Holly works with state and local governments, organizations, and communities in developing policy, plans, and collaborative approaches for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Over the past three years, she has worked with the State of Vermont and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the development of new programs, processes, tools, and internal structures to support municipalities in reducing carbon emissions and building community resilience through inclusive planning processes and collective governance.

Holly has also worked with local governments and communities on ways to expand renewable energy, strengthen food systems, update building standards, build flood resilience, and foster more connected neighborhoods, in each case focusing on the system change, shared knowledge, and collaborative capacity to create more resilient communities, just processes, and pathways to a carbon neutral future. Holly led this work as part of Linnean Solutions from fall 2016 to summer 2024, and now works as an independent consultant under the name Collaborate Climate (website forthcoming). Holly has a master’s degree in City Planning with certification in Environmental Policy and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See her resume for more detail.