I am Managing Director at Grayslake Advisors, a premier economic consulting and expert services firm. I have broad experience as a practitioner and an educator in the areas of financial and economic analysis, as well as real estate development, operations, and finance. Prior to my time at Grayslake, I worked in real estate development, with project experience in multifamily and commercial acquisitions, ground-up development and redevelopment, and tenant relations and coordination.

I have been an Adjunct Instructor of policy, planning, and development at the USC Price School of Public Policy since 2017, where I have taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in urban planning, real estate development and economic development finance. I was awarded the 2021-22 Golden Apple Teaching Award by graduate Master of Urban Planning students voting on professors who have had the most impact on them.

I earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Claremont Graduate University, where my areas of research were in applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on urban economics, public finance, and law and economics. I also hold a Master of Urban Planning from University of Southern California, and a B.A. in Public Policy from University of Michigan.