Maddie Cheek, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Managed the development of the City of Tualatin’s first Climate Action Plan. Includes managing a team of 6 consultants, facilitating monthly Steering Committee meetings, reporting out to executive leadership and City Council, cultivating a robust and equitable public and stakeholder engagement process, and ensuring the project stays within scope and budget. • Prepared the annual budget for all 5 Public Works operating funds, including water, stormwater, sewer, road utility, and road… Show more • Managed the development of the City of Tualatin’s first Climate Action Plan. Includes managing a team of 6 consultants, facilitating monthly Steering Committee meetings, reporting out to executive leadership and City Council, cultivating a robust and equitable public and stakeholder engagement process, and ensuring the project stays within scope and budget. • Prepared the annual budget for all 5 Public Works operating funds, including water, stormwater, sewer, road utility, and road operating funds. Propose and advocate for budget increases as needed. Collectively, these funds account for over $48 million, roughly 30% of the City’s total budget.• Served on the city’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Team to develop an internal DEI Strategic Plan and increase organizational equity.• Served on the city’s Communications Team to shared information with the public about Public Works initiatives and programs via the City’s website, social media pages, monthly newsletter, and newspaper articles.• Prepared the city's annual Consumer Confidence Report (AKA Water Quality Report) in compliance with OHA guidelines.• Secured external funding for the installation of the city's first electric vehicle charging stations for EV fleet vehicles. Show less

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Collaborated with King County staff and members of the Climate Equity Community Task Force (CECTF) to develop a performance measurement framework to assess the climate equity goals identified in King County’s 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan.• Conducted a review of literature related to equity measurement across 8 different focus areas identified by the CECTF, including transportation and food security.• Systematically identified and catalogued existing King County metrics and… Show more • Collaborated with King County staff and members of the Climate Equity Community Task Force (CECTF) to develop a performance measurement framework to assess the climate equity goals identified in King County’s 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan.• Conducted a review of literature related to equity measurement across 8 different focus areas identified by the CECTF, including transportation and food security.• Systematically identified and catalogued existing King County metrics and measures by reviewing existing publications.• Recommended metrics and measures to achieve the goal of measuring climate equity, prioritizing existing King County metrics and measures to reduce the administrative burden of measurement. Identified gaps for further community-driven metric development. Show less

Seattle, Wa

• In this inaugural position, I defined the role and set the standard of the Youth Program Registry Coordinator through meeting the challenges of ambiguous directives and projects by being an adaptable and creative problem-solver. • Developed initial processes and continuous improvements to the Youth Program Registry System (YPRS) with our software development vendor, Ideal-Logic. • Communicated process changes and UW Youth Safety policy (APS 10.13) requirements with colleagues in over… Show more • In this inaugural position, I defined the role and set the standard of the Youth Program Registry Coordinator through meeting the challenges of ambiguous directives and projects by being an adaptable and creative problem-solver. • Developed initial processes and continuous improvements to the Youth Program Registry System (YPRS) with our software development vendor, Ideal-Logic. • Communicated process changes and UW Youth Safety policy (APS 10.13) requirements with colleagues in over 160 youth programs affiliated with the UW.• Served as the in-house YPRS and eligibility requirements expert for youth program personnel. Reviewed, processed, and monitored youth program personnel eligibility and compliance. Show less

Seattle, Wa

• Advised prospective students and school/college personnel about complex admission requirements,academic programs, and degree requirements via community college visits and phone/emailcorrespondence.• Analyzed applications from prospective international freshman and transfer students;independently determined admissibility of prospective students.• Determined appropriate credit hour transfer and course equivalency credits from domestic andinternational academic… Show more • Advised prospective students and school/college personnel about complex admission requirements,academic programs, and degree requirements via community college visits and phone/emailcorrespondence.• Analyzed applications from prospective international freshman and transfer students;independently determined admissibility of prospective students.• Determined appropriate credit hour transfer and course equivalency credits from domestic andinternational academic institutions.• Trained temporary credential evaluators and student staff. Show less

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Environmental Policy And Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Climate Justice League - Co-director (2015-2016), Climate Justice League - Internal Communication Coordinator.