Nicholas Werner Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va, Us

2021 Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) - NSF | Budget Division | Program Analysis Branch• Drafting, formatting, and presenting budget displays for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional Budget Requests to ensure continued funding and promote the NSF Director’s mission• Creating new account codes, ensuring the accurate capture of programmatic and financial data in multiple NSF systems, and editing/revising the NSF Coding Manual to support directorate programs• Managing agency-wide responses to annual and ad hoc data requests to comply with Administration priorities and Congressional oversight• Serving as the Budget Division representative on the NSF Climate Change Coordinating Committee Working Group to provide budgetary insight on proposed climate change award programs

Washington, Dc, Us

2021 Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) - Rotation - OMB | Dept. of Justice Branch.• Coordinated the formulation of spend/action plans for assigned budget accounts, served as the primary advisor on OMB recommendations relative to budget execution and implementation for those accounts, and anticipated relevant policy implications and pain-points.• Monitored and evaluated progress made by departments and agencies in implementing and executing the President's policy, providing updates as needed to senior leadership officials.• Reviewed, corrected, and approved Apportionments to ensure agencies were expending funds in a prudent manner, on authorized programs and projects, and remained fiscally solvent.• Reviewed, summarized, and provided comments on Legislative Referral Memorandums (LRMs), including House and Senate Bills, and responses to questions from oversight hearings (QFRs) and budget data requests (BDRs).• Served as OMB co-lead on the interagency working group that shepherded the Dept. of Justice (DOJ), Dept. of Labor (DOL), and state(s) partnership focused on increasing inmate job training, easing reentry into society, and reducing the likelihood of recidivism.• Researched and co-authored a special report with baseline investigations into, and recommendations for, advancement of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

Newport, North Carolina, Us

• Created feasibility reports on mariculture incubators, supply and demand for the installation of living shorelines, and a determination of standards for residential docks and piers• Participated in restoration fieldwork – planted/built and maintained living shorelines, reefs made from bags of recycled oyster shells, and rain gardens – to naturally strengthen shorelines and mitigate stormwater• Organized conferences, including the North Carolina Coastal Resilience Summit, to maximize public participation, promote resilience awareness, and reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable areas• Composed a policy position letter to government officials and represented NCCF in delivering public comments regarding opposition to offshore oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean

Durham, North Carolina, Us

• Conducted web-based market research to establish the most impactful “Keystone Actors” in the ocean economy and make connections between environmental stewardship and continued revenue growth• Determined which multinational corporations are industry leaders and should be targeted to set sustainability goals with the objective of transforming them into ocean stewards• Coordinated an interdisciplinary and multicultural team of researchers (Stockholm Resilience Centre; Duke University) and industry professionals (World Ocean Council; Center for the Blue Economy)• Drafted and revised a manuscript on keystone actors in the global shipping economy for publication in Science Advances - “The Ocean 100: Transnational Corporations in the Blue Economy”

Oak Ridge, Tn, Us

• Ensured timely grantee reporting, tracked and analyzed program metrics, and helped streamline two multi-million-dollar EPA National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) programs: People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and continued Congressional support• Coordinated organizational logistics (senior administration official speeches and schedules, panel sessions, networking opportunities, project judging, and social media outreach), and execution of three Annual P3 National Sustainable Design Expos that were attended by hundreds of thousands of visitors• Assigned to the taskforce comprised of U.S. Department of State, EPA, and China Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) senior officials as part of the EPA-China MOST MOU renewal process to encourage inter-agency and transnational collaboration • Primary author of The Future Environmental Workforce and Innovation Project Report, as well as numerous other internal and external EPA circulations, highlighting program success stories• Created and implemented a new employee engagement initiative that increased donations by over 500% in an annual federal government charitable campaign (Feds Feed Families), and was subsequently adapted by the larger Office of Research and Development (ORD)• Awarded the Administrative, Operations, and Support Services Award in 2018

Charlottesville, Va, Us

• Contributing researcher on NSF-funded project (Award #1237733) entitled “LTER: Drivers, dynamics and consequences of non-linear change in coastal barrier systems” that has produced 150+ publications to date• Conducted salt marsh research surveys on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to determine how coastal salt marshes, and other adjacent ecosystems, are responding to rising sea levels and global climate change• Assisted with additional ongoing research projects including (1) Monitoring of an abandoned agricultural field as it naturally transforms into salt marsh to study undisturbed ecosystem succession and regrowth; (2) Biannual fish sampling surveys to discern local biodiversity; (3) Quarterly Long-Term Ecological Research water quality sampling; (4) USGS atmospheric/biological sampling of the Virginia barrier islands

• Assisted in managing the “Off the Hook” Community Supported Fishery (CSF) through database maintenance, public engagement, and program marketing to increase participation• Conducted numerous projects researching ocean sustainability, public policy, and both species-specific and ecosystem-based management practices to promote environmental consciousness• Managed social media for the Atlantic Tuna Conservation Program by drafting and sharing communications, promoting conservation science, and expanding public outreach efforts

• Grew, harvested, packaged, & delivered certified organic sprouts to local sustainable companies/individuals

Master Of Environmental Management, Coastal Environmental Management

Bachelor Of Arts (With Distinction), Biology; Environmental Science

High School Diploma