Ready to lead. Already proven.
I didn't come to this from politics. I came to this from twenty years of walking into rooms where things weren't working and figuring out how to rebuild them.
I studied how business affects people and the environment. Then I went to Patagonia and put that thinking to work across real supply chains, from raw materials to factory floors. At prAna, I became the company's inaugural Director of Sustainability and led the launch of Fair Trade certified apparel in the US — a first for the entire industry. The business grew and so did the good it was doing.
But no matter how much we improved, the same problems kept showing up. Not because people weren't trying. Because the way things were set up kept producing the same results. Eventually I realized I didn't want to keep fixing symptoms. I wanted to fix the cause. So that's what I did.
In 2015, I co-founded The Renewal Workshop in Cascade Locks. We built a factory that gave unsold products a second life. Fixed zippers. Repaired seams. Created local jobs. The company was acquired in 2022, and I stayed on to lead circularity work worldwide.
Today I run Citrus Circular. I help companies rethink how they operate from the inside out — how they design products, train people, and build the infrastructure to waste less and create more value from what they already have.
I've been named a Vogue Business 100 Innovator in Sustainability, a Grist 50 Fixer, and Portland Business Journal Executive of the Year. I've given a TEDx talk on the future of circular business. But what I'm most proud of is the work itself. Businesses changed. Industries pushed forward.
I know how to walk into something that isn't working and make it work. I've been doing it my whole career. And I'm ready to do it for this district.
What I believe
I believe in fairness. Every policy decision has a "who benefits and who pays." I will always ask that question.
I believe in courage. Seeing what's not working and saying so. Trying things that haven't been tried.
I believe in competence. Good intentions aren't enough. You have to know how systems work to change them.
I believe in collaboration. Nobody solves complex problems alone. I believe in listening, partnering, and working with the people closest to the challenges.
I believe in endurance. The hard problems don't get solved in one session. I stay with it. That's what twenty years of this work has taught me.
How I lead
Modern Vision.
I look at how decisions in one area affect everything else. I think in systems. I look at how things connect, where they're failing, and who's being left out. That's the lens I'll bring to Salem. Not ideology. Not talking points. A clear-eyed understanding of how things work.
Rural Roots.
This is my home. I chose it. Everything I do in Salem will be grounded in what works here. For our farmers, our small towns, our neighbors. For the people and the land that make this place what it is.
Real Possibility.
I look at this district and I see people who get up every day and do hard things. Farmers. Orchardists. Entrepreneurs. Parents stretched thin who still show up for their community. People who love this place. We don't all agree on everything. We never will. But I have learned that the best solutions come from people who are willing to sit with that tension and work through it together. That's what I see here. That's the possibility of us.
Real possibility starts with showing up.
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