Anne Bremirez
Program Director at The Watershed Project- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)Oct, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
California Naturalist
University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesOct, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Climate Change Protection Professional Certificate
Skyline CollegeJul, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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The Watershed Project
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Director
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Jan 2021 - Present
Develop and oversee all aspects of The Watershed Project's program areas and activities to advance strategic goals of the organization. Supervise team of 16 program staff (7 direct reports, 9 indirect reports).- Develop annual program plans, evaluate and recommend program content (current and new programs). Lead organization-wide strategic planning processes.- Member of senior management team; present reports, projections and program development plans to management team; make recommendations regarding program direction, staffing and finances.- Serve as secondary "public face" of organization. Attend appropriate community events and meetings to advance goals of organization and to promote programs to stakeholders.- Provide direct support, performance evaluations, and continuous counseling/training to program staff. Created and implemented processes for team and individual check-ins, exit interviews, and onboarding.- Work with development staff and Executive Director to raise funds to support all program activities; communicate with funders.- Manage local, state, federal, and foundation grants up to $290,000 in size; includes budget management and invoicing.- Facilitate trainings for department staff and Board of Directors.- Initiated and facilitate TWP's participation in the Working Toward Racial Equity workshop series and strategic process, offered by Justice Outside and the Lawrence Hall of Science. Show less
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Education and Community Programs Manager
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Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
Managed Education Department and community-based environmental justice initiatives in Richmond-area communities. Supervised team of two educators, one Outreach Coordinator, and 6-8 field trip support staff.Education Program- Oversaw environmental education programs (in-class lessons, field trips, and teacher training) reaching 1,500 K-12 students per year.- Coordinated program logistics including scheduling with teachers, school district partnership contracts, bus reservations, and coordination with field trip partner sites.- Led strategic planning for the education department.- Developed and revised curriculum to reflect best practices and current standards.- Managed department budget, wrote grants and reports.- Presented at conferences and cultivate relationships with relevant stakeholders.Capacity Building Program- Engaged residents in water-related community needs assessments, outreach and education campaigns, and advocacy for project implementation.- Created outreach strategy and materials including flyers, scripts, and surveys.- Conducted door-to-door canvassing and one-on-one interviews with residents in English and Spanish.- Planned and host community workdays, events, and educational workshops.- Analyzed data and reported to stakeholders.- Cultivated strategic partnerships with local agencies and community-based organizations to coordinate efforts. Show less
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Education and Community Programs Coordinator
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Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
Served as co-lead for the Education Department while also designing and implementing community engagement initiatives in Richmond-area communities.Education Program- Served as a lead educator for 75 in-class lessons and 30 field trips with 1,500 K-12 students per year.- Designed and implement trainings for teachers and field trip support staff.- Coordinated education program schedule with teachers and program partners.- Developed and revise curriculum to reflect science and environmental education best practices and current standards.- Wrote and manage grants for education programs.- Recruited, trained, and mentored interns (direct reports) and AmeriCorps Educator (indirect report).- Presented at conferences and cultivate relationships with relevant stakeholders.Healthy Watersheds Program- Engage residents in water-related community needs assessments, outreach and education campaigns, and advocacy for project implementation.- Supervise Outreach Coordinator (direct report).- Create outreach strategy and materials including flyers, scripts, and surveys.- Conduct door-to-door canvassing and one-on-one interviews with residents in English and Spanish.- Plan and host community workdays, events, and educational workshops.- Analyze data and report to stakeholders.- Cultivate strategic partnerships with local agencies and community-based organizations to coordinate efforts.- Assist with planning and leading events such as MLK Day, Earth Day, Coastal Cleanup Day, and Bubbles & Bivalves. Provide educational content for each event. Show less
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Environmental Educator (Climate Corps AmeriCorps Fellow)
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Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
