Allison Phillips Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Madrid, Spain

• Deliver high-quality planning documents and translations, working closely with clients to clarify project scope and meet deadlines.• Translate technical planning documents, communications plans, website texts, and blog posts from Spanish to English for various EU-funded projects.Research, writing, and translation work topics include designing for active mobility in school zones, employer sustainable mobility promotion programs, Transportation Demand Management Associations, city climate action plans, sustainable mobility at national parks, renewable energy, sustainable urbanism, and child-friendly cities.

Remote

• Managed logistics and support presenters in preparations for meetings with ~10 international professionals who come together monthly via Zoom to examine bicycle user experience and discuss ways to improve it globally.• Facilitated meetings and led interactive group activities.• Taught BUX methodology to groups of professionals in workshops.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Provided support for 50 Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) safety educators to implement Traffic Snake Game (EU encouragement program promoting cycling, walking, and public transport) in 100+ Spanish schools. • Facilitated knowledge sharing by writing best practice summaries based on 9 interviews in Spanish with project partners.

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

• Relocated to Madrid to join my husband and carry out family caretaking responsibilities.• Completed Cambridge University Certificate for English Language Teaching and International House Teaching Certificate.• Taught English as a foreign language to adults and kids in academies and private lessons.

Seattle, Washington • Usa

• Designed with team 90 miles (145 km) of on-street cycling facilities and wayfinding signage to implement the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan.• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team, key stakeholders, including 19-person inter-agency team and 25-person citizen advisory group, over 18 months during monthly meetings to develop award-winning Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan (SPMP).• Researched and wrote 9 technical policy papers on the pedestrian environment and experience in Seattle for the SPMP.• Curated pedestrian facility design technical and programmatic resources to develop toolbox for Plan implementation.• Communicated with text and graphics key components of the Plan in the 48-page Final SPMP Summary document in Adobe InDesign.

Austin, Texas • Usa

• Interviewed parents for study regarding children’s school travel behavior. • Reviewed literature related to children’s health, transportation choices, and activity/play spaces.

Los Alamos, New Mexico • Usa

• Assessed tree survival rates in the field due to insect infestation, drought and fire. • Conducted laboratory analysis of soils to determine carbon content. • Assisted with incoming summer intern orientations to provide information about active commute options, such as bicycling and walking.• Created informative brochure about active commute options in Adobe InDesign to distribute at summer intern orientation sessions.

Ecuador & Peru

Unidad Educativa Modelo Tomas de Berlanga | Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ( April 2002-February 2003): Taught English as a foreign language to teenagers and children.Various language academies | Cuzco, Peru (January - April 2002): Taught English as a foreign language to adults.Yanuyacu Biological Research Station | near Tena, Ecuador (September 2001 - December 2001): Assisted with biodiversity research about cloud forest butterfly and caterpillar populations.

Portland, Oregon • Usa

• Directed a staff of 30 college interns in an academic program serving 90 middle school students.• Coordinated daily program activities and special events. • Published a monthly newsletter in Adobe InDesign. • Organized outreach activities in local schools, universities and with students’ parents.

Master Of Science In Community And Regional Planning

• Study focus: Sustainable urbanism, public health and transportation, child friendly cities, and urban design. • Participant: 2005 China.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Latin American Studies

• Study focus: public spaces, initiatives to encourage youth participation in urban environments and sustainability in Latin America.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology

• Study focus: Ecology and evolution, with an emphasis on old growth forests, insects, birds, and marine plants and animals found.