Organizational Strategy
Hi—I’m Julia! I am Senior Director of Data, Design, & UX at American Forests, a national non-profit dedicated to urban Tree Equity and climate-smart large landscape restoration and reforestation. I nerd out about cartography, science, information design, and user experience. I believe in the power of storytelling to help us relate to and tackle climate change, social justice, and human impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity.
Projects
Toolkit: Social Science, Survey Design, Structured Interviews, Content Analysis, Strategic Planning, Workshop Design.
Visual communication strategies lay the groundwork for ten-year collaborative planning
Strategic Planning · Design · Social Science · Collaborative Governance
I developed a strategic roadmap to guide the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program as it undertakes a stakeholder-driven, 10-year planning process — conveyed via beautiful and engaging information graphics.
Collaborative workshop provides a new model for U.S. EPA research planning
Workshop Design · Surveys · Impact & Content Analysis · Synthesis Report
Under new directives to involve stakeholders in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 5-year Strategic Research Planning, I worked with a team to develop a workshop to collate stakeholder input using social science and evaluation techniques.
Maximizing the impact and growth of an EPA training program
Curricula · Pilot Workshops · Surveys & Interviews · Train-the-Trainer
I worked with a U.S. EPA team to create a participatory training program for municipal staff. I helped the team transition the pilot program into a replicable model by developing a published curriculum, capturing program impacts, and establishing a Train-the-Trainer program.