David Tucker Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Md, Us

Owings Mills, Md

Member of Baltimore's Marching Ravens for 21 seasons. The Marching Ravens are the official marching band of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens and were the former band for the Baltimore Colts. Served as a drum major, section leader, assistant section leader, and member of the trombone section.

Work to cultivate and develop the organization's River Guardian Society and also develop online appeals to our membership and activists.

Washington, D.C.

Created and implemented a strategy and work plan for Defenders’ involvement in geothermal energy development. Independently researched landscape of current industry and actors involved to determine how Defenders should engage moving forward to ensure that geothermal development is done in a way that does not negatively impact wildlife. Served as organizational representative on the Lacey Coalition, a group seeking to successfully implement illegal logging provisions added to the Lacey Act in 2008. Analyzed Federal Register notices related to these new provisions and drafted comments for the organization to submit, lobbied Congress on implementation of the new provisions, created outreach materials ranging from blog posts to fact sheets. Managed fifteen financial accounts and grants, tracked expenditures, and created annual financial reports. Developed annual budgets for several programs based on previous year spending. Created outreach materials (factsheet and position documents) related to: renewable energy; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; the Farm Bill; and invasive species. Led research effort for Defenders’ “Broken Screens: The Regulation of Live Animal Imports in the United States” report. Provided administrative assistance to Senior Vice President and nine staff, including; calendar and scheduling, travel planning, developing power point presentations, and managing the document review process. Coordinated and helped launch a new renewable energy campaign. Assisted in developing portion of presentations for funders; planned and organized coalition events; provided research and other assistance as needed. Served as co-chair of Defenders' Green Committee, examining ways to make the organization more environmentally friendly and responsible. Led organization of Defenders' Global Warming Symposium in the fall of 2007.

- Researched and wrote state fact sheets that targeted key states important to members of both the House and Senate agriculture committees. Fact sheets focused on the importance of farm bill conservation programs in those key states, including farm bill conservation program summaries and success stories for each state.- Assisted with proofreading the amicus brief that NWF filed in the Rapanos/Carabelle v. United States Supreme Court last year.- Performed occasional lobbying visits on the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act (reintroduced in 110th Congress as Clean Water Restoration Act), on biofuels and farm bill conservation programs- Represented NWF at meetings for the Clean Water Network and Conservation Coalition- Performed various other research and administrative tasks as assigned- Assisted with and organized hill drops- Helped coordinate a fly-in of NWF members to lobby on the importance of and securing funding for conservation programs in the farm bill

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Science And Policy

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