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• Guiding program progress through catch-up efforts, managing visiting workers and multiple data collection panels simultaneously• Strategically planned and coordinated trainings to get two new employees certified to collect data• Currently participating in grant review team for the Inflation Reduction Act call for proposals• Featured in Natural Resources Management Today and City Trees magazine • FS representative at community college career fair discussing careers in natural resources• Advocate for diverse and HBCU students to obtain careers in federal service

Urban FIA QA/Crew Leader: Oversee and manage data collection for Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis programAccomplishments: • Co-lead first Urban FIA national certification training to train FS employees and contractors on urban data collection protocol.• Overhauled landowner contact process by recreating letter mailed to landowners of plot locations, offering alternative methods of contact (QR code, texting), and implementing door knockers to have a better-looking product to leave when no one is home. • Created spreadsheets to keep track of plow owner responses and visit dates making it easier to keep track of work done and not yet done.• Above listed efforts created systems that improved workflow and accounting, creating the capacity to successfully do double the amount of work in the same amount of time. • Created GIS products that made on the ground plot locating and data collecting more efficient. • Developed Invasive Species Pocket Guide to help field crews identify key invasive species quicker• Trained interns and temporary data collection staff on urban data collection protocols and successfully completed field season with minimal oversight• Chair of scholarship sub team with Employee Voice and Action group with goals of supporting station employees gain new skills

• Oversee and manage urban tree inventory data collection project. Duties include: • Plotting out coordinate data using aerial imagery in Arc Maps to create scale photos for data collection.• Use tax assessor, GIS, and local resources to identify ownership information for homes located in the research plot area.• Generate landowner letters using mail merge in MS Excel and MS Word. Redesigning letter to solicit more responses from landowners.• Track responses and schedule data collection around crew schedule and owner schedules• Conduct data collection and employ national and regional data collection protocols• Use forestry tools with accuracy such as loggers’ tape, increment borers, PDR, high precision GPS, lasers, and others.• Foster relationships with local partners and provide updates on data collection and deliverable reports• Review collected data to ensure data quality and repeatability• Process all collected data and files according to regional protocols and load into appropriate databases• Connecting with national teams to offer support and help where appropriate• Present updates and findings in meeting with program and partners

• Analyzed and organized field notes into a digital file system based on information reflected on field notes by location to be used by the engineering team and field staff • Organized field notes inside each street file for every street in East Baton Rouge Parish based on location on map and attached files to street lines for field workers inside of ArcMap. • Edited GPS data collected in the field within geometric network. • Created datasets and maps for short term projects

• Developed a study plan for a comparative study and managed implementation of research in a greenhouse setting• Correlated tree species to understanding the responses of the urban tree species subjected to flooding related to climate change• Conducted a comparative study on Physiological Response of Three Oak Species to Elevated CO2 and Flooding, which resulted in Shumard Oaks being the best oak species to survive in flooded conditions • Participated in scientific research analyzing photosynthesis rates of tree species under the guidance of Dr. Zhu Ning• Successfully completed research on flooded and non-flooded tree species using LI-COR LI-6400XT Portable Photosynthesis Systems. • Advocated for student growth and career readiness, while presenting Introduction to Urban Forestry coursework. • Led several diverse student groups during international travel. Primary contact between the university and foreign hosts.