Coach in Training

Ecopsychology Certificate

Board Member

Provide strategic support for partnerships and fundraising and serve as science communications advisor for efforts to support restoration and outreach for charismatic microfauna in the San Francisco Bay area.

Board Member and Science Advisor

Masters in Entomology

Ph.D.

Bachelors of Science

The purpose of the CCA is to enable individual practitioners, and the profession of coaching to develop strategies and practices that provide coaches, the coaching profession, coach training organisations and coaching clients (individuals, leaders and their teams) the right space to step into their necessary leadership role in the face of our climate and ecological emergency.

We first must move ourselves, raise our consciousness in order to welcome a new way of being in relationship with earth. Once we have started, we can offer a very different place of coaching and dialogue with our clients.

The CCA is also intended to help resource ourselves and to create spaces to process as we find ourselves both personally and professionally affected by powerful emotions generated by the climate and ecological emergency we are in and we see the capacity of our planet to support life reduced.

Member/U.S. Steering Committee Member

Teaching course on Humans and the Environment,  weaving in social equity, art and economics.

Adjunct Lecturer

Leading integration of sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation solutions into government operations, planning, and capital investments. Resulted in a Sea Level Rise Policy for County-Owned Assets.

Leading and facilitating county wide climate change collaborative of cities, regulatory agencies and NGOs.

Organize and facilitate workshops on nature-based sea level rise solutions, groundwater, and climate modeling among diverse stakeholders. 

Initiated and managing Community Resilience Grants program to support cities and non-profits in sea level rise vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning.

Managing sea level rise assessment for rural and coastal communities and modeling efforts for climate change impacts and adaptation related to storms, extreme heat, and wildfire. .

Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist

Provide project management, technical assistance and community engagement services for environmental justice communities through EPA's TASC Program.

Lead capacity building and community engagement projects in collaboration with community based organizations and tribes.

Provide communities with planning and community engagement tools and technical analysis to embed social, energy, and climate equity into projects and policies at the local and state level.

Provide technical review to environmental justice communities for a range of subjects including the Superfund remediation process, ecosystem restoration, climate change, surface and groundwater, radioactive materials, surface mining and oil and gas infrastructure, pollinator habitat and reuse of formerly contaminated sites. 

Lead efforts in the Bay Area to assist local municipalities and NGOs in the development of Walkable Watershed plans to connect community needs and health with Watershed health.

Business development activities 

Senior Technical Advisor (US EPA Contractor)

Research and advocacy on sustainable groundwater management practices and policies for the protection of surface waters to support federal and state level advocacy. Led advocacy and technical analysis for US Forest Service Groundwater Directive.

Research and development of case studies of water resources threats, ecosystem value, and policy recommendations for sustainable water planning in the Missouri River basin to support advocacy and litigation. Led litigation efforts for Endangered Species Act case. 

Research on water use and water quality risks of hydraulic fracturing.

Research and advocacy for sustainable management of dams in the western U.S.

Research and case study development supporting improved Clean Water Act policies.

Water Resources Scientist/Advocate

Managed $5.8 million budget, including tracking expenditures and progress towards milestones and goals, managing direct staff and partnerships with staff at universities, informal education institutions, and state departments of education. 

Developed and facilitated climate change workshops with K-12 teachers, extension agents, and informal educators (e.g. museums).

Developed network of university and agency climate scientists to work with formal and informal educators. Recruited, developed, and facilitated discussions with national board of climate and education experts. 

Developed policy briefs and white papers on state education policy and higher education climate education policy. 

Developed partnerships with educators, foundations, federal and state agencies, and additional universities to leverage existing funding. 

Coordinated the development and facilitated the implementation of the MADE CLEAR strategic plan.

MADE CLEAR Program Manager

Founding member of Maryland Climate Communications Consortium to develop shared messages across state and local agencies, NGOs, and universities.

Developed white papers and review guidelines for climate change impacts on local ecosystems and communities in coordination with Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the National Park Service.

Researched and developed policies for climate adaptation and locally relevant text for state agencies and local communities for incorporation into Congressional testimony and revisions to State environmental regulations.

Developed mapping tools and workshops for assessing community vulnerability to climate change.

