Meet Lindsay
Lindsay has the expertise, practical experience, and management skills - and the love of our special place and people - that Blaine County needs now and for a thriving future for all. Raised in Idaho and trained as an economist, her experience includes working at the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, the City of New York, and as the Executive Director of the Environmental Resource Center right here in Ketchum.
Lindsay grew up in the beautiful Wood River Valley with her brother Bob, her parents Dave and Barb, and many wonderful aunts and uncles and cousins. She first learned how to tap dance with Footlight Dance and how to set up a tent overnight in the Sawtooths as an intern with the US Forest Service.
Lindsay holds a B.A. in Economics with honors from Brown University. Upon graduation, Lindsay was hired as an Assistant Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where she was part of the team that put in place the first annual financial stress testing to address the risk of banking system collapse. As a research assistant at the International Monetary Fund, she focused on international deposit insurance regulations. She is the co-author of papers published in the Annual Review of Financial Economics and the FRBNY Economic Policy Review.
Lindsay joined the Bloomberg Administration in 2013 as an analyst in the brand-new Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA). After being promoted to the Deputy Chief Analytics Officer for the City of New York, she oversaw a portfolio of operations-driven analytics pilot projects and the implementation of the city's groundbreaking transparency and open data strategy, Open Data for All. Her team provided analysis on everything from where to best place ambulances to more quickly reach cardiac arrests, to identifying possible locations for virus outbreaks in city water towers. The MODA model of using analytics to improve local government is now used by cities worldwide.
As an invited guest lecturer for NYU, Columbia, and Harvard courses on public affairs, Lindsay is proud to have recruited the next generation of top talent to serve their local governments.
Like so many kids who grow up in Idaho, Lindsay heard the call to return home to the mountains in 2016. She was a farming assistant for Kraay’s Market and Garden and a policy analyst for City of Ketchum. Prior to her appointment as County Commissioner, Lindsay was the executive director of the Environmental Resource Center (ERC), a local nonprofit that provides environmental education in local schools. Her favorite initiative was a summer fellowship program that introduced young adults to conservation jobs within Central Idaho with a focus on building real career pathways for local kids to return home after college or vocational training.