Ariana Rickard Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

The Policy Committee serves as a regional, collaborative forum for discussing, analyzing, and elevating policy issues of interest to the partnership. The committee is responsible for tracking and analyzing policy issues and recommending policy positions to the SFBJV management board for approval and adoption. Chair responsibilities include: • Facilitating Policy Committee meetings, with support from JV staff• Supporting JV staff in preparing for the annual DC fly in• When possible, attending the DC fly in and legislative meetings• Attending and providing committee updates at Management Board meetings• Working with JV staff and Management Board Chair to develop a SFBJV Policy Program Strategy

San Francisco Bay Area

• Published op-ed on why the environmental movement lacks diversity and how we can create a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable space for all. “Open Forum: Environmental movement lacks people of color.” SF Chronicle, September 9, 2019. See link below.• Cofounded new group with two colleagues to promote networking and professional development with people of color working in the environmental field. • Organize and led networking events to launch group and develop consensus around mission and goals for EPOC chapter.

Walnut Creek, Ca

• Lead board meetings and membership meetings (attendance ~ 100 participants).• Implement board development and improved governance practices following completion of Audubon California trainings. • Expand community engagement through increased use of social media (Facebook and Meetup).• Created Legislative Committee to advocate for conservation legislation and local issues with elected representatives. • Plan and coordinate speaker series for monthly membership meetings. • Young Birders Club – support formation of a birding club by and for young people.

• Appointed as a Commissioner by the County Board of Supervisors.• Keep and maintain notes as Secretary and advance work of Executive Committee.• Support women of all ages and backgrounds in county through educational programs focusing on women’s health, financial literacy, and celebrating achievements by women.• Serve on the Public Relations Committee to share mission, priorities, programs, and events of the Commission with the public.

• Organized DC advocacy visit by preparing talking points, setting up and leading meetings, conducting outreach to decision-makers and staff, following up with all offices, and writing final report on visit. • Establish and maintain ongoing relationships with public and private partners through regular email communication, reports, and meetings.• Plan and coordinate Committee meetings (Conservation Delivery, Government Affairs Committee, Management Board) with partners to advance regional conservation goals.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Advance shorebird conservation, education, and outreach projects in partnership with Audubon chapters and others.• Manage advocacy campaigns and projects that conserve coastal wetlands and estuaries and species like Snowy Plovers, California Least Terns and migratory shorebirds.• Conduct Advocacy training for Audubon National Convention, chapter meetings, and webinars

San Francisco Bay Area

Local environmental leaders meet with Assemblywoman Baker twice a year to advise her on issues pertaining to natural lands, public parks and trails, wildlife corridors and ecosystems.Help organize Walk and Talks with Assemblywoman Baker's office in our local parks to highlight natural resources and recreational opportunities and allow constituents to speak with their representative in an informal setting.

Project Management•Create and implement timelines, budgets and work plans for multiple projects.•Negotiate and manage contracts between legislative advocate and education consultant.•Organized annual steering committee meeting. Grant Administration•Research potential funding sources.•Wrote successful grant application for renewal funding from the San Francisco Foundation.•Wrote grant report for cap and trade funding project.Legislative Advocacy•Led meetings with community representatives and legislative staff in Sacramento regarding water bonds and cap and trade funds.•Provided written and oral testimony at legislative hearing regarding water bond.•Recruited participants and organized legislative training for community groups in Sacramento.•Contacted partners regarding water bond, cap and trade funds letter writing campaign.•Drafted comment letters regarding provisions CUSP would like to see in the water bond; contacted partners to motivate additional letters to legislators regarding these issues.•Recruited participants for 2014 Watershed Day at the Capitol.•Prepared background briefing documents for community representatives on cap and trade funds and competing water bond bills.

Sonoma, Ca

Biological Surveys•Led nesting surveys of Black Oystercatchers in the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge and remove invasive plants.•Monitored Great Blue Heron and Black-crowned Night Heron rookery on Skaggs Island.•Assisted with Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse trapping and monitoring within Refuge boundary.•Preconstruction and baseline monitoring of Sonoma Creek before restoration work begins.Restoration•Drafted report on history of transition zone vegetation restoration at Sonoma Baylands.•Control of invasive plants, like perennial pepperweed and French broom, through herbicide treatment and manual removal.•Maintenance of restored plots in Sonoma Baylands and Tubbs Setback (weeding and watering). •Weeding and maintenance of seedlings in San Pablo Bay nursery.•Seed cleaning and weighing.Data Analysis•Wrote memorandum on natural history and survey methods for California Red-legged Frog.•Assisted with Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation for endangered plant species, Soft bird’s beak.•Created tables and graphs comparing last 10 years of data for Black Rails and Virginia Rails within Refuge complex. Public Outreach •Provided assistance to volunteer groups.

Research and update information on restoration projects in the Bay Area using the Joint Venture Project database.

• Supervised, mentored and trained staff of over 80 volunteers, interns and part-time staff.• Taught school groups and managed the Discovery Room during open hours.• Created and led professional development workshops for teachers and volunteers. • Managed scientific content in the Discovery Room. Designed new exhibits, labels, training manuals, tours and fact sheets on the brain, silkworms, and African mammals.• Managed Discovery Room natural history collection. Reorganized, cataloged and identified unknown specimens.

Old Westbury, Ny

Developed and implemented educational programs for school groups, families, and Scout troops. Activities included nature hikes, arts and crafts, scavenger hunts and lessons about plants, wildlife, and architecture.

Ecuador

• Research: Established and conducted herpetological surveys in La Perla and Lalo Loor forest preserves to create list of amphibian and reptile species at each park. • Environmental Education: Created an ecology club for 20 elementary school students. Introduced concepts pertaining to conservation using participatory learning techniques. • Community Gardening: Organized a school garden to teach 60+ students about organic gardening and to provide supplemental fruits and vegetables for their lunches.• Information Technology: Taught a computer class for high school students and adults in La Asuncion covering computer literacy, Microsoft programs, email, and the Internet.

• Evaluated the effectiveness of a translocation of a population of Blanchard’s cricket frog threatened by development. • Communicated research findings to a wide range of stakeholders including government officials, academia, and general public.

Ann Arbor, Mi

• Wildlife Behavioral Ecology and Conservation. Four credit graduate level course covering basic theory in behavioral ecology. Taught weekly discussion session, presented one guest lecture, graded assignments, and tutored as needed. • Field Skills in Wildlife Behavior. Two credit graduate level course focused on teaching students field skills in testing behavioral ecological hypotheses.

Selected to participate in unique rotational program allowing exposure to different offices of the EPA and other federal government agencies to develop leadership skills of outstanding recent hires. • Developed species life history profiles on endangered aquatic invertebrates. Authored educational factsheet on wildlife and plant preservation. Division of Partnerships & Outreach, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service• Analyzed the effects of mercury exposure on bald eagles by assessing trends in health and productivity of the Michigan bald eagle population. Assisted the Illinois EPA with biological and chemical sampling to assess the condition of waters within the Fox River watershed. Office of Water Quality Standards, EPA, Region 5, Chicago, IL• Assisted researchers with capture and release of wild bottlenose dolphins living in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Natl. Marine Fisheries Service, Natl. Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Ba, Environmental Science And Public Policy

John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement of High Distinction

Master Of Science - Ms, Resource Ecology And Management - Conservation Biology

Thesis: Analysis of translocation of Blanchard’s cricket frog populations in SE Michigan. Honors: Allan Schultz Memorial Award.

High School Diploma