Facilitated workshops with local government staff, climate scientists, state agency natural resource, forest and water resource managers, and communications experts to synthesize research findings and strategies to adapt to climate change.

Developed web and print communications materials for local government, educators, and manage

Program Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation

Founding member of organization (previously President of Gwynns Falls Watershed Association) and involved in merger of three watershed organizations and a waterkeeper organization. Process included negotiations, development of charter and organizational mission.

Initiated and led Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, including establishing guiding principles, recruiting members, and leading efforts to set strategies.

Cultivated donors in the business community to support Board development and organizational goals.

Founding Board Member and Chair, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee

Developed GIS maps, analyses and prioritization of lands important for the protection of downstream water supply and ecological conservation. Led initiative and was awarded funding for a watershed pilot project to demonstrate the importance of forests to downstream communities and water supplies in Georgia. 

Responsible for the analysis of federal policies to improve the management of federal and private forests to acknowledge the importance and protect water resources.  

Actively engaged non-profit partners, high level agency staff (e.g. U.S Forest Service), forest agencies, and decision makers to find mechanisms and policy changes to connect clean water with healthy forests, including the use of social media and policy reports.  

Led the effort to set the advocacy priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill (e.g Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition) to ensure the maintenance of conservation programs and a focus of the protection of water resources and downstream communities.

Lapham River Conservation Fellow

Coordinated with local, state, and federal agencies on watershed surveys, biological monitoring, stream restoration planning, and stormwater management projects. 

Assessed success of stream restoration projects and identified new restoration sites using  biological, hydrologic,geomorphological and watershed assessments and surveys.

Developed criteria for trout stream restoration using multivariate analysis of water quality, hydrology, and habitat data and GIS analysis of connectivity. 

Utilized RiverMorph to analyze potential stream restoration projects and long-term response to existing restoration projects.

Installed and monitored floodplain groundwater fluctuations and stream hydrology for restoration planning efforts.  

Conducted Natural Resource Inventories and Forest Stand Delineations for LID practices

Environmental Scientist

Co-led a study with International Paper and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to evaluate the strength of Georgia's proposed best management practices for forestry along headwater streams in the southeastern U.S through targeted monitoring of water quality, aquatic and riparian biota, hydrology, and geomorphology. Assessed long term impacts of co-occurring droughts and hurricanes on the recovery of aquatic organisms in headwater streams and resiliency following harvest. 

Collaborated with Masters students to assess biological, chemical, and geomorphic impacts of road crossings across a gradient of urban to rural stream types. Supervised high school and undergraduate students to assess additional impacts of crossings on bird populations, terrestrial invertebrates, and surface water-groundwater interactions. 

Developed and taught a new course in Stream Ecology targeting graduate level engineers and biological scientists. Co-taught courses in aquatic ecology.

U.S. EPA STAR Fellow/Friends of Osa Fellow

Developed baseline research on headwater streams in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica to characterize differences in aquatic biota, geomorphology, nutrients, and habitat between agricultural riparian areas and primary and secondary tropical forests and adjacent agricultural areas.

Conservation Fellow

Curated international mosquito collection

Updated mosquito systematics library

Learned preservation methods for larval and adult mosquito preservation

Curatorial Assistant (Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit)

Responsible for the feeding and general care and welfare of assigned exhibit animals and participated in husbandry programs

Administered prescribed medication and nutritional supplements and assisted medical staff 

Maintained and updated exhibits

Answered questions from the public concerning exhibit animals, including threatened and endangered species

Maintained up to date knowledge of species


Herpetology Keeper/Intern

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Support technical analysis and strategic planning for a range of local and national non-profit organizations, including Defenders of Wildlife, Western Environmental Law Center, Mt Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful. 

Policy analysis, research and technical assistance to address social equity and climate change in local, state and federal policies. Technical and field-based expertise in water resources, watershed management and restoration, climate adaptation and ecosystems. (e.g. Technical Assistance for Brownfields, Pit River Tribe and Portland Harbor Community Coalition)

Project management including prospect research, concept and grant proposal development, partnership development and strategic planning and budget management. 

Community and stakeholder engagement via listening sessions, workshops, coalition and organizational development and needs assessments. (California Coastal Conservancy)

Communications and message

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