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Led compliance program for 15 different environmental areas, managing a team of 13 to ensure KPI targets were met 95% of the time and increasing reporting efficiency by 20%.Developed an initiative to reduce stormwater infrastructure costs, saving $1MM over 10 years, a 70% reduction in spending on planning and execution of new construction in this cost center.Coordinated with oil companies, consultants, legal teams, and regulators to manage a $10MM oil infrastructure remediation, this team was able to meet 100% of deadlines while remaining 15% underbudget.Organized new data programs for air emissions, energy, waste, wastewater, and water, increasing efficiency by 10% while reducing violations by 40%, reducing violation costs by 65%.Ensured progress on environmental initiatives by coordinating with 30+ collaborators, increasing internal and external stakeholder satisfaction by 37% and meeting 100% of KPIs.Created an initiative to analyze air emissions data collection using lean six sigma, the efficiencies found in this project saved 500 hours of labor per year, increased accuracy of data by 95% and saved >$10,000 annually.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Oversaw the planning and evaluation of new construction projects for environmental impacts, working with a cross-functional team of 20 to improve processes, reducing review turnaround time by 15% and increasing CSAT by 30%.Headed a multi-year project to analyze air emissions, this included managing a cross-functional team of 8 consultants and coordinating with local and federal regulators, completing the project at half the cost of previous iterations.Developed a program to monitor waste collecting and analyzing more than 4000 data points, leveraged student volunteers to reduce staffing costs by 40% and was able to complete the project 45% under budget.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team in collaboration with Patagonia, Inc. to asses the environmental impact of microfibers shed from synthetic clothing. Primary tasks included designing a experimental filtration setup, quantifying microfiber shedding, leading the analysis of the fate and transport of microfibers through the wastewater treatment process, and acting as data manager.Peer-reviewed work was published in Environmental Science and Technology.

Acted as QA/QC lead for a project, managing 250+ environmental samples simultaneously, process improvements led to a reduction in average error rate by 5% and a decrease in turnaround time of 10%.Created an initiative to reduce departmental staffing hours on large-scale construction projects leading to a reduction in project overhead by more than 30%, saving $80,000 annually.Formed partnerships with local city and county regulatory agency staff, leveraging positive relationships to decrease permitting and regulatory review times for projects by 12%.

Oversaw the development of a product comparison webpage, scraping public information for 10,000+ data points while reducing data error rate by more than 10%.Managed a global team of 5 in developing new comparison metrics, increasing view count of the outdoor site by 15% while decreasing project turnaround time by 10% and reducing project management costs by 5% per site.

Headed customer outreach program team, streamlining research process leading to a 10% reduction in staff time for company research and increasing callbacks by 22%.

Led project to research competitor’s products to analyze costs, resulted in successful completion of the project on schedule while remaining 40% under budget compared to previous teams.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Science And Management

Activities and Societies: Association of Environmental Professionals

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics