Board Chair · All Aboard Ohio
June 2023 – Present- Revived AAO's dormant Cincinnati chapter after a 10-year hiatus and grew it tenfold. That work led to a seat on the AAO board in June 2023 and to Board Chair in February 2024.
- Grew AAO membership from roughly 200 to over 8,000 across 8 chapters statewide, building an intergenerational coalition that runs from college chapters to advocates who have been at this for decades.
- Engaged directly with city councils and county commissioners in nearly two dozen Ohio cities on multimodal transportation and transit-oriented development. Presented to the Cincinnati CEO Roundtable and met with chambers of commerce statewide.
- Testified before the Ohio House and Senate on passenger rail policy. Led AAO's advocacy during the 2025 Ohio budget cycle, including helping secure Ohio's reentry into the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC).
- Built bipartisan relationships with Ohio legislators, hosting the Republican chair of the House Transportation Committee at AAO's 2025 annual meeting and supporting a bill cosponsored by a Republican Senate leader and the Democratic Senate Minority Leader.
- Advise rail advocacy organizations in Oregon, Washington, and Michigan on coalition building and campaign strategy. Presented at statewide meetings for All Aboard Oregon and All Aboard Washington.
- Organized AAO's inaugural Rail Summit and presented at Rail Nation, the national passenger rail conference, alongside Amtrak President Roger Harris.
- Serve on the High Speed Rail Alliance's Young Professionals Board and coordinate with the Rail Passengers Association, including planning this year's Rail Nation conference in Toledo, Ohio.
- Earned more than 80 media hits in 2025 and a Cincinnati Enquirer front-page feature in 2024. Grew AAO's social media from a few hundred followers to over 50,000 across 9 platforms.
- Ran two one-year strategic planning cycles and a separate 3-to-5-year plan, formalized AAO's first paid staff positions, and secured over $40,000 in grant funding.