• Coordinate panels of subject experts that evaluate the effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce nutrient and sediment loads.• Disseminate panel findings to the Chesapeake Bay Program's Water Quality Goal Implementation Team and facilitate review by diverse stakeholders to achieve approval to incorporate panel recommendations into the CBP modeling tools.

• Supported administrative and strategic activities of the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership's Water Quality Goal Implementation Team.• Assisted coordination of Best Management Practice (BMP) expert panels that recommend new or existing practices for incorporation into the Watershed Model and annual progress reporting toward Bay TMDL targets for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment.• Provided strategic support to the partnership's development of a basinwide BMP Verification framework.

• Assisted in stormwater program consultations with local governments.• Explored beverage container deposit laws in various states and assessed the feasibility of a Bottle Bill in Maryland.• Provided senior staff with background information and briefings as needed.

• Provide one-on-one guidance to twenty first-year MPP students to hone their professional writing skills.• Collaborate with faculty sponsors and fellow writing coaches to determine possible improvements to the School’s writing program.

• Researched compliance and performance of Maryland’s Forest Conservation Act and wetlands mitigation banking activities.• Evaluated and revised lands- and stormwater-related information on the Foundation website and suggested improvements.• Analyzed and gathered background research for Federal Affairs staff on water quality trading with a focus on interstate trading in the Chesapeake Bay region.

• Examined literature with my supervisor to evaluate impacts of diversity in the science workforce, at the request of the National Institutes of Health.• Edited grant applications and reports; compiled summaries of reviewed literature.• Coded over 300 journal articles into database for analysis.• Supported Human Resources as needed.

• Compiled data on Congressional hearings, House and Senate party composition, air emissions data for various pollutants, and economic downturns.• Executed a multivariate analysis to determine which political, social, environmental, or economic variables had strongest correlation to federal focus on clean air legislation.• Proofread over 15 chapters of faculty advisor’s book on the economics of immigration.• Reviewed literature and located data on a range of subjects related to… Show more • Compiled data on Congressional hearings, House and Senate party composition, air emissions data for various pollutants, and economic downturns.• Executed a multivariate analysis to determine which political, social, environmental, or economic variables had strongest correlation to federal focus on clean air legislation.• Proofread over 15 chapters of faculty advisor’s book on the economics of immigration.• Reviewed literature and located data on a range of subjects related to immigration. Show less