Planned and delivered The Watershed Project's (TWP) education programs, while supporting other program areas and special events. Specific responsibilities included:- Delivering hands-on watershed education curriculum (over 100 classroom lessons and 30 field trips) to approximately 1,500 K-12 students.- Writing, delivering, and evaluating new Explore Your Watershed program curriculum, ensuring alignment with TWP's mission and NGSS.- Coaching new educators on teaching and curriculum-writing best practices (includes recruiting, hiring, and supervising a recent graduate intern for the Wild Oysters program).- Striving to bring cultural relevancy to education programs by utilizing inclusive language while teaching, teaching in both English and Spanish, providing handouts with translations and visual aids for English Language Learners, and supporting a variety of learning styles by incorporating many different types of activities into our programs.- Planning and facilitating a two-day strategic planning retreat for all TWP staff and board members, revising the organization's mission and vision statement, and creating a new five-year strategic plan.- Creating a new strategic framework and action plan for TWP's Green Collar Corps youth workforce development program.- Coordinating logistics for TWP's annual fundraising event, including venue requirements, food and drink vendor coordination, creating a floor plan, and creating and implementing activities for guests during the event.- Supporting community outreach events, such as Coastal Cleanup Day and Earth Day.- Tracking and reporting education program impact metrics.- Conducting outreach using website and social media pages.- Participating in Climate Corps AmeriCorps trainings, earning a Climate Change Protection Professional Certificate. Show less
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Sustainable Claremont
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Claremont, CA
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Program Director - Claremont Energy Challenge
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Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
Claremont was one of 50 semifinalists nationwide competing for the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize (GUEP), in a two-year competition to reduce energy usage in homes, schools, and municipal accounts in innovative, replicable, and scalable ways. The Claremont Energy Challenge (CEC) was Claremont's proposal for winning the GUEP. This was a year-long contract position. Designed and implemented CEC programs, with a primary goal of increasing Claremont's standing in the GUEP competition, as well as expanding Sustainable Claremont's capacity for community outreach. Specific tasks and accomplishments included: - Designing and implementing energy conservation curriculum, in the form of hands-on educational activities, for over 480 elementary school students - Facilitating revenue-sharing partnerships with for-profit organizations (digital tools for managing home energy use and an online solar marketplace) - Managing a door-to-door canvassing campaign and phone banking campaign - Organizing neighborhood "coffee talks" - Creating and presenting workshop curriculum for community groups and the public - Publicizing the effort through the website, email campaign, social media, print materials and advertising, yard signs, radio PSA's, and direct mail - Recruiting and managing a team of over 50 community volunteers and 6 student interns - Creating, requesting, and managing a program budget - Reporting strategy and progress to the Board of Directors - Facilitating collaboration with the City, community groups, school district, and local businesses - Responding to resident inquiries regarding CEC programs and resources Show less
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City of Claremont
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Sustainability Program Coordinator
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
Assisted Claremont in implementing its Sustainable City Plan (adopted 2008, revised 2013). Specific duties included: - Planning and executing the City's Annual Earth Day street fair. Includes creating publicity materials, coordinating staff and volunteers, contacting and organizing participating vendors, soliciting sponsorships, renting equipment, and obtaining special event and street closure permits from the City. - Writing the City's Annual Sustainability Report Card, which tracks the City's progress toward goals set out in the Sustainable City Plan. Includes gathering and analyzing data and collaboration with a number of utilities and City staff. - Converting all City streetlights from High Pressure Sodium to LED. Consolidated existing data and my own field research into an inventory of our existing streetlights, researched potential fixtures and financing options, collaborated with energy efficiency consultants, lighting experts, utilities, and various City and contract staff, and supervised a student intern who assisted with the project. - Organizing Claremont's participation in the 2015 CoolCalifornia Challenge. - Generating content for Sustainability pages on the City's website. - Preparing applications (including gathering data) for Claremont's participation in award programs such as the Georgetown University Energy Prize and Beacon Award Program. - Collaborating with a number of other sustainability-related programs and organizations, including Sustainable Claremont, the Claremont Colleges, the Claremont Home Energy Retrofit Project, the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, The Energy Network, Energy Upgrade California, the LA County PACE Program, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company. - