Selected work
Where the method comes from
Before The Triangle, I spent two decades building and running public initiatives from the inside: in state agencies, universities, international projects, and professional networks. A few of them are below, with links to the full projects.
Government and public systems
California Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS)
Manager, Data Integration Unit, Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council · 2020–2021
Built and launched California's first statewide data warehouse on homelessness, live as a Beta in about six months. Led a team of four plus three consulting teams, and ran the procurements to hire them.
View the project ↗California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment
Associate Editor; Co-PI and author, Racial Equity and Climate Justice report · 2024–2026
RECJ report coming soonHelped shape the state's flagship climate science effort and co-led its Racial Equity and Climate Justice report, coordinating research across state agencies.
View the assessment ↗SB 375 Sustainable Communities Program, California Air Resources Board
Senior Urban Planner · 2018–2020
Served as CARB's policy liaison to Metropolitan Planning Organizations, evaluating Regional Transportation Plans and Sustainable Communities Strategies for climate, equity, and health outcomes.
View the program ↗Cities and communities, around the world
THE LINE, NEOM (Saudi Arabia)
Research Head · 2021–2024
Led research for one of the world's most ambitious new-city projects, producing three benchmarking reports on smart city technologies for urban mobility and policy.
View the project ↗Geoversity (Panama)
Faculty instructor
Taught as a faculty instructor and worked with Indigenous communities in Panama on community development, alongside Geoversity's work connecting people, place, and conservation.
Visit Geoversity ↗Education, research, and the field
Sustainable Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
Program Director, College of Environmental Design · 2025–present
Lead the academic and strategic direction of an interdisciplinary undergraduate major at the intersection of climate, design, and technology, including a redesign of its curriculum.
View the program ↗American Planning Association, Technology Division
Chair and Vice-Chair · 2013–2018
Led annual briefings with U.S. Senate offices that fed APA's work on equitable broadband, launched a Smart Cities Contest with public and private partners, and grew the division's membership more than threefold.
Visit the division ↗
Facilitating: how California builds more housing
Facilitator · Sustainable Environmental Design Speaker Series, UC Berkeley · October 2026
Facilitated a panel conversation with practitioners and students on what it will take to build more housing in California.
See more on Speaking →Research on technology in community engagement
Researcher and author · 20+ peer-reviewed publications
Studied how online tools and data can widen who takes part in planning decisions, and how planners choose and use them. Published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Cities, and others.
See publications on Google Scholar ↗With The Triangle
Recent client work
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