Designer / Maker
A lifetime of craft

I'm a product designer and design technologist. I've spent over 26 years making digital products that hold their shape under pressure — functional, considered, and worth looking at twice.

Today I'm a Senior Designer at Booz Allen Hamilton, currently embedded with the USPS as a Senior Product Designer. Before that, I spent years as Digital Director at Catholic Relief Services — one of the world's largest humanitarian aid organizations — where I built and led the team responsible for front and back-end development, online fundraising, UX, information architecture, and email marketing.

But design, for me, started long before screens. It started with my hands. I've been making things since I was a teenager — first leather goods, then pottery. I spent 19 years making and selling functional stoneware at the American Crafts Marketplace. That time taught me something I've never been able to unlearn: good design is felt before it's understood.

When I'm not designing, I'm in the kitchen — baking sourdough, cooking without a recipe, and generally treating food the same way I treat design work: with patience and an unreasonable amount of attention to detail.

I'm also an avid reader. I keep a running list of books I recommend — mostly on design, craft, systems thinking, and the occasional novel that earns a permanent spot on the shelf.