Liam Nigro Email & Phone Number

Truckee, Ca, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Acting as the community organizing and education arm in the Forestry Department of Openlands: a non-profit conservation organization, that exists to create access to nature for all through land acquisition, policy, and educational programs in NE IL.-Organizing a robust program of over 2,000 highly trained urban forestry advocates in tree care and stewardship around the greater Chicago area. -Co-Leading seasonal 4-week education courses surrounding urban forestry best practices to 50+ people seasonally.-A part of Chicago's Urban Forestry Advisory Board (CUFAB), tasked with investigating and offering recommendations on tree-related issues in alignment with the City's Our Roots Chicago Initiative

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Guided kayaking tours on the Chicago River for schools, companies, and private events.- Provided in-depth paddle-boarding lessons to individuals and groups on Lake Michigan- Managed opening, closing, POS, and customer relations at the North Avenue Beach rental location.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

- Facilitated volunteer events of 30+ people with educational programming - Led trail signage installment projects throughout multiple parks using ArcGIS - Involved with trail restoration and carpentry projects as well as equipment management

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

- Managed a staff of 25 student mentors for the curation of the Freshman orientation course - Implemented community event programming of 10 all-school events for 1,000+ students- Co-presented a series of lectures representing SENR on student experiences to the public- Integrated coursework into the Freshman syllabus focusing on wellness and climate change

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Wrote and Received two grants from tOSU to work on a humanities-focused sustainability project- Inspired by the intersection of outdoor access and community resilience, documents natural spaces of The Ohio State University campus through the media of poetry and film photography.-Orchestrated a three-week art exhibition at Urban Arts Space with a community-facing talk

Telluride, Colorado, United States

- Facilitated engaging and educational experiences for groups of students through environmental education, ecological exploration, kayaking, rock climbing, and backpacking. Adventure trips ranged from 2-4 overnights for youth ages 5-14 years-old. Highlights include leading two different 5-day backpacking and rafting trips for 12-14 year-olds. - Self-designed a strengths assessment for Telluride Academy through gathering and presenting qualitative data for business decision making, specifically, marketing and fundraising decision making.

- Providing support and assistance for the needs of the Blueprint Columbus stormwater research project, performing tasks both individually and alongside other graduate and undergraduate students- Gaining both lab and fieldwork experience as well as learned proper research procedures and techniques, learning to think critically and to problem-solve- Focusing on the collection of data and other tasks that aid in the collection of data, such as equipment and site maintenance.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

- Interned at Rust Belt Riders, a mission-driven company to “Feed People, Not Landfills” through composting consumer food scraps and soil regeneration in Cleveland, Ohio- Self-initiated and developed a marketing strategy and matrix to connect RBR with the outdoor sports industry in Cleveland; helped RBR partner with 3 businesses and gain a wider media audience- Created a framework design for repeatable kiosk(s) to expand the marketing efforts, led photography projects to generate social media material, and wrote an article linking composting to outdoor sports- Participated and collaborated in team meetings from of a wide-range of business disciplines such as finance, sales, marketing, zero-waste, idea development, and transformation to a Co-Op

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Created the sustainability internship program and served as John Carroll University's first sustainability intern; developed and facilitate education & awareness projects to raise student body/faculty education on campus-wide sustainable practices.This includes:- Created and managed JCU Sustainability's social media platforms - Spearheaded a campus-wide tree-planting on Arbor Day to help the campus plant their 1,00th tree. Managed and gained volunteers to plant over 20 trees.- Led food waste reduction initiative, "Weigh The Waste", at Schott Dining Hall where the sustainability team analyzed food waste and published marketing contents to bring increased awareness on student's food waste- Designed and co-led plastic reduction presentations to Freshman and Sophomore dormitories at JCU Campus- Participated in monthly Sustainability Committee meetings with JCU's staff and faculty to better develop methods to reduce campus's carbon footprint

Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Activities and Societies: Minor: Creative WritingPeer Mentor for SENR, RadioHost for AROUSEOSU.com, Volunteer for Students Advocating.

12,13

Activities and Societies: Arrupe Social Justice Scholars Program, Division III Men's Lacrosse Team, & Sustainability Intern for John.

First Honors & St. Peter Claver, S.J. Service Award

Activities and Societies: Labre Leader, Wilderness Retreat Leader, Lacrosse, Soccer, C.A.T.