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New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Managed and distributed outdoor gear rentals for courses and individuals

• Guided outdoor trips and taught technical skills to groups of 8 or more students and community members in the following program areas: paddling, tree climbing, skiing, and caving
• Led and participated in outdoor excursions in the Finger Lakes, Thousand Islands, Adirondacks, Sierra Nevada, Cumberland Island, and Suwannee River
• Facilitated teamwork and personal growth while promoting environmental stewardship through Leave No Trace (LNT) practices

New York, New York, US

• Analyzed Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) themes, opportunities, and risks across the general merchandising retail industry using Sustainable Accounting Standards Board, Carbon Disclosure Project, and Global.
• Conducted landscape assessment of six ESG rating systems—RepRisk, MSCI, Bloomberg, RobescoSAM, Sustainalytics, ISS—to compare methodologies in scoring corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of top five US.
• Detailed growth of ESG market and rise of responsible investing to encourage adoption of CSR initiatives in businesses

New York, New York, US

• Evaluated ConEdison’s Gas Innovations Program proposal submitted to the New York State Public Service Commission
• Led team of five consultants in technical and economic analyses of ground-source and air-source heat pump technologies
• Developed three scalable financial models to incentivize New York State’s adoption of geothermal energy using infrastructure bonds, purchase agreements, product bundling, and multi-sided platforms

Washington, DC, US

• Worked with a team to design a new waste management system expected to generate annual savings of $60,000 for the Smithsonian National Zoo through on-site composting
• Customized a Green Mountain Technology Earth Flow in-vessel composting system to process 15 tons of animal waste per week and incorporate elements for education
• Developed an alternative revenue stream worth up to $25,000 annually through the sale of excess compost after applications of the soil amendment on Zoo grounds
• Planned and implemented public education and outreach initiatives around composting and recycling for visitors, such as during the Zoo's Earth Optimism Day
• Contacted 9 zoos about their single-use plastic elimination to guide the Zoo’s One Smithsonian Plastic Reduction Initiative (OSPRI)
• Used quality function deployment (QFD) to rate and rank 14 water bottle alternatives

New York, NY, US

• Worked with a team to develop and launch a Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP) pilot program at Cornell and Tompkins County
• Researched and built business case for grant proposals to restructure existing local waste management systems

• Assisted in the study of predatory beetles (Laricobius nigrinus and Laricobius osakensis) as a biocontrol against the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) by feeding and counting them weekly
• Examined Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) samples collected from various field sites under microscope to track adelgid winter mortality

Ithaca, NY, US

• Coded survey responses about attitudes towards hydraulic fracturing among NYS residents
• Transcribed and analyzed data investigating communication and individual learning among members of anti-fracking activist groups in the Ithaca region
• Conducted primary research on Cornell undergraduates’ perceptions of other people’s environmental concern relative to rural or urban geographic setting and presented findings in senior thesis: The Role of Urban versus.

Ithaca, NY, US

• Provided course support and graded assignments for Writing for Communication and Research Methods in Communication
• Held office hours and met with students individually to go over writing edits and answer questions related to statistical analysis

Ithaca, NY, US

• Assisted in specimen collection and identification for research about wild bees’ tree preferences in local apple orchards
• Cared for live bee microcolonies and collected data to study effects of diet change in squash bees and bumblebees

New York, New York, US

• Assisted organization's social science research by tracking public Google searches on methane leaks following press releases about methane maps and designing a study to encourage engagement with environmental issues.
• Conducted and transcribed interviews of 13 members on the methane mapping team about their roles in the multi-disciplinary project spanning 6 years
• Wrote white paper documenting methane mapping project to serve as reference for future initiatives related to air quality mapping

Brooklyn, NY - New York, US

• Created and taught experiential learning ecology lessons to elementary and middle school children from Title 1 public schools in Brooklyn
• Guided students through scientific experimentation projects of individually developed inquiries about seed germination
• Designed plans for and supervised students' building of fish tank hydroponics systems
• Led a three-day overnight camping trip in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Coordinated with Brooklyn Botanic Garden arborists to teach students technical tree climbing

New York, NY, US

• Taught educational programs about nature and NYC wildlife in Central Park and Inwood Hill Park to NYC Parks summer campers
• Led public outdoor recreational activities, including history hikes, canoeing, fishing, and family camping
• Patrolled Central Park daily and assisted with wildlife rescues and law enforcement

US

• A collaboration of the Greenpoint YMCA, NYU, and ExxonMobil, SYSTEM is an environmental internship based on stewardship.
• Evaluated mitigation strategies for current environmental issues ranging from stormwater runoff to urban heat island effect
• Designed, built, and presented green roof models for the Greenpoint YMCA building
• Completed an ornithology class during week-long camping expedition at Black Rock Forest
• Gardened at, maintained compost pile in, and built a solar-powered drip irrigation system for Lentol Garden

Bachelor Of Science With Distinction In Research, Cum Laude - Bs

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

High School Diploma