About Me
Passion
I believe we have the opportunity to use technology to solve problems, connect communities, and build more effective change-making teams, and I'm committed to do so at as large a scale as possible.
I currently manage government projects as an employee-owner at Lullabot. I also support data reporting, collection, and analysis for the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, which works with small businesses in Michigan's capital region.
Leadership/Board Service:
2022-2024: Drupal Association Board of Directors
2020-2022: DC FemTech Advisory Board
2018-2020: Green America Board of Directors
2013-2020: Background-checked Girl Scouts troop leader and volunteer: San Diego, CA, Arlington,VA
Awards:
2024: Government Experience Award 2nd place for State of iowa
2021: Hack for Good, FutureHack, New Relic
2021: Impact Award, Lightning Awards, Pantheon
2019, 2018: NTENny Award, NTEN
Community:
2025: Organizer, DrupalGovCon
2021-2024: Speaker, DrupalCon North America
2019-2024: Pantheon Hero
2021: Keynote, Drupal Diversity Camp
updated: Nov 27, 2024
VALUES
Communication
Making space for a diversity of opinions, freely expressed and carefully considered, by a wide variety of individuals, typically leads to a better outcome.
Communication means brainstorming, sharing, and evaluating all options to find the best solution.
There are no stupid questions.
Honesty
When I face challenges and obstacles, being honest means I evaluate, accept where I currently stand, create a plan, and move forward --with others-- to make things better.
One day at a time...
One moment at a time.
The truth always sets me free.
Integrity
I strive to uniquely hone my gifts and determine what makes a more harmonious alignment with others.
I solve for my current project's pressing needs.
"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." - Janis Joplin
Articles
Blogging since 2007.
Highlighted
- What Equity Means to Us
(Lullabot, 08/05/2022) - From Pandemic to Community Power: Mutual Aid Network Wins FutureHack for Good
(New Relic Blog, 06/09/2021)
- Using Technology to Solve Community Problems
(Pantheon Blog, 06/07/2021)
- How we Determined Lullabot's Engineering Values
(Lullabot, 06/19/2020)
- Fostering Inclusion in Technology
(Lullabot, 03/06/2020)
- Twelve Tips for Planning
your .edu Drupal Development
(Lullabot, 09/27/2019)
More Posts
- 300 Reasons to be Grateful
(Make a Positive Difference, 07/11/2017) - 10 Ways to Build Community
(Green America, 09/15/2016) - My Advice, in 28 Tips for Living (Github, 02/01/2016)
- 25 Tips on How to Behave (FemaleFounders.info, 08/19/2015)
- Failure is always an Option (LinkedIn Pulse, 12/05/2014)
- Chatbots Magazine - Writer
- Women in Social Enterprise - Editor
- Hashtag Female Founders - Contributor
- WomenonBusiness.com - Guest Blogger
- TheGreenGirls.com - Guest Blogger
- BlogTalkRadio - Interview
- What Equity Means to Us
Speaking Engagements
Capital Area Tech
"Be SMART: Improve the Visual Display of your Reports"
DrupalCon Portland 2024
Layout Builder: Practical Advice from the Field
#Belonging - Beyond Inclusion: Building a Culture of True Equity, at DrupalCon 2023 Pittsburgh
Speaker with Ellie Fanning about belonging and inclusivity
a11y talks: Fostering Inclusion in Technology
Ten tips for fostering more inclusion in technology, based on a compilation of tips presented through a previously-published blog series.
Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Camp Keynote
Building a Mutual Aid Network on Drupal on Pantheon - 2021
The Women in Technology World Series
Online Festival, 2021: Introduction to Drupal on Pantheon
Florida Drupal Camp
Case Study: Converting an Environmental Nonprofit to Drupal, 2021
Drupal GovCon
100% Remote - Tips for Managing a Fully-Distributed Workforce, 2020
Introduction to Drupal on Pantheon
Setting up Drupal on Pantheon
slides - bit.ly/introtodrupal
video - http://bit.ly/drupalonpantheon-video#LGBTQIA in Tech - GEW 2019
Moderator for panel discussion on #LGBTQIA in technology
Topics
- Case Study: Converting to Drupal: Architecture, timeline, requirements to move a website onto Drupal 8. link
- Developing Good Data Practice
Data structures, content types, and planning for data collection link
- Action Plan for Diversity, Equity,& Inclusion
How to integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into an organization link
- Case Study: Converting to Drupal: Architecture, timeline, requirements to move a website onto Drupal 8. link
Public Engagements
Speaker Highlights
- Drupalcon 2024, Portland:
Co-presenter, DriesNote
Panelist, Layout Builder Practical Advice - Co-Speaker, Beyond Inclusion, DrupalCon 2024, Portland
- Co-Speaker, Beyond Inclusion, DrupalCon 2023, Pittsburgh
- Speaker, National Center for Employee Ownership Conference 2022, Seattle
- DrupalCon 2022, Organizer, Non-profit Summit, Portland
- Drupal Diversity and Inclusion Camp '21, Keynote
- Women in Technology World Series '21
- DrupalCon '21
- Florida DrupalCamp '21
- Pantheon Inclusive Leadership '21
- Tech Rebalanced '21
- Drupalcon 2024, Portland:
EDUCATION
Cornell University
B.S. in Environmental Systems Technology,
Division of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cornell UniversityTeam win for contest in student engineering: "A Learning Car for Kids" - technology for children with developmental disabilities
Activities: Work Study
Entrepot Deli, Risley Dining, Blauvelt Lab, PEWS ILR
Pianist at Catholic Mass
Praxis Literary JournalInstitute for Shipboard Education
Spring Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh
Travelled to 10 port cities in 100 days on the SS Universe
Itinerary:Nassau, Bahamas
La Guaira, Venezuela
Salvador, BrazilCape Town, South Africa
Mombasa, Kenya
Madras, India
Penang, Malaysia
Hong Kong
Keelung, Taiwan
Kobe, Japan
Seattle, Washington, USA
Activities: Yearbook, Shipboard AuctionCONNECT
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