Works to support the ongoing success of Ocean Spray Cranberry Grower-Owners in Washington State through a combination of extension, research, cooperative support, and leadership activities.

Supported the ongoing success of the Small Fruit Breeding Program and the Organic Farm Systems Research Unit at WSU’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center. Duties included education and outreach, as well as personnel and logistical management for eight ongoing long-term experiments. Work was undertaken in administrative, classroom, laboratory, greenhouse, and field settings.

Engaged in experimental design, implementation, management, and data collection, analyses, and interpretation for field and greenhouse organic blueberry research trials on behalf of OSU’s Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC) and the USDA-ARS. Supported diversified row crop production experiments in hemp, onion, and sweet corn. Designed, installed, and maintained complex irrigation systems. Coordinated harvest and labor crews, regularly managed interns and students.

Led planning, production, processing, and analysis in hydroponic, controlled-environment, greenhouse, and outdoor settings for a tier-one Oregon cannabis cultivation facility. Built and maintained complex irrigation systems. Oversaw data management and compliance tracking. Managed plant-care personnel and harvest crews

Provided planning, maintenance, and management decisions in an indoor nursery setting through the University of Oregon’s office of sustainability. Instructed and managed undergraduate students in the hydroponic and controlled-environment production of vegetables.

Gained experience as a collaborative team member on a wildland firefighting and fuel mitigations crew within the National Civilian Community Corps being managed directly by the United States Forest Service.

Designed and implemented methods for the comprehensive inventory and digital mapping of exterior campus landscape areas. Performed on-site data collection and remote maintenance of ArcGIS utility geodatabases.

Duties include sanitation of campus trash, maintenance of University flora, including planting, removal and aesthetic trimming, operation of gasoline-powered equipment including leaf blowers, string trimmers, lawn mowers, power washers and a variety of motorized vehicles. Requires a comprehensive knowledge of the University of Oregon’s exterior including all paths, buildings, lawns and garden beds.

Duties include leading campus tours, interacting with potential students and University of Oregon Alumni, providing logistic support at University of Oregon recruitment and spirit events, staffing the Ford Alumni Center information desk, data collection and data entry.

Duties include solo set up and break down of breakfast buffet, short order cooking of breakfast foods, and customer service including ushering hotel guests to tables, taking breakfast vouchers, busing and washing all dishes. Banquet assistance entailed the set up and break down of various event scenarios; birthdays, business meetings, social gatherings as well as delivering buffet-style food and busing tables.