Melanie Baumgart, Mpa, Cpp Email & Phone Number

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Eau Claire, WI

• Conduct needs assessments with local stakeholders to identify professional development opportunities, particularly in the areas of nonprofit, health care, and human service professional development
• Create and deliver educational programming that supports workforce and economic development and creates vibrant communities through collaborative relationships between the university, UW-Extended Campus and external.
• Manage program budgets by determining the appropriate array of topics to market in a given timeframe and geographical area
• Monitor compliance with various agency credential requirements
• Communicate programming vision to Continuing Education staff and provide guidance to implement vision
• Facilitate a bi-monthly nonprofit agency discussion group for 30 local direct service executive directors

Altoona, Wisconsin

• Research potential speakers for continuing education seminars throughout the United States.
• Secure speakers and serve as the point person throughout the lifecycle of the seminar.
• Work with attorneys, surveyors, and consultants to provide exceptional educational experiences for professionals.
• Create promotional copy and materials for marketing continuing education seminars.
• Proofread brochures and materials to ensure high quality documents are produced.
• Provide feedback to speakers after a seminar.

Academic Skills Center And Student Success Center

• Advised students on university resources available to them and provide the connections to these resources.
• Provided a welcoming environment to all students, faculty, staff, and parents that contacted the Student Success Center in person, over the phone or through email communication.
• Built and maintained connections with units in the Student Success Center as well as acrosscampus to ensure Academic Skills Center has the most up to date information on student services.
• Utilized CampS on a daily basis to create courses, provide permissions to students, as well as monitor student employment and work study eligibility.
• Developed training tools and conduct training sessions for student employees.
• Worked with students to develop professional skills that could be used beyond their college experiences.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

*Utilize social media and traditional outlets to increase awareness of River Country RC&D and it's mission.* Manage River Country RC&D's annual seed fundraiser * Coordinate the Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

• Coordinated conservation efforts in a 12 county area of Wisconsin
• Secured $270,000 in grants for River Country RC&D to further its mission
• Coordinated River Country RC&D’s Bulk Prairie Seed Project, an annual fundraiser that has consistently increased its seed sales for the last 5 years and had gross sales of $75,000 in 2010
• Used a variety of tools, such as cost/benefit analysis as well as on-farm demonstrations, to empower farmers to adopt conservation practices that assist them in conserving the soil
• Used social marketing tools such as a website, Facebook and Twitter along with conventional tools such as mailings and press releases, to increase the public’s awareness of River Country RC&D, its projects and its.
• Coordinated volunteers at River Country RC&D events

Dodgeville, WI

• Assisted with permitting of animal operations and farms
• Investigated complaints of wastewater runoff

Dodgeville, WI

• Answer landowners’ questions about weed control and planting methods
• Perform on-site visits to determine eligibility for government programs
• Review soil and topographic maps and aerial photos to evaluate the potential for conservation buffers

Dodgeville, WI

Masters Degree In Public Administration, Public Administration

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Reclamation, Environement, And Conservation