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South Portland, Maine, United States

• Run NEIWPCC's South Portland, ME office, including managing operations and all programming • Coordinate training programs for Maine JETCC (Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee)• Oversee NEIWPCC staff working in the Maine Drinking Water Program• Served as NEIWPCC's Quality Assurance Program Manager until 12/31/22

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

• Serve as Quality Assurance Program Manager• Coordinate NEIWPCC's work with NYS DEC in support of the Hudson River Estuary Program and Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve• Coordinate with member state agency staff on water reuse topics

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

World Education - Administrative Assistant (temporary)• Reviewed financial documentation from World Education and its partners’ field teams to ensure federal audit readiness and internal accounting and technical policy compliance.• Communicated with field teams to resolve questions and discuss best practices.• Supported fiscal year close by identifying priority actions necessary to resolve critical accounting errors and facilitating field team's processes in this effort.•… Show more World Education - Administrative Assistant (temporary)• Reviewed financial documentation from World Education and its partners’ field teams to ensure federal audit readiness and internal accounting and technical policy compliance.• Communicated with field teams to resolve questions and discuss best practices.• Supported fiscal year close by identifying priority actions necessary to resolve critical accounting errors and facilitating field team's processes in this effort.• Developed portfolio and project specific guidance materials to support consistent review and evaluation processes and improve staff onboarding processes• Trained a new staff member to take over my role Show less

Boston, Ma

• Developed scopes of work and budgets; implemented and delegated planned work; and tracked project progress. Communicated with contractors and clients.• Operationalized the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan’s performance monitoring and evaluation framework with state agency partners. Briefed high-level state agency officials and advisory bodies. • Routinely produced tracking and density maps from telemetry data using custom Python script tools implemented in the ArcGIS environment… Show more • Developed scopes of work and budgets; implemented and delegated planned work; and tracked project progress. Communicated with contractors and clients.• Operationalized the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan’s performance monitoring and evaluation framework with state agency partners. Briefed high-level state agency officials and advisory bodies. • Routinely produced tracking and density maps from telemetry data using custom Python script tools implemented in the ArcGIS environment for communication with partners. • Facilitated formation of the Mid-Atlantic Sand Data Working Group, an early implementation mechanism of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan, coordinating federal, state, and NGO staff. • Ran stakeholder engagement meetings, including interactive mapping sessions.• Advanced the dialogue surrounding ocean plan monitoring and evaluation in the community of practice by synthesizing interviews of more than 10 practitioners into a discussion paper. • Created a set of Google Earth overlays and animations as outreach support for a complex oceanographic model, FVCOM. Show less

• Developed a geospatial data inventory for use in the Mid-Atlantic Human Use Data Synthesis project, led by RPS ASA. Supported public presentation of the project.• Supported project development, including methodological development and budgeting. • Wrote outreach materials to communicate with project partners and stakeholders. • Provided technical support and troubleshooting to project participants using a tablet application. • Worked with software development and data… Show more • Developed a geospatial data inventory for use in the Mid-Atlantic Human Use Data Synthesis project, led by RPS ASA. Supported public presentation of the project.• Supported project development, including methodological development and budgeting. • Wrote outreach materials to communicate with project partners and stakeholders. • Provided technical support and troubleshooting to project participants using a tablet application. • Worked with software development and data management partners to improve user experience and support application deployment. Show less

Beaufort, Nc

• Designed and produced analytical graphics for publication, including maps and figures.• Provided database management, statistical analysis, and interpretation support for fishing cooperative catch, payment, and loan data.• Provided spatial and temporal linguistic analysis of small-scale fisheries literature using Python.

• Produced a Watershed Restoration Planning Guidebook in collaboration with staff and interns. Authored sections on developing interim stormwater runoff reduction goals, including an ArcGIS workflow and developed supporting scenario and tracking Excel tools. • Provided policy analysis for proposed state legislation, including a letter for public comment. • Conducted fisheries landings analyses• Performed marsh restoration, including marsh grass plantings and oyster reef revetment… Show more • Produced a Watershed Restoration Planning Guidebook in collaboration with staff and interns. Authored sections on developing interim stormwater runoff reduction goals, including an ArcGIS workflow and developed supporting scenario and tracking Excel tools. • Provided policy analysis for proposed state legislation, including a letter for public comment. • Conducted fisheries landings analyses• Performed marsh restoration, including marsh grass plantings and oyster reef revetment installation. Show less

Chicago, Il / Olympic Peninsula, Wa / South Australia

Pruett-Jones Laboratory (Oct - Dec 2011)• Found, observed, and tracked splendid and variegated fairy-wrens in South Australia.• Caught individuals from the population using mist nets to take morphological measurements and blood samples.Pfister & Wootton Laboratories (Jan 2010 - Sep 2011)• Setup and maintained field experiments. Assisted with data collection at marine intertidal, pelagic, and freshwater research sites on the Olympic Peninsula, WA.• Collected water and… Show more Pruett-Jones Laboratory (Oct - Dec 2011)• Found, observed, and tracked splendid and variegated fairy-wrens in South Australia.• Caught individuals from the population using mist nets to take morphological measurements and blood samples.Pfister & Wootton Laboratories (Jan 2010 - Sep 2011)• Setup and maintained field experiments. Assisted with data collection at marine intertidal, pelagic, and freshwater research sites on the Olympic Peninsula, WA.• Collected water and biological tissue samples. • Processed and analyzed samples in the laboratory using genetic techniques, microscopy, and mass spectrometry.Anderson Laboratory (Jun - Aug 2009)• Prepare thin sections of zircon and quartz crystals for analysis. • Investigate inclusions in prepared samples using microscopic and electron microprobe techniques. Show less

Master Of Environmental Management, Coastal Environmental Management

Focused on developing knowledge of international, federal, state, and local environmental regulatory development. Bolstered background.

Bachelor Of Science With Honors, Environmental Science

Developed foundational knowledge in core sciences, economics, and humanities, with focused studies in geophysical sciences and ecology..