Elise Suronen Email & Phone Number

California, United States

I exist to guide individuals through their personal regenerative journey,in a way that honors and synchronizes their unique outer and inner-self,so that they feel emboldened to be their true self,thus supporting their communities and the planet in their unique way.I do this by: 1) Creating containers for change makers to gather and develop the necessary.

- Partnering with the Executive Director to deeply understand the current organizational structure and then redesign for health and resiliency.- Leading the tracking and communication of impacts as outline in the District's Strategic Plan.- Developing the evolution of program operations to support the growth of the organization.- Training Program and.

California, United States

I partnered with high-achieving professionals who wanted: 1) to explore a career shift 2) accountability to achieve their goals 3) needed a sounding board to deal with major life shifts 4) to cultivate a healthier life for themselfDuring the coaching process, my clients have:- successfully did not have to relocate their family for work, and instead.

California, United States

• Secured $739,872 through the 2022 CWA 319(h) NonPoint Source Grant Program for the Marin Resource Conservation District from the California State Water Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Coordinated a $290,000 federal grant program that brought together three organizations to develop a cutting-edge soil health curriculum, and conduct 12 workshops and webinars.
• Guided a >$650,000 project in collaboration with five partners (federal, state, nonprofit and private entities) to reduce greenhouse gases, save 3,6500,000 gal of water a year and protect water quality.
• Co-created Regen Score Alliance during the accelerator phase facilitated the Lexicon and supported by Food at Google to create a market-driven model to rapidly expand regenerative agriculture.
• Assisted the San Diego Carbon Farm Task Force with grant writing.

Point Reyes Station, CA

• Managed the organization’s largest program overseeing a total of >$6.6 million grant dollars from 11 different funding organizations to improve water quality and enhance habitat.
• Implemented the project management of >50 highly-collaborative restoration projects from start to finish and close out of budget and contracts with high stakeholder satisfaction.
• Directed all activities for the construction of a $3.3 million-dollar stream enhancement project, which helped contribute to the return of an endangered species to the local watershed.
• Spearheaded project coordination and communication efforts with cross-functional teams of five to nine members: including engineers, planners, scientists, permitting agencies and client.
• Coordinated and conducted troubleshooting sessions with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams decreasing project delays and maintaining partner trust.
• Supervised timelines, project objectives, and budget to ensure on-time, on-target. implementation with less than $100s of dollars left in the grant budget prior to termination.

- Researched burning as a restoration tool for an endemic species in low elevation ponderosa pine forests.- Collaborated with federal and state agencies, as well as private landowners, to design a research experiment that would assess present management actions.- Participated in stakeholders meetings with private landowners, federal and state agencies..

- Maintained and collected data from LTER (Long Term Experimental Research) plots for projects funded by the National Science Foundation including: Experimental Manipulations of Snow-Shrub Interactions, and Arctic Plant Community Response to Neighbor Removal and Fertilization. - Responsible for managing and analyzing the 2008 data. - Took initiative to.

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Completed a research project titled, Purple sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, avoid sunlight despite food availability. Provided support for activities within the Adams’ Lab. - Followed stringent scientific protocol, exercised solid teamwork, kept a close eye on the details and remained reliable. - Provided recommendations and design assistance.

- Supervised and created lesson plans for a total 17 cognitive retention workshops, as a full-time undergraduate student. - Each workshop averaged about 15 college students. - Successfully facilitated collaborative working relationships, which helped produce a conductive learning environment for her students. Completed program training and earned.

- Provided administrative and instructional support to the professor of the Invertebrate Zoology course. - Collected, handled and maintained local California marine invertebrates for the laboratory portion of the course. - Helped familiarized students with course material both inside the laboratory classroom and outside on field trips.

- Requested to come back for a second season of data collection for a habitat connectivity project in the Bighorn Crags, ID. - Successfully directed a three-person crew through the backcountry. - Maintained moral and motivated the crew to accomplish necessary tasks in the rough outdoor conditions. - Coordinated the daily schedule in order to ensure that.

- Chosen to participate in the Cal Poly Biological Sciences Department's Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students. - Assisted in launching a habitat fragmentation study to evaluate conservation practices for amphibians. - This project focused on Columbia Spotted Frogs in the remote wilderness of Idaho.

Fellowship

Organizational Leadership

Master Of Science - Ms, Natural Resources

Bs, Biological Sciences Concentration In Ecology, Minor Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Biological Science Department Wildlife Club (Pres., Public Affairs, member) 03-08 Cal Poly Women's Lacrosse Club.