Course Title: Environmental Law and Policy

Leads a boutique consulting firm committed to giving philanthropic missions a voice and promoting sustainable business practices for corporate and nonprofit clients. Services include professional advocacy, fundraising, strategic consulting, project management, media outreach, business plan development, and partnership cultivation. Responsibilities include:• Directing fundraising and development strategies for nonprofit clients.• Cultivating strategic partnerships between nongovernmental and governmental entities. • Providing technical environmental services including sustainable packaging, plastics reduction outreach and strategy, green infrastructure, sea turtle lighting review, and low-impact design.• Leading advocacy and strategy initiatives for policy issues that involve water quality, wildlife, and habitat conservation. • Engaging students as a guest lecturer at local universities and academies.Current and past clients include: Riverside Conservancy, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Indian River Lagoon Council, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach Symphony Society, Project H2O, local agencies and private clients.

Led a department of 100 full-time employees with an annual budget of $14.5 million. Responsibilities included:• Directed three county divisions: Planning and Development Services, Environmental Management, and Building and Zoning.• Presented, negotiated, and drafted ordinances, interlocal agreements, and resolutions. • Managed policy issues, strategic planning, and multiple advisory boards.• Advised the Volusia County Council, city commissions, and planning boards on strategies that promote a viable economy while protecting natural resources.• Developed media messages and events to promote regional conservation programs.• Created business plans based on “eco-friendly” initiatives, including “green building” design, energy efficiency, and other environmentally sound business practices.• Fundraised for the multi-million dollar Lyonia Environmental Center and Marine Science Center (marinesciencecenter.com).• Formulated state and federally approved processes for environmental permitting, pollution control, and protected species conservation.• Held multiple overlapping positions to save taxpayer dollars during the economic downturn:Director of Growth and Resource Management February 2011 – July 2016Director of Planning and Development Services March 2008 – September 2011Acting Director of Environmental Management 2007 – 2008 & 2009 – 2011Natural Resources Director August 2002 – March 2008

Directed west coast operations and oceans advocacy initiatives that included: fundraising, strategic planning, legislative and administrative lobbying, corporate outreach, press relations, and budget preparation. Responsibilities included:• Negotiated partnerships and funding opportunities with international corporations and foundations.• Managed national media campaigns and events involving world leaders and celebrities. See www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-01-31-danson-oceans.htm.• Conducted congressional briefings at the request of Senators and Members of Congress.• Represented American Oceans Campaign at national and international conferences, editorial board visits, and fundraising events.• Created the Healthy Oceans Business Alliance, a membership organization based on raising awareness of “eco-friendly” business practices.

Managed national beach water quality advocacy initiatives that included: fundraising, strategic planning, legislative and administrative lobbying, corporate outreach, press relations, and budget preparation. Responsibilities included: • Led advocacy initiatives resulting in the adoption of federal legislation.• Re-structured the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Bill.• Created advocacy partnerships among businesses, coastal communities, and conservation organizations, leading to the BEACH Bill’s unanimous passage in the U.S. Congress. • Drafted congressional testimony, fact sheets, press releases, and articles. • Co-chaired the Coastal Working Group of the Clean Water Network.• Served as a judge to the Sea World/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards.

Engaged in advocacy and policy analysis on coastal issues nationwide. Drafted fundraising proposals and employee contracts. Specific responsibilities included:• Engaged in, and coordinated congressional, administrative, and grassroots lobbying efforts.• Represented coastal stakeholders at meetings with congressional staff and federal agencies. • Implemented media strategies, conducted editorial board visits, drafted press releases, and created advocacy and educational materials. • Researched and drafted legal documents relating to coastal barriers litigation.

Conducted legal research and writing in the areas of clean water, Fifth Amendment takings, and ocean dumping. Specific responsibilities included:• Drafted legislative amendments to federal ocean dumping bills. • Successfully engaged in congressional lobbying and administrative rule making.• Drafted legal memoranda for coastal barriers litigation.

Conducted legal research and writing for litigation involving the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, the Energy Policy Act, and associated regulations. Responsibilities included:• Drafted motions, briefs, and memoranda for mining litigation.• Researched and drafted papers regarding Fifth Amendment takings issues.

One of twenty-five first year law students selected nationwide to act as a legal intern. Responsibilities included:• Conducted research in administrative, family, and military law. • Assisted Judge Advocates with daily case assignments.

Taught a college-accredited course on dolphins and conducted dolphin research. Highlights included:• Authored and presented seminars on the physiology, conservation, and research of dolphins.• Co-authored: Smith, J.D., et al., 1995. The uncertain response in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus.) J. Exp. Psychol. Gen. 124 (4): 391-408.• Coordinated research training sessions, analyzed data, behavior, acoustics, and experimental design.• Presented research results and protocol to international marine mammal conferences.