Catherine Castañeda Email & Phone Number

Remote From Home With Travel As Needed

Subcontractor to APTIM (formerly CB&I Environmental & Infrastructure) Program Managers to serve Responsible Entities in New York City and Texas to plan and implement programs for Hurricane resilient housing and infrastructure recovery activities..Work has included managing an Environmental Assessment for a Water & Sewer Infrastructure Project in Brooklyn.

Texas And Massachusetts

Work has included site investigations, NEPA environmental reviews, ASTM site assessments, compliance audits, remediation project planning/execution/reporting, community outreach efforts, and broad support of FEMA and HUD-funded disaster recovery programs. She served as Technical Support Manager for a USACE Environmental Restoration Contract, authoring or.

Houston, Texas

Provided interpretation/translation services (English-Spanish-English) for the EPC-1 construction project Management Team (Bechtel, PEMEX and Brown & Root) to ensure engineering design, safety, & other legal documents controlled in accordance with environmental health, & safety regulations in both Mexico & the United States. Technical support for Hazardous.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

For School of Economics, coordinated the UN-funded Post Graduate Program in Population and Development, scheduled/collaborated with visiting professors from international academic institutions to teach courses & support research projects. Also taught 3 graduate courses: 'Introduction to Geographic Information Systems'; 'Gender Studies in Demography'.

Austin, Texas

As Teaching Assistant for 4 semesters, Ms. Castañeda assisted Professors with the following courses:- Maps and Map Interpretation- World Geography- Geografic Information Systems She prepared and led laboratory and seminar sessions, provided student guidance, reviewed and graded essays, quizzes, and tests.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

For the University's Directorate of Scientific Research - developed environmental research proposals for donor agencies & executed those projects; promoted incorporation of environmental themes in all university disciplines (i.e. law, history, pedagogy, biology, chemistry, economics, philosophy, medicine); thesis advisor to graduate students.Managed.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Per NEPA and 22 CFR 2216 for USAID’s Regional Housing and Urban Development Division in Honduras - performed Environmental Assessment for the Municipal Development Project, analyzing how financial policies & programs for infrastructure projects could be adjusted to enhance land use management in 11 medium-sized urban centers. Designed environmental.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Subcontractor to USAID contractor to serve as the National Coordinator for the development and publication of the 1989 Environmental Profile of Honduras. She facilitated contributions by Honduran experts, prepared chapters on Environmental Contamination & Environmental Education, and helped to edit the entire document for publication in Spanish.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Under contract with Honduras’ National Electric Energy Company - supported development of the Watershed Management Plan for the El Cajon Hydroelectric Power Project per World Bank Environmental Guidelines (plus NEPA) as dam construction was being completed & rural village relocation efforts were beginning. Performed stream water quality assessment.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography

Activities and Societies: American Association of GeographersDissertation: Environmental Change and Uncertainty in Coastal Communities of.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Environmental toxicology work-study project (1982), produced white papers (air, water, soil contamination) &.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Marine Sciences (Ecology)

Activities and Societies: Student representative to ad-hoc committee on curriculum, developing course in coastal zone ecology. Sports.

Marine Sciences

Summer semester (credits transferred to The Evergreen State College), with focus on icthyology and fisheries economics in the Gulf of.