Curt Thomas Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Currently serve in a role within Dominion Energy's Environmental Services group to support the company's Environmental Management System program as well as environmental policy and sustainability efforts.-Support Environmental Management System program through environmental metric data reporting and analysis, root cause analyses, corrective actions, action plans, and annual environmental summaries.-Lead gathering, coordination, and preparation of water-related data for corporate disclosures and sustainability reports. -Subject matter expert and central administrator for company environmental data management system.-Assist in legislative and regulatory tracking of environmental matters, with a focus on water and stormwater issues.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Co-lead the development of an integrated web application/database program for the Office of Water Supply to perform all water permitting, water planning, data analysis, and modeling activities; including external portals for relevant stakeholdersServe as the Office of Water Supply representative to VADEQ's Business Technology Group, GIS Steering Committee, and Public Outreach and Website CommitteeSupport the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee & Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Committee in developing annual reports and organizing public meetingsCollaborating on an initiative to better engage the public on VADEQ success stories through the use of Story MapRespond to all internal and external data requests, conduct QA/QC workflows on Office of Water Supply data, and collaborate with outside agencies to develop publications related to water withdrawal data

Richmond Area, Virginia

Co-lead the development of an integrated web application/database program for the Office of Water Supply to perform all water permitting, water planning, data analysis, and modeling activities; including external portals for relevant stakeholdersServe as the Office of Water Supply representative to VADEQ's Business Technology Group, GIS Steering Committee, and Public Outreach and Website CommitteeSupport the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee & Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Committee in developing annual reports and organizing public meetingsCollaborating on an initiative to better engage the public on VADEQ success stories through the use of Story MapRespond to all internal and external data requests, conduct QA/QC workflows on Office of Water Supply data, and collaborate with outside agencies to develop publications related to water withdrawal data

Greater Pittsburgh Area

•Filmed, edited, and produced GSPIA speaker series’ and guest lecturers and created promotional videos highlighting exemplary students, faculty, and alumni.•Spearheaded initiative to create podcasts centered on interviews with faculty members and guests lecturers, breakdown of current global events, and a showcasing of student work.

•Maintained database of important climate change and development documents related to adaptation, mitigation, and general climate change strategies for 71 targeted countries•Synthesized climate change research strategies of key international development organizations to aid in the creation of USAID’s future climate change and development research agenda•Edited and summarized meeting notes to be redistributed to the Office of Global Climate Change

Greater Pittsburgh Area

•Collaborated with project developers, external consultants, and community groups in the planning process for the Lower Hill Redevelopment Project, which neighbors the Penguins arena•Created presentations for community group meetings, analyzed demographic as well as federal and foundation spending trends in the Hill District from 2000-2013, and researched potential social service partnership opportunities between the Penguins and Hill District•Developed Workforce Development and Diversity Training proposal to be instituted by the Penguins

Greater New York City Area

•Supported document preparation for the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, including summary reports and programs of work for all Member States•Assisted in research, analysis and preparation for conferences and reports focused on the objectives of the post-2015 international development agenda; specifically to build on the Millennium Development Goals

•Added geographical referencing information to 2500+ photos and articles in the DipNote database in order to create an interactive mapping system on the homepage•Developed content-style guide for all ambassadors and foreign service officers to follow when uploading new materials to DipNote•Inspected, revised, and ensured all imported articles and photos (5000+) on the Department of State blog, DipNote, were properly catalogued and indexed

Greater Pittsburgh Area

•Conducted in-depth research on Bangladeshi ship breaking practices and policies to support a segment on the Australian investigative journalism program, “Sunday Night”•Created an interactive GIS map to track end-of life ships as they are demolished in Bangladesh•Supported the research, writing, and editing of all Reports completed by the Institute

Lewisburg, Pa

-Facilitated the University's educational web platform migration from a Blackboard to Moodle system-Managed and organize file databases consisting of course material from all classes at Bucknell University-Assisted in the planning phases of a new interactive, educational project (MediaKron) at Bucknell, sponsored through funding by the Davis Educational Foundation

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

-Maintained and landscaped private residences and businesses, including large scale water gardens-Organized daily and weekly projects as well as supervised two employees

Richmond, Virginia

-Planned and designed research methodology to study wind energy development in Latin America-Compiled and organized data from over 2,000 Latin American newspaper articles between 2005 and 2010-Wrote paper using a media content analysis in order to frame wind energy development in Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico-Presented research findings at the Richmond A&S Research Symposium

Richmond, Virginia

-Completed field-study in Costa Rica and Panama to examine the social and environmental consequences of several hydroelectric dams being financed through international climate change mechanisms-Conducted primary and secondary research on international climate change protocols-Filmed, edited, and produced 20 minute documentary focusing on dam projects in Panama-Scheduled and conducted interviews with government officials, project developers, and NGO’s-Presented research findings at 2010 Association for American Geographers Annual Meeting-Co-published three scholarly articles for publication in conjunction with research

Master Of International Development, Development Planning And Environmental Sustainability

Activities and Societies: Pitt Policy Journal

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies: Latin America Concentration

Activities and Societies: Club Basketball, Club Lacrosse, Environmental Club, University Radio Host, Senior Class Gift Committee

Education record

2009 Six month semester-long study abroad program