Specialties: planning (planning, programming, budget, & execution), solid waste and recycling issues, basic chemistry, public speaking, technical review, and use of computer analytics (charting, database, reports, statistical analysis).First Woman Supervisor (Agricultural Management Specialist) for the Farmers Home Administration in Montana, serving in Plentywood, Montana (Northeast Corner)First Executive Director for South Dakota Solid Waste Management Association (SDSWMA) involved in developing training & testing for haulers (transportation), landfill, and recyclers, provided technical testimony during state legislative sessions for state of South Dakota as well as for various Sioux reservations, managed the financial records for the association and the solid waste scholarship fund, and provided technical outreach to the public.Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO), first taken in South Dakota in 1993. Certification taken in March 2000 and maintained to the present. Certified Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) National MOLO instructor beginning in September 2010.Management of Transfer Station Operations (MOTSO) taken in Bismark, North Dakota in 1994.Manager of Composting Operations (MOCO) Certification completed Grand Junction, CO, September, 2012.Manager of Recycling Systems (MORS) Certification completed Reno, NV, March 2017.Completed one semester Certified Public Manager (Salt Lake City, UT), June 2018Military Comptrollership, Indianapolis, IN, January-March 1986
Listed skills include Waste Management, Environmental Compliance, Strategic Planning, Sustainability, and 29 others.