Michelle Chang Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Methodically collected, tracked, and managed over 1400 attendees and their seating arrangements for the 2018 Silver SPUR event. Managed communications with corporate sponsors to ensure their sponsor benefits were distributed and their recognition was included in promotional materials. • Helped to manage SPUR’s transition to Salesforce CRM database by providing strategic guidance on implementation and identifying priority tasks until the system went online. • Worked closely with the database administrator to identify database migration issues and correct thousands of data records. • Assisted the Director of Individual Giving in membership renewals and miscellaneous fundraising activities. • Pioneered processes for SPUR’s email marketing platform by developing procedures for segmenting marketing audiences and setting up automated email marketing programs. • Built and organized reports for staff across all SPUR departments. Trained staff to create and reuse reports. • Wrote procedures, conducted live training sessions, and recorded videos to increase Salesforce user adoption and ensure a smooth database transition for all staff.

• Managed award-winning USGS web applications and website projects with team members. Tasks include workflow development and standard operating procedures for enrolling data into USGS data systems. • Engaged in outreach activities to USGS scientists and outside partners about USGS products and applications. • Coordinated and facilitated several USGS program activities including workshops and event planning, managing an annual Request for Proposals (RFP) process, and synthesizing data for reports and presentations to management. • Wrote high-level memos, news articles, and leader blog entries to promote USGS program activities and events.

• Collected and managed environmental data in MS Access database. • Performed SQL queries and VBA functions to organize and retrieve data for statistical analysis.

• Coordinating role with DataONE’s working group to produce educational materials on data management.• Organized documents and various advertising materials for the launch of the DataONE website.

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) • Developed and implemented a survey to quantify data production in ecological research papers. • Conducted interviews with 30 scientists and compiled, analyzed, and interpreted resulting data.

Irvine, Ca And Berkeley, Ca

• Planned, organized, and executed multi-year research projects funded by NSF and USDA.• Efficiently carried out and supervised data collection, data entry, and statistical analyses, on multiple research projects.• Coordinated and worked with multiple researchers, post-doctoral scholars, graduate students, and trained undergraduates in gaining research skills, field training and wet chemistry.• Conducted field research all three years in California grasslands and oak woodlands, soil chemical analyses such as nitrate and ammonium extractions, substrate induced respiration, and resin extractions. • Executed lab managerial tasks such as writing standard protocols, organizing and maintaining lab equipment, performing administration duties, and purchasing supplies.• Served as the Chemical Hygiene Officer, wrote Standard Operating Procedures and conducted lab safety training.

Master; Bren School, Environmental Science & Management

Activities and Societies: Specialization interest in Conservation Planning• Relevant coursework in environmental law: National.

Bs Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Biology, Ecology

Activities and Societies: Ecological Society for America SEEDS, Orange County Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology