Responsible for office administration, facilities management and database management at a boutique private school.

Skills gained through this master program augmented my professional experience. I now possess prowess in business strategy, corporate relations, economic development, urban policy, and renewable energy. Technical skills include economic modeling, database management and logistics.

Planning Administrator, Richmond, VermontManaged properties in designated Flood Hazard Areas to comply with the Biggert-Waters Act.Recommended and permitted upgrades to over 100 historic buildings to comply with new post-hurricane disaster federal flood hazard regulations with my regulatory assistance. Complying with these new federal regulations saved them from potential decay or demolition.Worked with development authorities on projects in the approval process.Issued permits for all types of development per regulation requirements.Planning CommissionerServed on the Hinesburg Planning Commission. Facilitated the process to enact a new 20 year Town Plan that promoted economic development and managed growth.

Served as the Program Director of the Solid Waste Authority Council and adopted a new "waste to energy" resolution that enables the county to be the first in the United States to allow for thermo-gasification projects that turn municipal waste into energy.Successfully implemented Complete Streets Policies after working on a New Jersey State Board to encourage political support for non-vehicular transportation. The policy is now used to fund multi-modal transportation projects.Wrote the multi-modal transportation element of the transportation master plan which allows for non-vehicular transportation projects.Partnered with Rutgers University to install four pilot green infrastructure projects. The success of these projects resulted in more green infrastructure projects countywide.Directed Development Review Committee meetings and wrote analysis reports for development projects.Wrote the Sustainable Transportation Element to the Transportation Master Plan.Created a population/demographic growth model for the County.Directed Development Review Committee meetings.Managed permits for the county, processed applications for amendment and approval.Created a database to serve as the platform for mobile apps for consumers.

Forged a public-private partnership between a cargo rail operator and a Solid Waste Authority near San Francisco. Eliminated the need to truck waste to San Francisco, reducing expenditures and the carbon footprint of the waste authority.Served as the historic preservation planner to the Mendocino Historic Design Review Board. Passed legislation that allows for historically sensitive infrastructure improvements.Won an appeal case that allows homeowners to install their own wind energy projects administratively, without having to receive board approval.Wrote and issued Coastal Development Permits for the California Coastal Commission.Environmental Planner involved with the Coastal Development Permit Processing. Prepared reports, containing statistical findings, and analysis for review by the State Coastal Commission.

Developed a tree inventory database and incorporated the data into GIS maps, which resulted in over 5000 street trees being planted in Philadelphia.Successfully secured competitive business proposals, increasing revenue.Developed green infrastructure plans, including an extensive green storm-water program.Redesigned a community’s urban reservoir to accommodate a new park on top of it, enhancing the neighborhood.Wrote redevelopment plans for Philadelphia districts.Assisted in the design of Orchid Bay, Belize, a new urbanist town with both AutoCAD and GIS.

Prepared RFPs and Due Diligence reports, along with statistical projections.Contract planner for municipalities in LA and Orange Counties. Designed residential and commercial site plans.Analyzed and compiled data from survey results.

Created the first Land Use maps for the City of La Habra and managed the GIS network. Processed applications for the City Planning Commission.Responded to inquiries for statistical data and development applications.

Assisted in the design of golf courses and residential communities for an architectural design firm.Created architectural details for plan sets using AutoCAD.

Aided the Economic Development Manager and Planning Manager with research and statistical analysis.Conducted a feasibility study for the Economic Development Division which would allow residential units to be built on top of older commercial and retail centers throughout the city.