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Provide advice and guidance on legislative and policy issues related to transportation, pilotage, solid waste, and telecom. Work closely with the Legislative Director to coordinate the commission's legislative work. Present on behalf of the commission at industry related meetings and conferences. Meet with legislators, legislative staff, stakeholders and lobbyists in relation to the legislative and policy issues.

Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA 2013 - presentAssistant Division ManagerProvide budget, economic and program administration leadership to the Aquatic Resources Division. Directly oversee the divisions IT, Derelict Vessel Removal, Ports, Land Transaction, Land Management Support and Administrative programs. • Directly supervise 7 staff who manage diverse programs that support the work of the agency.• Meet regularly with direct reports to discuss performance, technical issues, strategic approaches and procedures.• Serve as a member of the Aquatic Resources Division Management Team.• Regularly participate in management team policy discussions and provide advice and counsel on a wide range of complex issues related to aquatic land management.• Provide policy guidance and leadership for the Derelict Vessel Removal Program.• Provide project management leadership on the highly complex Habitat Conservation Planning process.• Maintain an effective working relationship with a complex and diverse array of stakeholders including local, state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, trade groups, tribal governments and users or state-owned aquatic lands.• Work with direct reports to compile and analyze data and make recommendations, prepare program reports and present to agency leadership.• Represent the division and agency on internal and external committees and work groups.• Develop work plans, timelines, and stakeholder outreach materials.

Oversaw management of a network of Aquatic Reserves. Establish monitoring and research approaches to better inform network management in response to changing climate. Develop networks of partners and provide leadership to coalitions to ensure environmental protection, conservation and enhancement of state-owned aquatic lands in order to provide direct and indirect benefits to aquatic resources in Washington State. Manage $900,000 biannual budget and supervised 3 full time employees.• Critically analyze proposals for new aquatic reserves and oversee site designation process.• Establish site specific management actions and put in place long term monitoring projects to inform management of Aquatic Reserves in a changing climate.• Support the implementation of the Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda through development Aquatic Reserves management plans for Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve, Smith & Minor Islands, Protection Island, and Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve.• Conduct policy analysis of proposed legislation dealing with aquatic land management and marine managed areas. Develop fiscal notes, and legislative testimony for agency executive management.• Conduct research and analysis of policies, laws, rules and regulations related to species and habitat conservation and climate change impacts to conservation areas.• Provide policy and management recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Lands and agency executive management on Aquatic Reserve and marine management issues.• Facilitate interagency dialogue to ensure management actions are effectively implemented by agency staff.• Represent the Department in state, regional, national and trans-boundary policy forums and work groups. • Supervise program employees, conduct employee evaluations, and develop Performance and Development Plans and Position Description Forms.

Worked with the agency’s Director of Legislative Affairs to affectively and successfully respond to and inform the legislative process to the benefit of the Commissioner of Public Lands and DNR.• Serve as one of two legislative coordinators for DNR during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Washington State legislative sessions.• Assisted in the development and successful passage of agency request legislation such as Surface Water Rights, Aviation biofuels, the Community Forest Trust, Puget Sound Corps, State Lands Discover Pass, and the Forest Riparian Easement Program. • Assisted in the development and dissemination of fact sheets for agency request legislation.• Developed legislative testimony and correspondence to the legislature and the Governor on issues including Community forest, habitat conservation, stormwater contamination, wildfire fuels reduction and resource extraction.• Provided verbal testimony to legislative committees on the agencies position towards legislation relating to protection of habitat, natural resources and agriculture.• Coordinated the internal agency legislative bill analysis process.• Coordinated weekly legislative briefings for DNR Executive Management including the Commissioner of Public Lands and the Agency Supervisor.• Provided critical analysis of legislative issues related to DNR management of public and trust lands to the Commissioner of Public Lands and the Executive Management team.• Responded to various legislatively related requests under tremendous time pressure and with very tight deadlines.• Drafted legislation and bill amendments.• Managed agency division bill coordinators and bill analysts.

Lead implementation of campus wide sustainability assessment as graduate thesis project for the Director of Sustainability and College President. Provided recommendations to college President and Vice Presidents on how to improve campus sustainability and better respond to a climate change.• Reviewed extensive body of scientific literature on environmental, social and economic sustainability and climate change.• Researched and analyzed policies, laws, rules and regulations related to environmental, social and economic sustainability and climate change.• Coordinated data collection and conducted analysis for over 90 complex indicators of environmental, social and economic sustainability.• Facilitated inter-campus dialogue and collaboration through the development of extensive stakeholder network to successfully complete sustainability assessment, and develop effective and realistic goals, actions and innovative solutions to advance the institutions sustainability efforts, including responding to climate change.• Developed detailed data collection and reporting process for future implementation of sustainability tracking and assessments at the institution. • Developed policy recommendations for future implementation of sustainability program at the institution.• Quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed assessment reporting data.• Analyzed the ability of sustainability assessments to result in organizational learning and organizational change.

Led the complex and collaborative Spartina Eradication Program, dealing with both management and public policy issues requiring the integration of science and policy. Managed $1.8 million biannual budget and supervised 3 full time employees.• Developed interagency Spartina eradication policy guidance based on budgetary restraints and efficacy monitoring results.• Coordinated and enhanced a network of stakeholder groups, including rural landowners, shellfish farmers, commercial fishermen, scientific community, legislative staff, federal, state and local governments, tribes, private landowners and non-profit organizations to work on Spartina eradication in Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor and Puget Sound.• Provided leadership and policy guidance to agency, stakeholders and partners related to invasive species eradication and habitat restoration.• Developed an annual Legislative Report that compiled data from partner agencies to detail the progress of the cooperative Spartina eradication program.• Assisted in the development and implementation of comprehensive Spartina eradication efficacy monitoring program to guide the management of the program.• Lead the development of Spartina eradication management plans at the strategic and tactical levels through collaborative process involving local, state and federal agency staff, and local stakeholders.• Regularly provided policy and management recommendations to agency Director, Deputy Director and executive management staff.• Supervised multiple full time, and temporary employees, often found opportunities to provide career advancement and support to staff, and facilitated a successful team environment.