Investor Leadership Network

Type
Institutional Investor

Date
May 2025 - present

The ILN was created in 2018 under the G7 and is composed of 12 global institutional investors, including pension plans, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds across six countries with over US$10 trillion in assets under management.

I support the ILN's Climate Change Action Committee navigate the crowded space of climate data providers by providing a framework for evaluating rigor, completeness, and transparency of offerings. Other deep-dive topics include mapping network risks and cascading impacts, asset-level risk management options, quantifying ROI, portfolio-level resilience strategies, and adaptation investment opportunities.

N4EA

Type: Start-Up

Stage: Pre-seed

Date
October 2024 - present

N4EA predicts supply chains disruptions before they unfold through advanced network mapping and scenario analysis.

I support N4EA’s co-founders with market positioning, product development, IP and growth strategy.

Azuri

Type: Start-Up

Stage: Paid clients

Date
July 2025 - present

Azuri is a boutique consulting firm helping corporates build resilience and create value within planetary and societal boundaries through advanced AI and high-touch advisory.

I help onboard physical climate risk tools and translate outputs so that Azuri’s clients have a clearer understanding of their blind spots and adaptation options across their entire value-chain.

Tailwind Climate

Type: Fund

Stage: Fundraising

Date
May 2025 - present

Tailwind is a thought-leader on all things adaptation, making bold investments into emerging adaptation technologies.

I help on a project basis, designing analytical tools to help address some of the toughest climate challenges.

Past Projects

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

For 64 years, USAID was the world's largest foreign aid agency operating across 100 countries to improve education, heath, environmental protection, and democratic governance.

Type
Official Donor Assistance (ODA)

Date
January 2022 - March 2025

Co-author | Field workshop design

Community-led adaptive capacity analysis of key climate vulnerabilities and adaptation capacities within 12 Tanzania seascapes. Examines socio-economic and biophysical characteristics of the seascapes, details various climate hazards, and analyzes the impacts of these hazards across different resource sectors, such as fisheries, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, and public health.

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Lead author | Facilitator | Field researcher

Examines how a changing climate impacts the livelihoods of nearly three million residents across a Transfrontier Park in Southern Africa, proposing 40 short- and long-term adaptation strategies and actions to strengthen climate resilience and diversify income opportunities within the region.

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Lead author | Field survey design

Investigates profound impacts of climate change on agricultural livelihoods and migration patterns in five farming communities across El Salvador and Honduras. Program handed to Canadian and Mexican development agencies with guidance cost-effective interventions like improved early warning systems, sustainable water management, and flood risk reduction.

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California Natural Resources Agency

Type
Government

Date
September 2018 - May 2019

Lead author | Lead developer | Facilitator

The California Heat Assessment Tool (CHAT) continues to help cities across the state prepare for extreme heat, projecting the number of excess heat-health events for each zip code in the state and has been used to site cooling centers, public transit, and engage heat vulnerable populations. Link

Climate risk modeling and mapping

Now integrated into Moody’s Climate-on-Demand, one of the most widely adopted climate intelligence platforms for understanding climate risks confronting sovereigns, municipalities, corporates, and infrastructure

Featured in two New York Times op-eds in 2020 and 2021