Nicolia Mehrling Email & Phone Number

Sebastopol, California, United States

As Lead Facilitator, I provide collaboration and program support to Ag Innovations’ projects and clients. - Identify needs and issues, conduct and document background research, and interview participants.- Develop process approaches to address client issues and concerns.- Develop communications and outreach plans to support complex projects- Develop agendas and facilitate small group discussions.- Document group discussions and decisions. - Develop plans, recommendations, policy or agreement documents, and other deliverables as the Senior facilitator directs.- Project planning and management, including tracking project timetables and deliverables, maintaining client relationships and communication, tracking project finances, coordinating project logistics and documenting outcomes.

Provides facilitation, mediation, workshop development, project coordination and public engagement services to government, nonprofit and community organizations. Provides writing and copy editing for academic papers, fundraising pitches and grants.Provides live captioning for specialized meetings; accurately captures tone and content. Created processes to manage client contracts and invoicing. Manages project planning, coordination, and communication for 5-8 clients at a time.In writing and captioning, provides ability to alternate between biblical Hebrew and English, and incorporate Hebrew and Aramaic grammar terms.Clients have included state agencies, community nonprofits, educational institutions, and religious organizations.

Hood River, Oregon

During the time I managed the Community Mediation and Education programs with Six Rivers DRC, our organizational budget and staff doubled. As lead mediator and facilitator, I helped individuals and groups of up to 30 people to make decisions, resolve conflicts & improve interpersonal communication in cases lasting up to 18 months or as short as an afternoon. I trained professional mediators in a certified 40 hour mediation course including conflict theory, practical skills, & experiential learning, and supervised new mediators in their development. I also designed curriculum for and led communication & conflict resolution trainings for businesses, government agencies, and the public. Through participation in the Oregon statewide network of Community Dispute Resolution Centers, I moved forward joint policy advocacy, data collection, and the streamlining of services throughout disparate counties. I managed staff members and professional volunteers to execute a highly regarded conflict resolution program.

Hood River, Oregon

I tracked cases through initial intake to evaluation and coordinated both clients and mediators throughout multiple ongoing cases. I mediated and facilitated cases, including: marriage dissolution, workplace disputes, government agency facilitation, individual conflict coaching, and neighbor to neighbor disputes. I wrote copy for the organizational website and managed email and social media outreach, as well as being the point of first contact for all communication with Six Rivers DRC.

Hood River County

As an Americorps volunteer, I served the Oregon Community Food Systems Network (OCFSN), Hood River County and Gilliam County. I managed the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Updates for Hood River and Gilliam counties, including researching local demographics and natural hazard risks, recruiting and coordinating volunteer steering committees; developing priority actions to address risk , presenting to local civic and community groups, and writing two Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans approved by local jurisdictions, state and federal regulatory agencies.With OCFSN, I facilitated collaboration between food systems nonprofit leaders throughout Oregon via action committees, networking events, and virtual communications. I coordinated 7 issue specific committees, planned a 2 day conference, organized and co-facilitated a daylong leadership team retreat, wrote a monthly newsletter, and developed web resources for the network members. Extensive stakeholder engagement and relationship building informed all my work.

Berkeley, Ca

Three Stone Hearth is a cooperative kitchen selling local, organic, artisanal prepared foods, in which I held multiple roles. As a Human Resources Team Member, I designed a process for interdepartmental meetings, collaborated on worker feedback programs, on-boarded and trained new employees, and facilitated decision making at multiple levels within the business. As a Kitchen Production Planner, I projected production flow for industrial scale meal production, including equipment use, staff time, and ingredient needs. I also supervised new employees and executed large scale kitchen production.As Legislative Liaison for AB 2883 Campaign Working Group with the Sustainable Economies Law Center, I acted as point of contact for California Senate staff members, conducted outreach to worker cooperatives throughout the Bay Area, and helped draft language to advocate for cooperative friendly legislation.

Santa Cruz, Ca

In this temporary contract role, I executed operations and communications for the Volunteer and Scholarship programs for a 1900 attendee, 4 day conference. I managed volunteer operations to support meal service, mixers, workshop support, and vendor logistics. I developed and presented a comprehensive qualitative evaluation of conference attendee satisfaction.

Sacramento, California Area

Collected and sold avocados and strawberries in markets throughout Sacramento and the Bay Area. Maintained excellent relationships with customers, fellow vendors, and market staff.

Davis, California

Partnered with peers to manage a full production certified organic farm; organized and executed daily and weekly activities; educated students about vegetable production and leads working groups.Coordinated 70 member Community Supported Agriculture Program, from field-box. Organized weekly Farmers Market stand, including set up, sales, and pricing.

Davis, California

Collaborated with Assistant Vice Chancellor of Campus Planning to develop a 30-year plan supporting the function and value of a sustainability-focused campus area. Conducted stakeholder analysis, researched project needs and opportunities, created project proposal and executed project. Conducted stakeholder outreach and engagement with multiple groups, including students, faculty, university employees, and impacted community members. Created framework of values from which planning could proceed, a formal report and presentation to community and campus planning staff. The results of this project are still used to guide planning.

Oakland, California

Assisted in implementing a food-business incubator program; developed and led gardening activities. Organized and executed a community outreach event for a new garden. Compiled resource handbook for food business entrepreneurs.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Agroecology And Sustainable Agriculture, 3.98

Activities and Societies: Lead Student Farmer, UC Davis Student Farm Member and Coordinator, Domes Living Cooperative Regent's Scholar.

Project Management Short Course

Completed Coursera project management course focusing on Google suite and Asana software skills.

Year Program, Jewish/Judaic Studies

Mediation Certification, Community Mediation

Education record

Activities and Societies: Junior Statesmen of America, Terra Nova Times Editor-in-Chief, Interact Club President, Lacrosse, Water Polo