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Saint Paul, MN, US

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

• Create, manage and implement six sustainability programs: Energy Action Plan, Waste Abatement Program, GreenStep City with B3 Benchmarking, SolSmart, Environmental E-News, and Sustainable IGH Community Recognition Awards
• Liaise and advise 9-member Environmental Advisory Commission; Advise and educate city leadership and elected officials; Prepare and present staff reports at ~12 City Council meeting per year
• Organized 22-person community stakeholder team and co-led five stakeholder engagement workshops to develop Energy Action Plan; Implement annual Energy Action Plan goals related to community outreach and city facilities
• Lead internal staff City Environmental Collaborative to organize interdepartmental collaboration and implement annual goals of six sustainability programs
• Manage Waste Abatement Project Fund and annual grant to ensure annual work plan will be funded and executed; Manage substantial monthly landfill host fee payments and escrow accounts
• Apply for grants and leverage external technical assistance programs to advance program goals

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

Developed policies and programs related to sustainability, solid waste abatement, fleet management, and strategic planning for the City Administrator and assisted Finance with the annual budget process.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism.
• Published a policy brief recommending guidelines for the development of a Sustainable Development Mechanism (SDM) under the post-2020 Paris Agreement and presented findings at the Association for Public Policy Analysis.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Improved Ride Command’s database accuracy by adding and updating trail geometry and attribute data while verifying trails were complaint with land owner regulations.
• Developed and updated geospatial database workflows.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

• Prepared labs for undergraduate biology courses.

Monk's Community Forest, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia

• Traveled with student research team and professor to Oddar Mencheay, Cambodia.
• Collaborated with Buddhist monks, student researchers, and professor to survey bird and mammal species.
• Developed a species list to attract conservation funding for the forest.
• Presented findings at student research event.

Lakeville, Minnesota

• Monitored stormwater systems of construction site and administered SWPPP inspection reports.
• Collected and recorded lake water quality.
• Conducted GPS tree inventory surveys and maps of Lakeville City Parks
• Assisted the Environmental Resources Specialist with wetland surveys.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Science, Technology, And Environmental Policy

• M.S. Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy with a focus on energy and environmental policy and planning topics. • Minor in Urban.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology, General

• B.S. Biology, with a focus on environmental and ecology topics. • Minor in Spanish Language • Geospatial Certificate from the Geography.