• Oversee internal and external communications, including management of multiple employees, interns, and consultants• Manage the Chicago Wilderness website and social media accounts including Twitter (4,000 followers), Facebook (4,100 likes), and YouTube (9,800 views)• Develop written materials such as policy alerts, summary reports, monthly newsletters, annual reports, media kits, press releases, and fundraising appeals• Coordinate the Chicago Wilderness Beyond the Choir effort to build member capacity for health and nature partnerships across the region• Led rebranding with graphic designer and executive director; applied new branding and messaging across communication channels, including a new website and member portal • Create communication plans and collateral for fundraising efforts including member dues campaigns, a crowdfunding campaign for threatened Chicago region animals, and the Celebrating Nature Gala• Plan multiple large conferences and events including the Chicago Wilderness Congress (650 attendees) in 2012, 2014, and 2016• Facilitate the marketing, review, and presentation of the Chicago Wilderness Awards• Coordinate the Chicago Wilderness Corporate Council which included all of the business members of the alliance

• Provided the following services to environmental education organizations: 1) Evaluation planning & advisement, 2) Development of logic models, evaluation criteria and indicators, instruments, and final reports, 3) Data analysis, 4) Workshop facilitation of environmental education evaluation skills• Planned and implemented an evaluation of over 300 teachers in the Chicago Green Teacher Network• Evaluating Openlands’ Building School Garden Program by analyzing over 40 school gardens and their respective teachers and staff in Chicago

• Co-planned and evaluated events including Earth Day on Daley Plaza (200 attendees), Green Hall Meetings (150 attendees), and the Chicago Climate Action Plan Summit (800 attendees)• Coordinated seasonal workshop trainings, monthly e-newsletters, and outreach materials for over 450 adult volunteer Recycling Block Captains• Conducted five targeted recycling trainings for over 150 city residents • Implemented recycling outreach efforts including direct mail postcards, web updates, schedules, and instructional materials with the City’s Department of Streets and Sanitation • Created Department of Environment communication pieces including Chicago Conservation Corps brochures, Chicago Climate Action Plan Green Economy report, Catalog Choice banners, and more • Provided outreach and education support for the City departments and sister agencies (such as Chicago Public Schools and the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection) working on environmental projects

• Summarized evaluation results of 12 national environmental educator training programs through the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP)• Reviewed and wrote website content for MEERA, an online environmental education evaluation tool (http://meera.snre.umich.edu/)• Assisted in writing a book chapter for the forthcoming Environmental Education Handbook about evaluating behavior change in environmental education programs

• Conducted a 14-month feasibility analysis exploring how the USFS could adapt a professional development program for teachers to Milwaukee and Chicago• Coordinated interviews and meetings with over 80 educators, USFS staff, and non-profit managers

• Facilitated environmental education programs to over 60 Ann Arbor Schools K-12 classrooms• Wrote program guides and curricula for third-grade recycling programs

• Implemented river-based activities and programs for over 250 local students

• Designed and coordinated printing for stand up banners, monthly email blasts, calendars, five brochures, the company catalog, and nationally distributed advertisements• Designed new website images and Flash animations