Melissa Nolan Email & Phone Number

United States

Ann Arbor, MI, US

I am responsible for supporting, coordinating, and providing direction to Supply Chain Centers on compliance with environmental laws, regulations, and standards. Duties include performing routine inspections, leading compliance trainings, and completing required regulatory reporting.

• Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) Environmental Specialist – Pollution Prevention
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Grants Management. In coordination and collaboration across University of North Carolina system universities, managed 3 on-going, center based federal grants focused on pollution.
• Managed teams of engineers including faculty, students, and contractors for environmental engineering equity focused projects
• Designed, facilitated, and hosted nationwide EPA sponsored educational webinar events presented by pollution prevention subject matter experts on topics including energy, water, and lean assessments
• Researched governmental agency compliance parameters to support grant activity using federal databases and toolkits
• Strategically designed proactive outreach methods throughout local and regional manufacturing sectors in historically underserved regions

• Graduate Assistant – Sustainability, Watt Watch Energy Challenge January 2023 - present
• Energy data input, analysis, and design for electronic communications campus wide on challenge progress
• Social media management (Facebook, Instagram) utilizing data driven methods and Canva graphic design
• Sustainability public outreach, program promotion, and communication with internal and external stakeholders

• Graduate Research Assistant – Campus Stormwater (MSEH Thesis Project)
• Facilitate stormwater sampling events over a long-term period
• Provide logistical support for sampling events by preparing equipment, staging gear, and calibrating meters
• Analyze and coordinate water sample processing between multiple laboratories
• Collaborate and share data with advisors to expand scope of project
• Data entry and analysis between multiple variables

• CDC funded National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP)
• Obtain and organize historic permit history data on septic systems to infer residential parcels with possible health safety concerns based on soil type, location, household size, and previous site related issues
• Sort and combine multiagency datasets to develop a method of selection for grant candidates
• Utilize North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality geographic information system data to research low income and underserved communities
• Strategize with environmental health department personnel on how to meet stakeholder needs via efficient use of grant funds
• Generate list of candidate households to benefit from a $15 million American Rescue Plan Act Grant to connect to off-site sewer and water services

6th and 7th Grade Science Teacher – Duties include implementing new Next Generation Science Standards in cooperation with Northern Michigan University, MiSTAR Curriculum Training, instruction, assessment, Individualized Education Plan (IEP) implementation, community contact, family and student support. Transition to online learning during pandemic spring.

Cary, NC, US

• 7th Grade Science Teacher – Duties include instruction, assessment, IEP implementation, family and student support, field trips and STEM opportunity outreach.
• Department Head – Science. Duties include hosting and managing SciPi community events, supporting in house teachers, communicating district and school wide messages, training teachers on best practices
• Curriculum Planning – Wake County. Curriculum development and design to reflect state science standards
• Safety Officer – Ensuring Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chemical compliance within science education practices, maintaining teacher training, and record keeping

• Secondary Science Educator – Title 1 Schools
• Managed 150+ students working in multiple teams and projects
• Created engaging and innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum that reflected diverse student backgrounds that increased End of Year state assessments scores by at least 19%
• Data entry and analysis
• Presented findings from data to improve objectives of department and school
• Communicated with stakeholders (parents, administration, community) on each child’s education

Bachelor'S Degree, Science Education, Elementary Education, Reading Intervention

Environmental Health