Professional Highlights

1996: Graduated from the Galloway School

1999: Graduated from Duke University (BA–Political Science)

2000-01: Taught at Taipei American School (Taiwan)

2004: Graduated from Duke University School of Law (JD)

2004-09: Practiced law at McKenna Long & Aldridge

2010-13: Founded and ran GeorgiaForward, a public policy non-profit

2013-15: Chief Operating Officer of College Advising Corps, a $30M+ non-profit focused on increasing college access for low-income and first-generation college students

2015-17: Director of Strategy, Boston Consulting Group

2017: Elected to the Atlanta City Council 

2021: Reelected to the Atlanta City Council

2018-24: Worked at CARE USA, most recently as Executive Director of US Programs

SERVICE AND RECOGNITION

Co-founder and Board Chair, Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund, 2021-present

Board Chair, GeorgiaForward, 2023-present

Board Member, Georgia Municipal Association

Civil Society Fellow, The Aspen Institute, 2021-2024

Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2013-2018

Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund of United States, 2011

Georgia’s Most Influential, Notable Georgian, Georgia Trend Magazine, 2011-2013, 2019

Leadership Atlanta, 2013