Partnership Building and Engagement
Net Zero Roadmap
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NY and NY
The development of the Net Zero Roadmap required extensive internal engagement across the Port Authority’s line departments, including airports, ports, real estate, transit, and bridges and tunnels. Each engagement activity was tailored to the audience and purpose of the session, which ensured we gathered all necessary inputs to guide roadmap development, share knowledge across line departments, and ultimately build a network of champions to support implementation.
Resilient Strategies, 100RC
Various cities
I led the development and implementation of approaches that brought together internal city government departments and external stakeholders, through large in-person workshops, smaller break-out groups and activities, and one-on-one sessions. The content and structure of each engagement was tailored to the participants and the purpose of the session. I successfully built partnerships and gathered inputs that supported the team’s understanding of each city’s unique context, which supported the identifaction of specific projects and actions required to realize a resilient future. The successful implementation of the resilience strategies required a strong network of partnerships from across geographies and sectors that come together to deliver initiatives.
Bay Area Transit Recovery Vision
COVID-19 Scenario Planning
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
I designed and organized engagement sessions that brought together industry and technical experts with the project team and Bay Area transit agency representatives to discuss challenges, identify opportunities, and reach consensus for recommendations and scenario development. Small, focused sessions were organized to focus on key issues and specific transit agencies, which facilitated deep dive discussions.
2070 Regional Strategy
SPUR, San Francisco, CA
I designed, prepared, and facilitated a wide range of engagement activities and partner building approaches throughout the strategy development process. Engagement included: in-person workshops and design charettes, virtual sessions with industry experts and Bay Area stakeholders, public campaigns to gather input, working sessions to co-design recommendations, and small target sessions to test specific ideas with stakeholders and experts.
Pride Americas Employee Resource Group
AECOM, Americas
As the President of the Employee Resource Group (ERG), a key responsibility was to develop an extensive and engaging range of activities that were aimed to promote ERG successes, share knowledge, create connections, highlight issues relevant to the ERG, and to create community of members. Some engagement activities included: inviting external LGBTQ+ speakers to share their stories and facilitated a Q+A section with participants, panel discussions focused on specific issues and dates of remembrance for the LGBTQ+ community, networking and informal sessions which were intended to build and celebrate the community, in-person pride parade attendance, and professional job fair attendance.