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Oakland, California, US

Building the best decarbonization / climate podcast in the world!

Wayne, PA, US

• Manages portfolio of improved forestry management + carbon removal project by conducting due diligence, allocating staff resources, defining budgets and timelines, and serving as climate subject matter expert.
• Expertise in nature-based solutions, climate policy, carbon markets and regulatory systems.

Houston, Texas, US

Founding community manager of small climate VC fund

Falls Church, Virginia, US

• Implements programs and policies across 6 hospitals in support of Inova's sustainability goals and culture.
• Project Management: Develops, implements and manages programs and policies across the health system (20,000 employees, 6 hospitals + 100 clinics, $4 billion annual revenues) in support of organizational sustainability.
• Data Analysis: Analyzes and monitors system data, performs cost-benefit analysis, and interfaces with external vendors. Data-intensive projects include: - Annual system-wide greenhouse gas inventory (Scope 1 & 2.
• Grant Writing: Wrote proposal and won $50k grant for George Mason University Institute for a Sustainable Earth’s seed funding. Leads project in collaboration with GMU’s Center for Climate Change Communication.
• Strategic Communications: Overhauled communications plan, employee engagement and “Green Team” programs.
• Emergency Management: Served as project manager for system’s COVID-19 Command Center during pandemic response, specializing in policy and collaboration with the external public health community and associated.

Fairfax, Virginia, US

• Community Engagement and Partnerships: Developed civic engagement opportunities through sustainability education and consulting programs for adults, church groups, corporate groups, and community organizations..
• Advocacy: Drafted plastic bag fee legislation and started advocacy effort that passed bill SB11 in Virginia’s 2020 legislative session.
• Digital Media and Web Design: Designed and maintained LitterFreeVa.org website and curated social media content.
• Research and Reporting: Monitored health of streams and watersheds in Fairfax County, Virginia. Led grant reporting preparation and submission for Fairfax County government contracts.

Washington, DC, US

• Monitored and managed water resources and assisted with fisheries, wildlife and botany management tasks at Bridger Teton National Forest.

Takoma Park, Maryland, US

• Management Consulting: Provided science program management support to federal government clients such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Health and Human Services, DoD and Dept. of Homeland Security.
• Strategic Problem Solving: Conducted literature reviews, briefed senior government officials, conducted data analyses, provided technical and program management guidance, facilitated working groups and presented.
• Client Relations: Consulting projects included analyses presented at FEMAStat meetings to senior leadership to make critical agency decisions concerning internal and external agency management; policy reviews of U.S..
• Report Writing: Conducted in-depth literature review and co-wrote a strategic plan for the Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center; risk communication report on synthetic biological agents for DHS.

• Research associate for Dr. Robert Post, associate professor of psychiatry, specializing in bipolar disorder.
• Coordinated a study on mood disorders in children with the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network.
• Recruited and organized patients; liaised with IRB and Johns Hopkins.
• Performed literature reviews, designed PPTs, and illustrated neurobio diagrams for publication using Illustrator.

Washington, DC, US

• Helped coordinate the evaluation, review, and sub-grant process for Global Forest Watch's Small Grants Fund, which provides financial and technical support to civil society organizations that want to use Global Forest.
• Coordinated sub-grant process and writes sub-grant contracts; created budget-tracking database.
• Managed relationship between grantees and WRI.
• Wrote posts concerning conservation issues on the Global Forest Watch Blog. See example here: http://blog.globalforestwatch.org/gfw-community/announcing-recipients-of-small-grants-fund-2015.htmlCheck out Global Forest.

New York, NY, US

• Entrepreneurial Leadership & Teaching: Assistant instructor for a multi-city class focused on urban sustainability, urban air quality and green roofing. Founder of the outdoor leadership program at NYUAD. Oversaw.
• Data Science: Conducted coral reef research in extreme environments to better understand future impacts of climate change.
• Curriculum Design: Developed and implemented the inaugural Foundations of Science 1&2 Introductory Laboratory course for NYU Shanghai, serving as a consultant to faculty and staff based in China.

Alexandria, VA, US

• Responsible for the daily care of over 50 cats and 50 dogs, as well as other animals
• Responsible for animal medications and vaccinations; administered with care and compassion
• Directed volunteers and helped facilitate the adoption process

• Cooperative research with Virginia Tech and Virginia's US Geological Survey/Fish and Wildlife Servicehttp://fishwild.vt.edu/mussel/
• Assisted with USFW/DGIF-funded monitoring and restoration of Clinch & Powell Rivers (which were damaged by chemical and coal slurry spills) via propagation and conservation research concerning a handful of federally.
• Released 10,000+ endangered individuals back to habitat; experience in electroshocking, hydrology, freshwater mussel/fish care, and mussel release; also maintained laboratory via various handiwork; identified species.
• Facilitated cooperation between natural resource companies and scientists; gave volunteer orientations, managed resources, educated visitors on preservation of natural resources
• Managed long-term projects, gave volunteer orientations, managed resources, educated visitors on preservation of natural resourcesRestoration details here: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/awcc/freshwater-mussel-restoration/

• Assisted in the study of comparative cognition through tamarin research; specifically assisted in research trials concerning hiding and vocalization mechanisms
• Worked with five research assistants and a primary researcher to establish research protocol
• Created an experiment to test tamarin intention; experiment was used for preliminary study
• Cared for fourteen tamarin monkeys while following lab protocols

• Cared for hundreds of orphaned animals native to Nova Scotia, including deer, moose, raccoons, seals, eagles, squirrels, etc.
• Responsible for the day-to-day health of hundreds of animals; administered medicines as needed
• Worked with groups of volunteers and gave informal educational tours
• Built fences and repaired cages
• Performed dozens of wildlife pickups; cooperated with local citizens concerning unwanted pests and wildlife problems

Provided brief biographical information about guest speakers of the forum, and also wrote post-synapsis of the lectures.

US

Created investing analysis page for CSL Limited (Australian biopharmaceutical company)http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/CSL_Limited_(ASX:CSL)

Surveyed population densities of native Costa Rican mammals, such as Jaguars, Pumas, and Collared Peccary in Corcovado National ParkAnalyzed tide pool fish populations and tested to see if tide pool fish return to the same pools habitually

• Created an instructional program for the NLEOMF’s new user-friendly donation website; wrote an instructional manual for the use of donation website; handled public relations concerning the website under stressful.
• Updated donation data bases, as well as created new data base of prospective donors using Microsoft Word
• Filed important documents, talked to concerned clients, facilitated an office move