Executive Director

Rides: Red Line

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I come to this position after serving as a project manager for the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation where I managed a variety of complex affordable housing real estate projects and supported organizing efforts for better service on the Fairmount Line. Before that, I helped to start the “Love Your Block” mini-grant project and helped write the City of Boston’s first Volunteer Plan as a part of the Civic Engagement Office. I also have a wealth of grassroots organizing experience working on various presidential, state, and Cherokee tribal races. I joined TransitMatters as a volunteer member in the summer of 2015 and served on the Board since the fall of that year.

My area of interest is how transit and housing intersect with advocacy and organizing. I stumbled into my love of all things transit on a trip to DC when I was 11 and then again in my early college years. I was amazed at how the subway shaped DC and its suburbs into a radically different city than my hometown of Oklahoma City. And through working with low income communities, I've come to understand just how important access to jobs, walkability, and green forms of transportation can be to raising a community out of poverty and poor health outcomes.

Living in Boston, I've embraced a car free lifestyle and I know how vital the MBTA is to the lives of so many in the region and to the economy. I'm looking forward to working with advocates and allies around the region to embolden the MBTA to consider the bigger picture and make bold, meaningful investments. I'm particularly excited to make Regional Rail a reality. It has the potential to revolutionize how people live, work, and move around the Greater Boston region and lift up our Gateway Cities. Let's make the county's first transit system first class together!