Chelsea Lowes Berg Email & Phone Number

Traverse City, MI, US

• Lead the piloting of a new DOC-wide granting system, eRA, on behalf of the Department of Commerce and serve as a main member of the transition team and user acceptance testing.
• Oversee the federal granting functions and competition oversight for the National Sea Grant College Program which supports coastal and Great Lakes communities through research, extension and education.
• Create, distribute, and continuously update of various policies, procedures, and guidance documents within… Show more
• Create, distribute, and continuously update of various policies, procedures, and guidance documents within the NOAA National Sea Grant Office and across the wider Sea Grant network in response to changing rules.
• Provide leadership, knowledge, and technical expertise in all aspects of federal granting within the National Sea Grant Office and across the Sea Grant network as the Grants Manager for the National Sea Grant Office..
• Serve as the Great Lakes Regional Lead for the National Sea Grant College Program to ensure collaboration and build strategic relationships between university partners and the greater NOAA community in the Great Lakes.

Silver Spring, MD And Traverse City, MI

• Provided federal oversight and support to the 16 NOAA Cooperative Institutes consisting of 42 universities and research institutions across 23 states and the District of Columbia.
• Provided leadership, knowledge, and processing assistance to NOAA Federal Program Officers and NOAA sponsoring offices about the Grants Online system and Cooperative Institute financial administration while acting as.
• Maintained complex financial… Show more
• Maintained complex financial and programmatic data for all OAR Cooperative Institutes. Show less

Silver Spring, MD

• Provided federal oversight to California and University of Southern California Sea Grant programs
• Managed and processed between 45-50+ federal omnibus and grant awards per year using the NOAA Grants Online system
• Coordinated the Sea Grant Education Network, enhanced communication between the network and the National Sea Grant Office, and represented the network to NOAA and other federal partners
• Identified, selected, and placed Knauss Fellows within the federal government for… Show more
• Identified, selected, and placed Knauss Fellows within the federal government for the purposes of providing an educational experience to fellows while to providing technical, management, and policy support to.
• Administered the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program’s services to federal hosts and fellows by providing organization, planning, and oversight of the program

• Assisted in implementing Sea Grant’s new planning, implementation and evaluation system
• Worked with other NOAA coastal programs to assist in the development of NOAA’s Coastal Strategy framework
• Assisted coordinating the ERP, which consists of eight component programs across three Line Offices with a $192 million annual budget
• Coordinated Planning and Budgeting process for ERP, including tracking budget and producing Program Operating Plan with 25 new budget initiatives for NOAA… Show more
• Coordinated Planning and Budgeting process for ERP, including tracking budget and producing Program Operating Plan with 25 new budget initiatives for NOAA ecosystem research
• Communicated and collaborated with eight other Ecosystem Goal Team Programs

• Developed materials for and taught 2-3 Zoology laboratories per semester to undergraduate, non-biology majors
• Managed three other Zoology Teaching Assistants (TAs), organized meetings to teach new TAs weekly material, managed student complaints, dealt with disruptive TA and/or student behavior and disagreements

Traverse City, MI

• Conducted road-stream crossing and streambank erosion inventories for large rivers and streams in Northern Michigan o Interacted with concerned homeowners and motorists
• Involved with Tippy Dam RiverCare Kids clean-up day and annual Greens Fore Streams golf fundraiser

• Responsible for surveys of algae (including Cladophora and Eurasian milfoil) and major erosion sites in inland lakes o Interacted with curious lakefront owners and boaters
• Developed literature for homeowners on boat washing, lawn fertilization, and leaking septic tanks and their effects on surrounding waterbodies
• Set up kits and manuals for volunteer lake monitoring program participants
• Heavy use of Global Positioning System (GPS) and ArcView Geographical Information… Show more
• Heavy use of Global Positioning System (GPS) and ArcView Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software Show less

Master Of Science, Biological Sciences

Bachelor Of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Environmental Chemistry