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New Orleans, La, Us

Estab. in 1993, the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) delivers cutting-edge science to decision-makers on the front lines of environmental change. We bridge the gaps between science and education, public policy, land management, corporate sustainability, and recreation. Our programs include roundtable and town-hall events, policy-relevant briefings and bulletins, social and mainstream media outreach, and comms training for students and early-career researchers. Against a backdrop of rapid environmental change, HBRF opens effective channels for action-oriented dialogue between citizens and scientists for smart policy and practice. The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study is a long-term, collaborative research program that takes place in the HB Experimental Forest, a 7,800-acre field site in the White Mountains of NH. The Forest was established in 1955 by the USDA Forest Service as a center for hydrologic research. Hubbard Brook is one of 20 Experimental Forests and Rangelands (EFRs) administered by the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station (with 80 EFRs nationally). For over 60yrs, scientists have used long-term monitoring, experiments, and modeling to build fundamental knowledge about the northern hardwood forests of eastern North America. The Study is a partnership among the USDA Forest Service, the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) programs, the HBRF, and scientists from research institutions throughout the world.Located on unceded Abenaki land in the SW White Mountain National Forest in NH, the Forest has weathered a variety of natural and human-caused disturbances including logging, acid rain, microbursts, ice storms, exotic pests and pathogens, and climate impacts (e.g.increased precipitation and rapidly warming winters). How the forest has responded—and will respond—to these and other disturbances is an overarching theme of the site’s research efforts.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

3Degrees helps organizations around the world implement renewable energy, transportation decarbonization, and other climate solutions.

Established in 1982 by a group of Dartmouth faculty interested in issues of applied and professional ethics, the Ethics Institute seeks to advance the study and teaching of ethics throughout the Dartmouth community through public programming, fellowships, funding for research and teaching, and an ethics across the curriculum course guide. The Institute considers a range of methodologies (e.g., normative, empirical, historical, humanistic) to be important to advancing ethics.

Concord, New Hampshire, Us

CENH promotes clean energy and technologies through education and advocacy to strengthen NH’s economy, protect public health, and conserve natural resources.

Hanover NH is New Hampshire's first community to commit to 100% renewable electricity, thermal and transportation energy by 2050. We're first in the country to do so by popular vote! The Municipal Sustainability Team: Town Manager, Planning & Zoning Director, Director for Public Works, Sustainability DirectorResponsible for advising on the strategic pathways to meet 100%, leading project management implementation with technical and policy members, developing procurement and services RFP for clean energy projects, overseeing contract negotiations for PPAs and other large aggregation power projects, and community energy aggregation programs. Active role in shaping PUC understanding of community clean energy goals and objectives, including data access. Strong role in citizen education, liaison with Sustainable Hanover Committee, and local community groups leading energy education and equity programming. Serve as regional technical resource.

NH’s first Ready for 100 community! Committee focused on sustainability in waste, mobility, energy, the environment, and overall citizen engagement.

Hanover, Nh, Us

* As Executive Director, provide strategic vision, guidance, and oversight of a breadth of programming and activities designed to transform Tuck into the preeminent business school for energy leadership. Lead corporate and alumni outreach for the Center, as it relates to the Center's goals, activities, and programs. * Serve as Project Advisor on energy related consulting and independent study projects with companies of all sizes (start-ups to multinationals). Advise on Tuck Social Venture Fund energy investments, Co-Direct energy innovation course in Morocco and serve as Faculty Advisor for Tuck Global Consulting.* Serve on executive committees, engineering review boards, and collaborate with Dartmouth College's Office of Sustainability, Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, and Thayer School of Engineering on energy programs and events.* Advise Tuck sustainability and clean energy initiatives, in collaboration with other Centers and Operations departments at Tuck, in order to meet objectives outlined in Dartmouth's Sustainability Roadmap.* Work in collaboration with the Faculty Director and the Dean’s office to enhance the MBA curriculum, support scholarly activity, and connect with alumni and corporations to build support for Tuck’s energy-related activities.* Work closely with Tuck Admissions and Tuck Career Development Office to recruit, and build career opportunities, for students interested in energy.* Coach and mentor MBA students interested in the Center's agenda and broad industry focus. Serve as a Tuck resource for alumni working across the industry.

