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Brighton, Colorado

Santa Maria, Ca

Managed Clean Water Act NPDES Phase II permit program for municipal stormwater operations. Delivered environmental training to all levels of staff, conducted water quality-focused assessments of business and construction sites and collaborated with various City departments to ensure permit compliance. • Conditioned development projects, including design specification and construction plans, for conformance with environmental regulations and green infrastructure design best practices. • Created spatial map for use in ArcCollector application to gather and assimilate inspection data, producing spatial maps of water quality treatment measures and trash generation areas for quantifying pollutant loads.• Conducted inspections of construction, industrial and commercial sites for water quality, hazardous material and environmental pollution risks, working with business to implement adequate control measures and BMPs. • Developed educational materials and workshops addressing water pollution control BMPs for the industrial and construction sectors. • Compiled and analyzed data documenting environmental program implementation for regulatory reports.• Coordinated $1.2 million grant-funded water quality project with design engineering consultant, state water board regulators, stakeholders, and internal management team. • Produced quarterly progress reports and invoicing submittals for grant-funded water quality project.• Assessed water quality program effectiveness, making recommendations for needed improvements to management staff.• Prepared annual and technical reports for submission to State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards. • Investigated illicit discharge incidents, spills and initiated outreach on industry specific pollution prevention measures. • Inspected, benchmarked and incorporated structural water quality BMPs into spatial formats and pollutant load reduction model.

Denver

Managed all aspects of EHS Management System for 23 mobile and 3 fixed facilities across three states within company's Northwest-US operations. Actively mentored and guided Operations level management and staff toward environmental program ownership resulting in higher levels of EHS performance. Crafted and managed multiple environmental compliance programs, including SPCC Plans, SWPP Plans, and air contaminant monitoring programs. • Drove 40 EHS incident investigations to root cause analysis corrective action plans. • Managed complex projects to completion within budget and on time. • Developed and provided facility-specific EHS training programs. • Collaborated across cross-functional teams in development of operating procedures. • Proposed strategic EHS initiatives that successfully drove performance beyond compliance.

Greater Denver Area

Developed Lake Action and Management Plan specifying both near term and long term strategies to restore ecosystem health while maintaining diverse resource use priorities for two city lakes. The action plans were the product of historical ecological research, field assessments, collaboration with various resource management agencies, and incorporation of Natural Areas Program directives. Developed qualitative assessment protocol to establish baseline ecological health conditions, catchment activities and resource values for each lake. Assisted with instream and stormwater outfall water sampling and creation of QAPP/SAPP for the Bear Creek Watershed Restoration grant project.

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Responsible for providing oversight of PCM's EHS performance. Created in-field surveillance protocol and program audit procedure to monitor contractor compliance with company's EHS programs and contract performance expectations. Guided and recommended strategic measures that ensured compliance with applicable federal, state and local environmental and occupational health regulations. • Revised 30 chemical hazard analysis for nuclear fuel manufacturing facility release scenarios.• Managed permit required confined space program during nuclear power plant steam generator replacement project meeting all milestones with zero incidents.• Conducted safety and health training across all levels of organization.

Seattle, Wa

Conducted over 270 industrial hygiene assessments of facilities within the industrial, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, construction and commercial business sectors. Facilitated employer implementation of hazard control and risk mitigation plans. • Conducted chemical & noise exposure assessments revealing overexposures in 70% of assessed workplaces. • Achieved 90% abatement rate for all serious hazards identified during facility inspections.• Collaborated with university research group and training department in development of industry hazard alerts.

Conducted assessments and provided educational outreach to 20 facilities during rollout phase of EPA’s Risk Management Plan rule. Implemented safety and health plans during initial emergency response, site characterization and cleanup operations at hazardous waste sites. Provided technical consultation to EPA on-scene incident commander during freshwater oil spill response. Served on Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team as certified HazWOper Responder.

St. Croix, Usvi

Managed Clean Air Act regulatory programs for refinery operations, delivering compliance reports and improvement plans to both internal and external customers. Implemented inspection, surveillance, and tracking systems that increased regulatory compliance by 25%. Developed and administered environmental program training to operations and management. Performed air and water sample collection and analysis to assess efficacy of treatment operations and emission controls.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Worked with local businesses to assess environmental sanitation risks and identified low cost strategies for mitigating environmental health hazards.Presented findings and recommended long-term policy solutions to local business organizations, Minister of Public Health and Minister of Tourism.

Bachelor Of Science,, Environmental Health, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Environmental Health Student Association, President; National Society of Toxicology

Masters, Natural Resource Management, 3.8

Completed coursework in: Geographical Information Systems (UC-Denver) Principles of Sustainability Science Communications for Scientists.