Mary Chambers Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Analyze state agriculture and forestry policy and identify advocacy prioritiesPresent webinars on the importance of healthy soil, including its role in climate change mitigation and environmental justice Build a network and coordinate with other organizations on advocacy and educational opportunitiesManage members’ efforts in support of the committee’s missionPlan and direct meetings by creating agendas, leading discussion, following up on action itemsLed development of committee’s comment on California’s soil carbon mapping plan

San Francisco, Ca (Remote) & Dhaka, Bangladesh

Headed iDE Bangladesh Climate Working Group; produced climate strategy materialsCritically improved usefulness and clarity of evaluation data reporting, including visualizationsCreated strategy to improve integration of nutrition into iDE’s work and led workshop with iDE’s field team to establish understanding of nutrition best practicesCreated work plans for agricultural mechanization and conservation agriculture project

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Designed cohesive project activities to address soil degradation in LesothoResearched and synthesized wildlife trade policies for massive open online course Provided exceptionally rapid, reliable production and review of reports, other documents

Greater Boston Area

Guided students to achieve significant improvements in writing qualityProvided highly personalized support to students of varying ability levels Connected students with tools and strategies to help them become lifelong English learners

San Francisco Bay Area

Planned and executed engaging trainings and lessons for elementary school and college students on composting, soil preparation, etc.Coordinated interaction with visiting groups to ensure smooth functioning of program

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided critical leadership throughout production of short film on future of food systemConducted expert interviews to collect ethnographic informationProduced blog posts and social media content to publicize FEED’s work and mission

Ohara, Japan

Independently created and distributed survey in Japanese exploring customer preferencesReceived recognition from supervisors for cultural adaptability and sensitivity in a rural, no-English settingParticipated enthusiastically in farm tasks including planting, harvesting, soil preparation

Gothic, Co

Carried out fieldwork in challenging settings to collect butterfly population and fertility dataUsed Excel to enter and statistically analyze data Independently managed time to ensure punctual provision of data

Master Of Science (Ms), Sustainable Agriculture

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sustainable International Development

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Human Biology