Re:Public is a map-based application helping users understand and mitigate risk to people and infrastructure. Climate risk poses an economic threat to real assets with 95% of counties filing at least one national flood insurance program claim since 1980.As a SaaS web-based application, we are democratizing access to desperately needed tools that deliver insights to communities where hazards pose the greatest risk to community services, transportation routes, and other critical lifelines. Resilience planning is more important than ever in light of high frequency high intensity weather events and its a ubiquitous problem. Re:Public delivers a critical planning and collaboration tool for the non-mapping professional, helping users understand their community, put hazard risk in context, plan projects and prioritize investments, and communicate decisions, personalized with local data to meet local needs. Sign up today at republic-app.com.

Washington, Dc, Us

Director, Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA)-90The QER is a comprehensive review of all aspects of U.S. energy supply and demand resulting in a national energy strategy/roadmap, needed to transition to a low-carbon, more secure economy. The QER is a multiyear plan that lays out an integrated view of short-, mid-, and long-term energy objectives; outlines policy and legislative proposals; puts forward anticipated Executive Branch actions coordinated across multiple agencies; and identifies resource requirements for the development and implementation of energy technologies. The QER is the product of inputs from Congress, industry, academia, NGOs, and the public at large.• As Office Director, provide strategic vision, guidance, direction and leadership to ensure continued development and implementation of goals, objectives, strategies, and outcomes for QER collaborations and activities.• Plan, organize, and direct work of a team of specialists, and exercise supervisory responsibilities. • Serve as expert policy advisor for policy proposals, initiatives, and projects related to U.S. energy delivery and infrastructure. Develop, plan, manage, direct and conduct broad, critical, complex, controversial and sensitive legislative, regulatory, policy and economic analyses and studies that cut across occupational, organization and functional lines within the DOE and other Federal government agencies. • Identify new and important crosscutting issues, design appropriate strategies, and develop policy issue papers and studies to facilitate timely, informed decisions by policy making officials within and outside DOE.• Serve as sole/senior EPSA/DOE rep to, or leader of, intra- and inter-agency teams, working groups, or committees, with authority to commit DOE to courses of action, and assure DOE policy interests are carried out and, to the degree possible, supported.• Build and maintain federal, state/local and industry stakeholder relationships.

Washington, Dc, Us

Senior Infrastructure Systems Analyst / Program Manager within the Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration Division of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability:• Program Manager for the State Energy Program, developed following a $50 million dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant initiative to assist 47 states, the District of Columbia, 2 U.S. territories, and 47 localities with energy assurance and resilience planning. Work closely with State Governors, Regulated Utility Commissioners, Energy Offices, Emergency Management/Homeland Security, tribal/local/territorial government reps, and electric power/oil and gas industry.• Established three-year strategic plan to engage energy stakeholders at the federal, regional, and local level across industries (investor-owned electric utilities, public power municipalities, rural cooperatives, petroleum and natural gas companies) on the strategic importance and economic business case of building hardening and resilience measures into the energy system• Technical lead during energy emergencies of a 20 person all source analytic and engineering team. Deliver technical information to senior decision makers such as FEMA, State Governors, Energy Secretary, US Congress, and the US President• Technical training and expertise in strategic planning and implementation engaging stakeholders at all levels of government and industry. Extensive experience leading technical and strategic teams in evaluating, prioritizing, and synchronizing activities. • Serve on the Deputy Secretary-led Energy Incident Management Council, bringing together all senior leaders from across DOE during an emergency

Stuttgart-Moehringen, De

Foreign Affairs Specialist, East Africa Regional Engagement Division, Strategy, Plans, and Programs Directorate (J5):• USAFRICOM, J5, East Africa Branch Foreign Affairs Specialist responsible for coordinating and evaluating policy, plans, and security cooperation programs for Somalia and the East Africa region• Authored Regional Engagement and Country Security Cooperation Plans, background papers, policy decision papers, and policy position papers impacting US senior leader decision making in the Horn of Africa• Responsible for evaluating, prioritizing, and synchronizing proposed security cooperation activities including annual consolidation and joint planning. Interfaced with U.S. interagency, host nation and foreign governments, U.S. embassy country teams, and subject matter experts to provide resource and policy recommendations to USAFRICOM leadership on political-military affairs in the region. Extensive travel to Africa• Awarded J5 Civilian of the Year. Nominated for USAFRICOM 2012 Civilian of the Year. Awarded Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award, Quality Step Increase for Superior Performance and Civilian Meritorious Medal for Superior Performance.

