Kaitlin Phelps Email & Phone Number

Huntington, New York, United States

www.envark.org

A startup nonprofit focused on providing turnkey solutions for conservation organizations to more effectively target conservation-related behavior change. We specialize in the application of social and behavioral sciences in program development and provide the needed capacity and expertise to implement those programs effectively.

Ann Arbor, MI

Annually serve on grant technical review committee

Collaborated on a four person interdisciplinary project team to support a grant giving organization’s improvement of their environmental behavior change grant track and its recipients’ programsCompleted a literature review of effective behavior change strategiesConducted 20 grantee interviews to assess the needs of current behavior change programsCreated.

Mental health counseling. Current GPA: 4.0

Greater New York City Area

Action Research seeks to changing behavior for the public good by applying marketing and social science to outreach programs that promote clean, healthy and sustainable communities. Manage budgets ranging from $5,000 to $200,000, daily tasks, timeline, and clients for up to 25 projects annually (6-10 simultaneous), including multi-year projects and repeat.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Keep America Beautiful a a national nonprofit focused on anti-litter, community beautification, and recycling.  Created, distributed, and analyzed a retrospective pretest survey on a recycling pledge, resulting in a 10% response rate to the survey, measures of impact, and a revised pledge to participate Assisted with recycling operations at three state.

San Francisco Bay Area; Ann Arbor, MI; Nationwide

Conducted evaluation of Keep America Beautiful’s (KAB) Recycle-Bowl K-12 school competitionDesigned KAB RecycleMania’s guide to fostering behavior change that provides an overview of psychological and social science best practices

Ann Arbor, MI

Update and improve website design (http://meera.snre.umich.edu/) for ease of useCreate and edit over three evaluation reports and other pieces of website content

Collecting data on school demographics, test scores, and other descriptive information for two statesGeocoding of thousands of school locations Training two other employees with GIS software

Assisted with editing and organization of three grant applications for final stage CO2 capture method -Company received $100,000 from the DoD for Small Business Innovation ResearchServed as final editor and organizer for project budgets

Trained to provide CPR and first aidEncouraged a friendly and safe atmosphere by greeting & communicating with all patronsCreated biannual posters to promote proper gym equipment use, healthy eating habits, and other related topicsAssisted developing biannual health programsAssisted in interviewing and training over 5 employees

Co-designed activities for fundraising event which brought in approx $500 for SSDN Learning Center

Responsible for handling product sales up to $2,000/day

Master'S Degree, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Master Of Science, Natural Resources And Environment; Behavior, Communication, & Education

GPA: 8.2/9.0 (equivalent to an A) Courses: Psychology of Environmental Stewardship, Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Bachelor Of Arts, Environmental Studies: Social Sciences; Psychology; Photography

Activities and Societies: Capstone project: Created a brochure promoting local farmers’ markets for Student Health FacilitiesCumulative.

Semester Study Abroad, Environmental Studies & Australian Culture

Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement