Matthew Shurtleff Email & Phone Number

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

• Recruited and launched 28 canvassers for 53 shifts. Knocked on a total of 2,849 doors.
• Disseminated New Hampshire voter registration rules to volunteers.
• Identified and managed 3 GOTV volunteer leaders. Located and secured 4 GOTV staging locations.
• Enlisted and trained 25 callers for 33 phonebanks. Made a total of 4,528 calls.
• Created phonebank lists, cut turf, and tracked voters for 5 New Hampshire towns.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed communication among development team of owners, architects, engineers, and inspectors.
• Won and managed $2.5 million contract for conversion of vacant office space to affordable housing.
• Administered $10 million rehabilitation of 300-unit occupied supportive-housing building.
• Recruited, vetted, and hired subcontractors for agreements up to $500,000.

Greater New York City Area

• Oversee renovation, operation, funding, and greening of 1,000 housing units throughout New York City.
• Lead team of architects, engineers, and contractors on multi-million dollar residential renovations.
• Hire consultants to assess and implement upgrades to increase energy efficiency in occupied buildings.
• Solicit bids from vendors, negotiate agreements, oversee work, and administer payouts.
• Review portfolio of dozens of buildings and select sites for water conservation improvements.
• Supervise team of property managers and superintendents handling daily operations.

Greater New York City Area

• Guided commercial properties through LEED certification and facilitated waste monitoring programs.
• Expedited LEED qualification for property managers by determining best path to certification.
• Saved staff time by creating spreadsheet that automatically processes waste audit data.
• Trained staff how to use excel to extract specific statistics from complex waste audit notes.
• Improved client experience by collaborating with programmer to change web interface.
• Settled confusion over utility data by creating framework to normalize various measurements.

Greater New York City Area

• Devised problem sets, explained reading assignments, reviewed term projects, and graded exams.ENVIRONMETAL ARCHITECTURE (Summer 2012)
• Building water harvesting, green roofs, and alternate waste treatment systems
• Passive solar heating through direct gain, trombe wall, and sunspace.
• Building orientation, daylight penetration, glazing, and transmission.GREEN ACCOUTNING (Fall 2011 & Spring 2012)
• Balance sheet, income statements, cash flow statements.
• Depreciation, depletion, spoilage, waste and scrap accounting.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted hospital teams across NY metro region measuring energy and environmental savings.
• Improved waste tracking metrics and process for 1.2 million square foot facility.
• Researched and quantified greenhouse impact and ecological footprint of hospital operations.
• Calculated energy conservation results of equipment shutdown, retrofits, and PC management.
• Surveyed water use and reviewed vendor contracts to assess conversion away from bottled water.
• Analyzed and collated scores of employee interviews to identify potential environmental projects.

Houston, Texas Area

• WVO Management is an alternative energy firm that recycles vegetable oil into biofuel.
• Co-founded WVO Management Charitable Endowment Fund to implement cause-related marketing.
• Improved public relations by re-writing newsletter pieces to make language more accessible.
• Optimized physical capital use by adjusting collection tank distribution at restaurants.

Greater New York City Area

• Drove land conservation program across New York, from the Bronx to the Adirondacks.
• Set New York State record by conserving 53,000 acres of open space worth $15 million.
• Convinced politicians to authorize $5 million bond, then won citizen referendum to put into effect.
• Raised $1.6 million in private donations and quickly captured funds in major contribution to budget.
• Negotiated all contract terms including price, deposit, length, rights, and duties.
• Advised Trump, Toll Brothers, and CSX about tax implications of property donations.

• Directed voter outreach for 3 campaigns: congressional, sheriff and freeholder.
• Recruited and trained dozens of volunteers to call and knock on doors in 60 precincts in 6 cities.
• Wrote scripts for volunteers and monitored interaction with voters to ensure service.

Bistrita-Nasaud County, Romania

• Reached out to politicians and NGOs, suggested environmental projects, and ensured implementation.
• Awarded US State Department grant and won support of village government to protect local habitat.
• Proposed city arbor campaign, gained mayor’s backing, and recruited volunteers to plant saplings.
• Researched ecological topics, taught high school classes, and devised lesson plans for future use.

Greater Boston Area

• Created $3.7 million worth of housing, assisted with $17 million more; total of 101 units.Drove entire development process including financing, purchase, building and leasing.
• Communicated with city agencies and community groups to forge consensus for building design.
• Obtained approvals from department of buildings, zoning board, and historical commission.
• Wrote budgets for full cycle of development including construction, soft costs, and reserves.
• Secured funding mix of permanent and construction loans from banks, government, and investors.
• Ran site meetings, scrutinized change orders, met with subcontractors, and settled price disputes.

Greater New York City Area

• Annually closed $4 million of rehabilitation mortgages for residential and mixed-use buildings.
• Interviewed owners, collected building data, forecast cash flows, and calculated debt service ratios.
• Gained approval from committee of bank executives to access $20 million pool of funds.
• Earned 1996 Customer Service Award; improvements and contributions to operations included:- took initiative to write department manual that laid out sequential steps in underwriting process,- overhauled underwriting.

Master'S Of Science, Sustainability Management

CLASSES • Management - Analyzed Starbucks’ Sustainability Initiative and presented team powerpoint. • Marketing - Researched and delivered.

Bachelors, Economics