Currently

Public Policy Analyst at ICF International, Inc.

Education

2014 - 2018 University of Massachusetts Amherst BA Economics, 3.8 GPA

2017 University of Massachusetts Amherst Certificate in Applied Economic Research on Cooperative Enterprises

2021 SIS Data Analytics Competition, Top 3 finisher, Link to Presentation

Current Public Policy Analyst, ICF International, Inc

Use Excel to model economic impacts related to proposed and final rulemakings. Results are conveyed to government officials by drafting of a regulatory impact assessment (RIA).
Clean and organize data in R. Experience building data pipeline in R that processes and aggregates IMPLAN modeling results into single Excel file.
Developed method of analyzing public comments in R by calculating their Euclidian distance from a reference sentence. This allowed for automation in the analysis of over 15k comments.

2018 - 2020 Junior Economist, ICF International, Inc

Modeled the economic impacts of new land-based wind, photovoltaic solar, and transmission line developments in New Mexico using JEDI models in tandem with IMPLAN. Further assisted in subsequent report writing. Study findings were posted on RETA’s website: https://nmreta.com/nm-reta-storage-study/
Assisted in the analysis of proposed federal programs to accelerate the deployment of zero or near-zero emissions heavy duty vehicles. Roles included data cleaning in R, developing REMI inputs, conducting REMI analysis, data visualization, and technical writing.

2017 - 2018 Economic Assistant Intern, Regional Economic Models, Inc.

Test public policy and transportation econometric models for functionality and consistency before they are sent to clients.
Make changes to transportation, tax, energy or policy model forecasts as requested by economists.

2017 Research Intern, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Performed a statistical analysis using IMPLAN to quantify the economic impact of the Leverett Village Co-op in Amherst.
Measured the environmental impact of the co-op’s composting efforts through the utilization of the EPA’s WARM tool.
Designed and conducted in store surveys to collect data on the co-op’s customer base. Subsequent survey data was analyzed through cross tabulation in SAS.

2016 Operations Intern, Cape Cod Baseball League

Assisted in the production of the All Star Game and the Fenway Park Scouting Workout
Utilize communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills to help assist MLB scouts, television networks, and team personnel during game day.