Ben Kimball Email & Phone Number

Greenfield, MA, US

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

South Deerfield, MA

Editor of the bi-monthly club newsletter, The Sugarloaf SUN. Sample issue here:http://sugarloafmac.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SMAC_Sun_2017_issue6_NovDec.pdf

Greenfield, MA

Take, process, and sell professional photos for road races, triathlons, and other sports events. Manage all aspects of the business, including budgeting, scheduling, social media and marketing.http://northeastracephoto.smugmug.com/

Hadley, MA

Copyedit, proofread, and perform quality control checks on educational test preparation materials for a leading international media company.

Proofread, copyedited, and corrected supplemental files for a major biology textbook re-printing.

Amherst, MA

Prepared high-quality reports and publications for an ecological consulting and communications company. Responsible for writing, editing, design, maps, and layout of products in a variety of media formats. Proofread and copyedited scientific reports and technical documents. Managed company’s GIS database, website, and photo library.

Concord, NH

Maintained and edited detailed records in the state’s rare species database. Managed "The Nature of New Hampshire" book project, including planning, manuscript writing, editing, photo acquisition, mapping, design, self-marketing, and liaising with the publisher. Wrote, created, and published 20 interpretive trail guides. Managed all aspects of the Bureau’s.

Leesburg, VA

Edited and performed detailed map QC on multiple GIS data layers, including land parcels, soils, addresses, and street centerlines. Researched, designed, and produced a county-wide conservation easements map. Taught volunteers to use and understand ARC/INFO. Helped finish a five year county tax-map updating project.

Leesburg, VA

Researched and designed a rapid environmental assessment process for a branch of The Nature Conservancy. Drafted final report and sample assessment of a rural Virginia county.

Boston, MA

Used ARC/INFO GIS to digitize and edit data for a wetlands wildlife habitat atlas. Processed rare species occurrence records on The Nature Conservancy’s BCD computer software and mapped locations on USGS topo sheets. Organized distribution of GIS plots to all town offices.

Waterbury, VT

Surveyed aquatic vegetation in lakes and ponds throughout the state. Wrote survey reports.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Geography, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Middlebury Mountain Club, Ultimate Frisbee, Crew, Amnesty International, Environmental Quality, Ecology.

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Advanced Digital Photography seminar

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Travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador for an intensive, month-long field studies program. Took classes in arctic region botany, geology.

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