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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Successfully secured over $1.5 million in federal and state grant funding to implement Edina's Climate Action Plan (CAP).• Launched an e-bike rebate program in March 2024.• Successfully applied for and managed UMN student capstone team conducting density modeling study to determine if Edina will meet CAP transportation and emissions goals.• Manage Edina's $1 million Conservation & Sustainability Fund, which includes the Climate Action Fund that provides cost-sharing for residential and commercial energy efficiency projects such as wall insulation and heat pump installation.• Administer Edina's Resilient Homes Grant which provides reimbursement for energy efficiency projects at qualified affordable housing buildings through a partnership with the Center for Energy & Environment.• Facilitate Edina's participation as co-lead on the statewide Electrify Everything initiative run by the Center for Energy and the Environment.Communications, funding, and project management to implement Edina's Climate Action Plan.Member, League of Minnesota Cities' Improving Local Economies Policy Committee.Member, Metropolitan Council's Regional Climate & Natural Systems Technical Advisory Group.Member, Minnesota Department of Commerce's Home Energy Rebates Advisory Group.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

• Coordinated faculty hiring, including recruitment materials and communication with 92 candidates.• Facilitated weekly virtual research team meetings and hybrid student team meetings.• Administered external grants from NSF, NOAA, and other federal partners totaling $3.2 million.• Supervised 17 graduate and undergraduate research assistants.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

In partnership with UMN Extension's Regional Sustainable Development Partnership and Olmsted County Public Health Services, I am the principal investigator and project lead for the Olmsted County 2021 Food Security Assessment.• Created maps and analyzed food security trends in the county’s 33 census tracts using QGIS.• Conducted multivariate regressions in Stata to better understand correlations between demographic, social, and food access indicators.• Documented COVID-19 emergency food responses in the county and southeast Minnesota.• Presenting findings and final report, including 39 food policy recommendations, to Rochester City Council, Olmsted County Commission, and other community stakeholders in April & May 2021.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

• Evaluated inclusion of public health- and climate change-related planning measures in 49 Twin Cities metro area comprehensive plans for the MN Department of Health.• Provided policy analysis for North Mankato, MN’s pollinator-friendly and natural lawn ordinance.• Researched nationwide sidewalk strip edible gardening policies for Moorhead, MN.• Advised food and farm policy councils in Kansas on healthy food policy strategies.• Supported PHLC attorneys with understanding Minnesota’s legal requirements for planning.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Organized March 2019 GrowTeachKnox, a conference attended by 57 educators wanting to implement outdoor- and nature-based education in their classrooms.• Managed Beardsley’s Facebook (6,603 followers) and Instagram (1,990 followers) accounts.• Completed farm chores such as weeding, harvesting, and watering for a 4.5-acre farm.• Coordinated Beardsley’s 2,000 annual volunteers.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

AmeriCorps VISTA Member at Volunteer Assisted Transportation.• Increased homebound seniors’ grocery store trips by nearly 11%.• Organized 13 trips for senior and disabled public housing residents to local farmers markets.• Launched and managed VAT’s then-new Facebook page (from 0 to 378 followers).

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Persuaded executives at St. Joseph's Healthcare (Hamilton, ON) to utilize Epic software's then-new LGBTQ+ modules to improve queer and trans patients' experience and safety.• Developed the system and coding to map Canadian postal codes onto Epic's existing U.S. ZIP code autofill functionality to ease the patient registration process for Epic's Canadian customers.• Established graphics and presentation slide standards for the Access division, and consulted on presentation designs across the company.• Managed teams at PinnacleHealth (Harrisburg, PA) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in planning, designing, and executing implementation of Epic’s electronic medical record software.• Collaborated with teams at Pinnacle, St. Joe’s, and Epic to troubleshoot patient access and registration systems, track project budgets, and improve patient safety.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created maps using QGIS for aggregation and analysis for clients.• Conducted research on our candidates, their opponents, campaign finance laws, and previous elections.• Analyzed previous election results and other data to assist with clients' communication and voter engagement strategies.

College Park, Md

• Entered information from daily work logs compiled by a Q'eqchi' Mayan farmer in Belize since 2010.• Created a categorical system for classifying different record types (labor group, fieldlocation, diary, etc.) to enable subquerying data for subsequent analysis.• Performed preliminnary statistical and GIS analysis of database.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated emergency planning communications across departments in D.C. Government.• Assisted with creation of the new District-wide emergency management plan.• Communicated with hotels and other District businesses and stakeholders in advance of the Fourth of July and Pope Francis' visit.

Master'S Degree

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba