Stephanie Gerretsen Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Nairobi, Kenya

• Managing unit and divisional communication coordination to ensure a cohesive narrative across UNEP’s Marine and Freshwater Branch while ensuring quality control and unit synergies (Freshwater, Marine and Coastal, Source to Sea Pollution Free, and International Waters projects) through delivering website, multimedia, communication material, products and events.• Overseeing UNEP’s high-profile partnership with Global Fund for Coral Reefs, Rotary International and the associated Community Action for Fresh Water Initiative by developing campaigns and other launch activities that promote blue ecosystems, increasing participation and speaking engagement opportunities across various conferences, and events, coordinating web development, and furthering relationship building amongst EarthWatch, World Water Quality Alliance, GEMS Water, etc. • Drafting SDG 6 indicator report (6.6.1, 6.5.1, 6.3.2) to implement UNEA Resolution 5.2 on Sustainable Lake Management, while repackaging existing science to create evidence-based policy products such as briefing notes, policy briefs, position papers, bullets, aimed at decision-makers in policy processes. (Key milestones include UNEA, WWF and CBD meetings as well as the potential One Water summit at the opening of General Assembly 2024).

Nairobi, Kenya

• Lead strategic communications for UNEP's advocacy campaigns to increase government uptake of environmental legislative and policy changes by developing human-centered stories, promoting project best practices, and pursuing new partnerships.• Managed UNEP’s largest global environmental campaign, World Environment Day (5 June) with a focus on solutions to plastic pollution which resulted in trending #1 on Twitter, 200 million unique content engagements, and 53,500 mentions in media outlets.• Developed operational plans to maximize UNEP’s communication and advocacy reach and impact of its Pollution Action Medium-Term Strategy, through new creative content generation disseminated in the form of multimedia assets, press releases, news stories, etc.• Managed a $2 million budget to produce editorial and multimedia content to raise public awareness on plastic pollution, influence governments and industries to transition to a plastic circular economy and pursue new partnerships to further develop campaign reach.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Led and developed a partnership with UN-Habitat to publish a guide on sport and SDG 11, linking global case studies of the use sport in sustainable urban development initiatives and that of UN-Habitat’s Domains of Change.• Led research design thinking on the intersection of the SDGs and the ESG business framework to develop new metrics that can be used to evaluate the sports industry involvement in sustainable business.• Co-managed a research team of 2 graduate assistants and 8 undergraduate research assistants who assist on data collection and analysis on various sports-related Global Sport Institute (GSI) projects.• Supervised and mentored 2 undergraduate Barrett Honors students on their thesis projects• Designed research project and conducting preliminary data collection on the changes in land use and property assessment values of professional sports facilities throughout Kenya, identifying areas for implementation of public and green spaces and local economic development opportunities.• Led research on professional athlete philanthropic giving and foundations, identifying whether funding increased towards urban issues related to institutionalized and environmental racism following key BLM events.

Remote

Taught courses in Event Management and Facility Management to undergraduate and graduate students for the Spring 2021 semester.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Managed the design and implementation of two national urban policy programs in Liberia and Sierra Leone, supervised and mentored 2-3 local field consultants in organizing 10+ capacity training workshops with 75+ government officials, developing UN reports to monitor progress in the field to reinforce action plans and projects in identified priority areas.• Developed a methodological guide that assesses risk in implementing NUPs across 140 countries, measuring good urban governance principles and horizontal stakeholder engagement, by analyzing country-specific governance and political structures, resulting in a NUP pre-assessment that ensures inclusivity of all stakeholders is a priority in NUP formulation. • Managed the development of a National Spatial Strategies Guide that advises countries on using spatial data to inform urban development initiatives and where capital investment projects are best located for revenue generation and optimal impact.• Collaborated on $1.2 billion Global Future Cities Prosperity Fund Program to promote sustainable economic development and growth in 19 major cities resulting in greater collaboration with the private sector and inclusivity of civil society.• Authored several papers on monitoring the governance gap between policy intent and policy outcomes in NUPs, urban acupuncture projects, and P4s; prevalence of health-related outcomes (NCDs) based on urban policy and planning, and linkages between spatial planning and capital investments, optimizing unit’s programmatic work and advancing donor relations. • Facilitated collaboration with the University of Michigan for frontier research projects and student capstone experiences related to urban legislation, urban policy, and planning, resulting in increased conference participation, planning workshops and online webinars, and maximizing future partnerships between IGOs, academia, and government.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Dissertation title: "Sport-led urban development strategies: An analysis of changes in built area, land use patterns, and assessed values around 15 major league arenas"Developed and led several research projects that focused on investigating professional sports facilities’ impact on city planning, city financing, and local government policy decisions.• Led a research project that analyzed 120 professional sports facilities in the United States and Canada, evaluating the impact of professional sports facilities and the presence of comprehensive city plans, community benefits agreements, special tax financing districts, etc., have on successful city urban development outcomes.• Created a model to measure the market stress of 40 diverse cities and metropolitan regions with one or more professional sports franchises, informing cities to what extent subsidies should be provided towards major leagues sports facilities.• Investigated the number of jobs and tax financing techniques in 50 US metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), to determine the impact and implications on economic recovery within local governments • Collaborated several consulting projects advising cities on downtown redevelopment strategies through the construction of new major league sports facilities, resulting in city approval for a new stadium and support for ancillary development projects.• Instructed six lab classes with 25 undergraduate students as a graduate student instructor which focused on teaching appropriate research methodology and quantitative programming which ultimately helped improve student projects overall.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Conducted field research which focused on developing solutions to improve environmental planning and international housing policies in Brazil.• Collaborated with the Graham Sustainability Institute, DOW Chemical, and Ford Motor Company, raising $65,000 to launch a research project targeting environmental planning and informal housing policies in Brazil.• Developed ten key recommendations and implementation proposals to improve client communication with local municipal departments in receiving greater access to basic public services and infrastructure upgrades.• Piloted over 200 community-based surveys and mapped 600 housing sites, identifying trends and insights, aligning future project goals to address client needs; adapted a digital platform to more efficiently record sites facing environmental problems

Observatory Lodge, Ann Arbor

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for Sports Management (SM 249), Research Methods. Lead discussion and lab sections helping students navigate how to do both qualitative and quantitative research through MS Excel and SPSS. Taught students how design their own independent research projects, how to design surveys and then use those surveys to measure the results through statistical analysis: multivariate regressions, t-tests, etc.

Assist current University of Michigan student-athletes to succeed in the classroom. Specially tutor in helping student-athletes to become more efficient in researching and improve skills in outlining, writing, editing, and formatting papers that cover various subject areas.

California

• Revised conference bylaws, structure, and player eligibility to improve team travel capabilities and increase player participation• Oversaw the annual conference budget, revised umpire payment structure, and organized donations and sponsors for conference playoffs, increasing transparency of team finances and conference expenses.

Chula Vista, California

• Assist in planning and executing Senior and Junior National Team international events• Liaise with National Team athletes in Chula Vista and USA headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO• Assist in managing US National Team inventory• Updated online management system for reimbursements and refunds on Webpoint Online Systems• Assisted in organizing team selections for Junior High Performance Teams through Webpoint Online Management Systems

• Manage the finances of the 25 Club Sports Teams and a $180,000 budget• Allocate the total budget and distribute it as seen fit for each team• Compute finances and deductions of team balances in Quicken• Submit transportation and refund forms for when teams travel• Organize team game schedules and report rescheduling or game cancellations to the Sports Facilities Dept.• Communicate with Sports Club Webmaster concerning team articles and pictures to be uploaded to the website.• Maintain the Sports Club Bulletin Board and Team of the Week for Marketing purposes• Supervise team practices, mainly Men’s Lacrosse• Provide secondary response to the Athletic Trainer in case of medical emergency

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd

Dissertation: "Sport-led urban development strategies: An analysis of changes in built area, land use patterns, and assessed values around.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Urban Planning, Global And Comparative Planning

Activities and Societies: Emerging Markets Clubs - Ross Business School, Member Urban Land Institute HINES Competition - 2017, Participant.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sports Management

Activities and Societies: Michigan Club Varsity Women's Lacrosse Team, Michigan Sports Business Conference, Michigan Sports Business.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physical And Biological Anthropology/International Studies: Sociology And History

Activities and Societies: • Accounting and Finance Assistant & Sports Clubs Supervisor, UCSD Sports Clubs (2010-2012) • Creator.