodities to develop a preparedness and recovery guide that is both specific to the commodity and includes general recommendations for agricultural producers in the US Southeast.
	“Getting to Zero: A U.S. Climate Agenda” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions	Performed substantive editing and copy editing.
	“Strengthening Post-Hurricane Supply Chain Resilience” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine	Provided developmental commenting and copy editing.
	“New Carbon Economy Consortium: Building Research Programs to Support 21st Century Economic Opportunity” Arizona State University and Center for Carbon Removal	Wrote workshop summary, utilizing contributions from scientific experts, which formed the launching off point for the New Carbon Economy Consortium’s expanded, multi-disciplinary innovation plan.
	“Building and Measuring Community Resilience” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine	Provided developmental commenting and copy editing.
	“E21 Initiative Phase II Report: On Implementing a Framework for a 21st Century Electric System in Minnesota” Great Plains Institute	Edited three white papers on performance-based compensation, integrated systems planning, and grid modernization, out of which are growing e21 pilot projects and continued stakeholder engagement.
	“Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate” Union of Concerned Scientists	Worked with a team of policy analysts through a substantive edit and a final copyedit to create a report and fact sheets tailored to the needs of state policymakers and economic development organizations.
	“A Defining Framework for Intelligent Efficiency” American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy	This began as a developmental review to help a team of policy experts and private sector participants articulate their conceptual innovation around intelligent efficiency. Two substantive edits and one copyedit later, this report formed the foundation for a powerful organizing principle now used widely in the energy efficiency world.
	“Energy-Fit Homes” Center for Energy and Environment and Neighborhood Energy Connection Download a PDF	Somewhere between heavy substantive editing and rewriting, I helped the authors clarify their framework for assisting the real estate industry in assessing and certifying energy efficiency of homes on the market.
	“Leveraging Natural Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions	Before: seven articles each authored by an academic expert, exhibiting different, often hard-to-read styles. After: one report, one voice, consistent language and concepts, accessible to an interested non-expert.
	“Weathering the Storm: Building Business Resilience to Climate Change” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions	Substantive editing for a report and case studies demonstrating forward-looking, effective private sector responses to climate change.
	“Charting Michigan’s Renewable Energy Future” Union of Concerned Scientists	A substantive edit and copyedit of a report outlining the benefits of moving rapidly to increasing amounts of clean energy for Michigan.

Writing: Summaries and Briefs

	“Maintaining Reliability in Power Grids with High Levels of Wind and Solar” Energy Systems Integration Group
	“Evolving Grid Codes and Standards for a Power System in Transition” Energy Systems Integration Group
	Report summary, “Leveraging Natural Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Download a PDF
	“Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia” National Academy of Sciences; Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
	“Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy” National Academy of Sciences; Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

Developmental and Substantive Editing: Books and Book-length Reports

	Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax Susan D. Jones Professor, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
	Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions National Academy of Sciences Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
	Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement Freeman Hrabowski President, University of Maryland – Baltimore County