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Lexington, Ky, Us

Frankfort, Ky

Executive Director for the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners. Direct Board business and budget. Facilitate minimum six Board Meetings per year. Provide administrative support, including database management for four license types, including over 3,000 active licensees. Spearhead regulation revisions to completely rewrite 201 KAR Chapter 16. Process all applications, correspondence, and check deposits; issue new licenses. Manage grievances and complaint files; work closely with Inspection staff. Coordinate with other Boards, agencies, and stakeholders on trending topics, including licensing, credential portability, pharmacy, animal therapies, etc. Coordinate KBVE COVID-19 response and communication. Develop and maintain new website, as well as improve database services and efficiencies. Serve on the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) Ad Hoc Think Tank Committee and Conference Committee. Work to strengthen ties with federal, national, and other jurisdictional organizations. Additionally, assist the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) annually with internal NOP Audits for the Organic Certification Program.From July 2018 - July 2020, worked as the Board Coordinator with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) Commissioner's Office to coordinate KDA's role in approx. 20 other Boards, including the State Board of Agriculture (SBA), the Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Corporation (PACE Board), and the Kentucky Agricultural Council (KAC).

Frankfort, Ky

Work cooperatively with Program Manager to administer the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program. Preform analysis and make recommendations regarding policy and regulation. Create and maintain annual program databases, filing systems, report forms, and correspondence. Cooperatively coordinate the work of professional staff to administer the Industrial Hemp Program. Assign and review work of employees engaged in administrative functions. Execute and evaluate program for efficiencies and improvements. Interpret Department and program policies to public and Department employees. Present and exhibit about the Hemp Program on behalf of the Department. Conduct Organic Crop Inspections and Reviews as a Certified IOIA Inspector. Provide administrative support to Organic Program. Work with Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Coordinator to maintain website for the program, and act as a grant proposal and application reviewer. Support shifts at the Kentucky State Fair in the Fruit and Vegetable Exhibit and the KY Dept of Ag booth.

Frankfort, Ky

Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) Program Coordinator (more than 260 schools in 70 counties). Manage agency budget. Work extensively on the Professional Environmental Educator Certification program standardization and national accreditation. Represent KEEC at conferences as a presenter and exhibitor. Support Executive Director in all other agency programs, budget needs, grant applications, and Council requests. Conduct Professional Development Workshops for educators, including curricular projects Project WET and Project Learning Tree.

Frankfort, Ky

Technical Advisor for education and outreach on all Kentucky 319(h) Nonpoint Source grant projects. Primary Technical Advisor on eight 319(h) grants, totaling more than $2.2 million in federal funds. State Host Coordinator for Project WET in Kentucky. Exhibited/taught at environmental education and outreach events with frequent travel across the Commonwealth. Partnered with community groups and universities to teach water education. Primary author on the 2012 NPS Management Plan for DOW.

Frankfort, Ky

Conducted reviews of permit applications, including contained, CDD, residual, and special waste landfills for compliance with regulations. Prepared Notices of Deficiencies (NODs) for applicants. Managed permittee files in Tools for Environmental Protection and Management Organizations (TEMPO). Revised solid waste regulations and all SWB forms as member of Solid Waste Regulation Revision Team. Developed and maintained SOPs for Permitting Section.

Frankfort, Ky

Reviewed Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs). Assisted permit holders in understanding and meeting compliance. Issued Notices of Violation (NOVs), Letters of Warning (LOWs), and DMR Letters. Processed and interpreted data in TEMPO for case building. Project Manager on KPDES Enforcement Management System (EMS) revision for EPA. Developed, maintained, and conducted division-wide training on TEMPO and DENF SOPs. Appointed Division Representative for Commissioner’s Training Project Team. Led the DENF KY Excel Project to present environmental career information to students. Designed and executed TEMPO reports.

Annapolis, Md

Sub-sampled Maryland Stream Wader volunteer samples following standard operating procedures. Identified orders and families of macroinvertebrates present in samples. Analyzed data in Microsoft (MS) Access. Drafted and edited grant reports for MANTA. Participated in Maryland Biological Stream Survey (MBSS) sampling. Presented introduction to macroinvertebrates at the 2007 MD Stream Waders Training and detailed Didymosphenia geminate concerns at the 2007 MBSS Summer Sampling Training. Operated various equipment for biological monitoring and habitat assessment, including a levelometer, D-net, electroshocker, flow meter, and hydrolab. Supported all other biology lab functions as needed.

Avondale, Pa

Sub-sampled stream samples. Sorted samples with compound microscope. Identified orders and some families of macroinvertebrates present. Collected weekly malaise net stream samples. Entered data into computer program for analysis. Conducted exploratory research using graphed data in MS Excel. Filtered overland flow collector samples using vacuum filtration system. Obtained and dried sestons. Measured pH in water samples. Collected flow meter readings at stream sites. Worked with formalin and ethanol.

Washington, D.C.

Assisted four principal lobbyists, including the Chairman and the CEO. Maintained database of current Congressional Legislative Assistants. Organized fundraisers for Senators and Congresspersons and other Capitol Hill events. Managed technical issues with office computer network and Blackberry service and implemented solutions, saving money in IT outsourcing cost. Crafted company web page proposal, and subsequently maintained web page content. Retrieved current healthcare legislation from the Office of the Federal Register within critical timeframes. Tracked client billing.