asce 2020 colorado infrastructure report card

I've learned the best way to connect with people over built environment issues is to humanize our experiences with it. I lobbied my ASCE Colorado Infrastructure Report Card to Colorado congressional staffers in Washington, D.C. by recalling the September 2013 1,000-Year Front Range Floods. My freshman year of college, I waded to class through several feet of water but was comparatively unaffected; unsustainable planning practices killed three and left devastating ecological and economic damage in its wake. Back home in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, I worked with my councilperson, to garner support from our District 10 neighbors to improve local infrastructure not as an aesthetic effort, but as an issue of safety and inclusivity. 

Responsibilities Included:

• Recruited and managed 40+ volunteers and staff 

• Authored and edited high-value, 120-page policy report

• Acted as legislative strategist and spokesperson, delivering overarching message to stakeholders, public, legislators

  • Led briefings with executives at Colorado state agencies and the Governor's Policy Office

  • Led press conference at state Capitol and interviews in Colorado news outlets 

  • Created a "Colorado Public Infrastructure Day," proclaimed by Governor Jared Polis as the 30th of January

  • Deployed state-wide marketing strategy, erecting billboards and partnering with other state infrastructure associations