Call to Action Strategies Founder

For nearly 20 years, I’ve worked where communications, policy, and politics meet, helping bold ideas take root and gain momentum. I founded Call to Action Strategies because I’ve never been good at staying in one lane. Clear communications, smart policy, and political savvy are all essential to creating lasting change.

Before starting my own consulting practice, I was a vice president at Be Clear, a strategic communications firm. There, I led messaging, media, and campaign strategy for nonprofits, public agencies, and prominent individuals. Prior to that, I served as national communications director at Educators for Excellence. In that role, I developed the organization’s first national teacher survey series, Voices from the Classroom, and helped bring teachers’ perspectives to national outlets, including The New York Times, Politico, CBS News, and NPR.

I’ve also held communications and policy roles in the public and nonprofit sectors, including at Chicago Public Schools, where I built bilingual communications plans to support major district initiatives, and at Advance Illinois, where my work focused on increasing teacher diversity and securing more equitable school funding. Earlier in my career, I worked in the Wisconsin and New York State legislatures on issues ranging from voter access to energy policy. There, I learned how to turn a call for change into a concrete idea, shape it into policy, and bring people together to make it happen.

I hold master’s degrees in education and public policy and bring a strategic but practical approach to every project, whether I’m leading an advocacy campaign, filling in for someone on leave, or helping a team sharpen its voice and expand its reach. I live in Skokie, Illinois, with my husband and two kids.