About
My projects are connected through the same impulse to analyze a complex problem with no obvious answer, and build a solution that works. Cross-pollination across sectors has built a deeper toolkit that sharpens how I approach every new problem.
I thrive on teams of smart people with different perspectives and low ego, working in real partnership. I bring optimism, a sense of humor, and a bias toward big ideas that become concrete things in the world. I approach the work with empathy and accountability, as hard problems deserve people willing to sit with complexity.
People often come to me for two things: strategic advice that maps the steps from where you are to where you want to be, and a sounding board for tricky problems. I'm consistently good at inventing new things people actually use, learning new domains fast (race cars, retail innovation, auto hardware, benefits policy), and building work processes from scratch.
📷 by Jamon Davis
Get in touch
If you're working on something interesting and could use a thought partner, I'd like to hear about it.
Thought leadership
Selected publications & media
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2025 Report: Employers & Benefits Cliffs: Five Years of Field Learnings: Comprehensive Leap Fund report on employer-based benefits cliff interventions
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Congressional testimony: Written testimony for U.S. House Committee on Rules (2021)
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Op ed: Why N.Y. needs a universal childcare plan, Daily News, 2022 (accessible version)
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Research contributor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation (2022), The Financial Health Network (2023)
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Podcast interviews: More Than Profit (2024), Narativ StoryTalks (2022)
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Featured in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Tribune, The Counter, and others
Speaking engagements
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House Committee on Rules (2021), Ending Hunger in America: A Conversation about Benefit Cliffs
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2019), Summit on the Economics and Policies of Cliffs in the Social Safety Net and Economic Mobility
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The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (2022), Benefits21 Leadership Forum
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CirclesUSA National Conference (2021, 2023)
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ECS Forum on Justice and Opportunity (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
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Compass Working Capital National FSS Conference (2022)
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NYS CDFI Conference (2019)
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Ideas42 Behavioral Summit (2018)
Get in touch
If you're working on something interesting and could use a thought partner, I'd like to hear about it.