Washington, Dc, Us

Infrastructure Systems Analyst, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration Division, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability:• Established and managed DOE Combatant Command Energy Advisors Program, Team of 5 Advisors + 2 Analysts located in Germany and USA• Managed Department-wide Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations and DOE Civilian Response Corps (international disaster response, including Haiti, Israeli natural gas supply disruptions), and consulted foreign governments on electricity reliability (Colombia High Level Delegation, Iraq, Canada/Mexico cross-border, India, etc)• Served on Executive Committee and led DOE-DOD MOU implementation, and international energy system analysis, integration, and planning• Lead coordinator for whole-of-government approach to internal DOE analysis and planning • Developed Energy Security Course at National Defense University, in partnership with NNSA • Prepared technical briefs on energy outage info and restoration progress to senior FEMA leadership, Energy Secretary and President of the US• Assisted strategic development and drafting of Strategic Plans, Concept of Operations, and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and Energy Sector Annual Report

Downstream Oil and Gas Group, European Office (Paris):• Geo-strategic analyst researching and publishing reports for downstream competition and monitoring services in global markets (Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America) • Technical analysis of downstream oil and natural gas supply chain management, refining and chemicals, oil and natural gas engineering, financial principles of energy industry (Financial Principles; Refining & Chemicals; Downstream Supply-Chain Management; Subsea Engineering; Oil & Gas Engineering; Off-shore E/IOR Engineering), and electric utility sector (Federal/regional/state/local/tribal-government, regulatory, investor-owned electric utilities, public power municipalities, rural cooperative, and interdependent sectors)• Consulting and business development for Middle East and Africa; geo-political risk assessment for strategic growth opportunities in Africa• Youngest client-facing analyst managing global projects; generated more than $1m in revenue

Paris, Ile De France, Fr

Office of the Director General—Goodwill Ambassadors and Arab Funding Sources:• Assisted Goodwill Ambassadors, Special Envoys, Champions for Sports, and Artists for Peace efforts to raise awareness for UNESCO activities• Assisted in preparing and attended ambassador meetings and conferences• Researched and drafted for UNESCO Celebrity Advocates newsletter• Provided support to UNESCO's Africa Department in its efforts to ensure implementation of Africa-oriented activities that strengthen regional and sub-regional cooperation and ensuring follow-up to requests by African countries under the Participation Programme.

New York, Ny, Us

Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Africa Division, UNMIS (Sudan/Darfur) and UNMEE (Ethiopia/Eritrea):• Analyzed information from field communiqués and summarized into reports for Security Council• Assisted senior officials with briefing notes, background papers, and talking points• Monitored political, humanitarian and operational developments relevant to Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa and Great Lakes Region; interfaced with AU, World Bank, League of Arab States

Washington, Dc, Us

AARP, Global Affairs and Public Policy Department, International Affairs Division:• Researched and drafted international public policy and country notes on global aging• Attended country delegation meetings on healthcare policy reform

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Account Manager, Development Circle, Resource Development Dept., 2004 campaign season:• Managed 50+ accounts (events planning, financial records, presentations)• Assisted VP of Community Planning in researching and writing local and state government Community Development Reports

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Ba, International Relations, Pre-Law, Focus On Environmental Science

Ma, Int’L Affairs, Conflict Resolution, Civil Society Development, Thesis: Electrification & Development

M2, Master De Recherche Sociologie Des Conflits Et Sécurité Internationale

Intensive Advanced-Level Arabic Language Study

Political Science