About Me

I'm a civic practitioner and writer based in Washington, DC. I spent my undergraduate years at Miami University building institutions, founding the Town Gown Council to bridge the gap between a university and its surrounding community, serving as Secretary of Community Engagement for student government, and learning what it actually takes to make organizations work. I’ve also worked in the higher-ed community, specifically greek life, working to make a more sustainable system. That work taught me something I keep coming back to: the distance between a good idea and a functioning structure is where most things fall apart. I'm interested in that distance.

I'm currently a fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and pursuing a master's in Government at Johns Hopkins University, where my focus is on foreign policy, democratic institutions, and the exercise of power at scale. I also run Farquharson Consulting, a practice focused on leadership development and organizational strategy. I write, on Substack, about democracy, integrity, and the work of becoming whole. If any of that resonates, I'd love to connect.