Jonathan Hill Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

-Supervise one AmeriCorps service member in developing waste reduction and litter prevention educational materials-Manage city’s Adopt a Street program-Cultivate and create opportunities for collaboration with NCDOT, NCDEQ, and other city and county departments-Manage 20 person working board-Administer city tree banding and beautification grants, balance.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

-Manage city’s Adopt a Street program; increased number of active volunteer groups by 53% (from 220 to 350 and counting)-Initiated recruitment and reporting drive that increased the number of volunteer hours by 50% (to 6487 annually) and litter collected by 65% (to 3046) in FY2019. -Initiated public recycling plant workshop program-Developed partnerships.

Durham, NC

-Connect community groups throughout Durham to need based beautification and waste reduction projects.-Major coordinator in one of the largest volunteer tree planting seasons in Durham history (1000+ trees, 500+ volunteers). -Coordinated over 900 volunteers in various projects across Durham.-Planned and Managed 2017 Durham Big Sweep, where 32 volunteer.

-Ensured inclusion of priority conservation language in state Appropriations Act of 2017-Worked with coalition partners to develop strategies concerning conservation funding and farm regulation-Provided updates and insight on the coalition's work to North Carolina's Land Trusts and briefed them on actions at the General Assembly

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Designed and implemented social media campaign for competitive grant program that helped fund summer crews.
• Composed materials for organization’s use when lobbying at the state and federal levels
• Organized the corps’ inaugural fall corps program, which allowed groups of 10 high school students to experience living and working in the outdoors for priority conservation projects at Falls Lake State Park
• Worked with nonprofits and state and federal agencies to prepare for summer programs, including organizing site projects, where work crew would stay, etc.
• Represented organization at recruiting and speaking events across the state
• Created outreach database to streamline future recruitment efforts and provide outreach into previously untouched communities

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Composed legislative profiles, policy guidelines, and other materials for the organization’s federal lobby day; managed other interns during this process.
• Represented organization in coalition events and stakeholder meetings
• Lobbied for environmental policy, particularly clean water and appropriations issues, with members of congress and their staff
• Composed social media pieces, fundraising letters, blog posts, and letters to the editor to expand outreach and focus on certain environmental issues.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Lobbied for bills of importance to the land trusts of North Carolina, and provided policy analysis for CTNC
• Represented CTNC and all NC land trusts at committee and floor meetings in the North Carolina General Assembly
• Created a weekly memo to keep all NC land trusts up to date on policy and political issues at the state capital.
• Met with Legislative and Executive leaders to lobby for conservation policy, particularly tax credits for conservation easements and increased budget appropriations for the state's conservation trust funds.

• Worked on ecosystem restoration research and construction within the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants.
• Restored a natural piedmont prairie landscape within the gardens.
• Helped construct a 300ft artificial recirculating creek.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Worked with local land conservancies and government agencies on various conservation projects while developing strong leadership skills.
• Constructed an amphitheater and RV site for the Army Corps of Engineers at Falls Dam
• Conducted trail maintenance for over 50 miles of Mountains to Sea Trail at Falls Lake
• Marked and removed Alligator Weed from the Eno River in Eno River State Park
• Conducted trail maintenance on the Eno River portion of the Mountains to Sea Trail
• Constructed two natural playscapes: one at Harris County Park and one at Falls Dam

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

MPA@UNC

Bachelor'S Degree, History And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Environmental Alliance, Duke History Union, Tree Campus USAGraduated with distinction and received highest.

Byzantine History And Sustainable Policy

Study Abroad in Turkey