I enjoy working with creative, entrepreneurial leaders with a compassionate management style and a strong history of developing innovative ideas into effective well-funded social impact models.

I am the part-time Executive Director of the Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients at George Washington University.

I have directed the NYS Center for Best Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity, evaluated the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s children’s school wellness programs, and evaluated Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program. I enjoy working with enthusiastic teams on complex health programs. I am also trained in pediatric ethics with a focus on pediatric obesity interventions. 

I hold an MS in Bioethics from Albany Medical College, an MPH from the State University of New York, and a BA from Columbia University in Liberal Arts.

My blog for Psychology Today, Children at the Table is where I post the about child trauma, bullying, and obesity prevention.

Specialties: Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, Global Health, Mixed Methods Research, Childhood Obesity Prevention, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Type 2 Diabetes Prevention, Research and Writing, and Bioethics (pediatrics as it pertains to childhood obesity interventions and end-of-life).