Stacey Isaac Berahzer Email & Phone Number

Usa And Caribbean

Stacey Isaac Berahzer is a water project consultant with 20 years of experience.Through IB Environmental, she helps funders, nonprofits, utility companies, and communities fund and manage their water projects so they can make water clean and affordable. She specializes in policy related to water affordability and equity as well as stormwater and watershed management. She also has a background in Caribbean water issues.Stacey holds degrees in environmental science and in public administration. She facilitates the Georgia Funders’ Forum and is Past Chair the board of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership.

• Presenting and planning various conferences and training events on environmental funding strategies• Innovative financing strategies for green infrastructure and stormwater• Designing and Implementing the Green Project Reserve for the ARRA program in Georgia• Coordinate various funding programs for environmental projects at the state level in Georgia• Water and Sewer Rate Survey for the State of Georgia• Energy Management Initiative - Tennessee Water & Wastewater Utilities Partnership

Manage watershed improvement projectPresenting and planning various conferences and training events on environmental funding strategiesDeveloping relationships and exploring collaborations with relevant organizations in the Southeastern area

Planning and presenting at various environmental training eventsDeveloping relationships and exploring collaborations with relevant organizations in the Atlanta areaManagement of the organization’s public outreach materials: including the website and advertising brochuresAssisting with the orientation and supervision of student employees

Researched the possibility of expanding the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program in North Carolina in order to assist disadvantaged communitiesAnalyzed and compared similar programs in other statesDocumented the history of Chapel Hill’s water supply

Worked closely with the internship and service-learning initiative programs and their respective student committeesAssisted volunteer student organizers in defining program goals and objectivesImplemented and evaluated programs Cultivated relationships with partner agencies to provide meaningful and positive student internship experiences Coordinated interviews and orientation for faculty program advisors Facilitated orientation and reflection sessions Conducted site visits

Public Intersection Project and Closing the Academic Achievement Gap Research Group – UNC School of GovernmentResearched and compared methods used to close the academic achievement gap in counties across North CarolinaAdvised organizations that were working on closing the gap and facilitated inter-organizational collaboration Provided research for report: “Community Partnerships to Close the Achievement Gap” by Duncan, Altman-Sawyer, Henderson and Whitaker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Assisted working children with home work and other studiesCoordinated the work of the center’s librariansCreated a catalog of the materials in the library Organized educational activities such as a reading competitions and “Science Week”

Extracted information on ground water quality from state’s 305(b) reportsWrote section on Karst issues for the ground water report to congressObtained and analyzed data for report on mercury levels in fish tissue Indexed 303(d), 305(b), Water Quality Standards, Fish Tissue and Fish Advisories data for the U.S. using GIS tools

Identified environmentally friendly surface coatingsUpdated a web-based expert system that guides users in reducing environmental impacts of their surface coating operationsResearched innovative methods in environmental permittingPerformed data quality assurance work

Conducted background research on the tropical bryophyte species, Marchantia inflexaInvestigated the ratio of male to female individuals in populations of this plantInvestigated possible explanations for the differences observed in the sex ratioDesigned and conducted experiments testing differences in desiccation tolerance within this speciesGained experience working in a greenhouse environment

Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad

Taught Biology, Integrated Science, Environmental Science and GeographyAssisted as a Form Teacher (Home Room Teacher) of a Form 1 (6th Grade) classStrengthened the knowledge of the sciences through teaching

Education record

Master'S Degree, Master Of Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Diversity Seminar Committee Member at UNC (2004-2005), Durham “Crop Walk” Charity Representative (2005), English.

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Science – Environmental Science Major, Biology Minor, Summa Cum Laude: Gpa 3.97

Activities and Societies: National Student Exchange Program to University of West Florida ▪ Writer and News Announcer for “AudioNet”.

High School Diploma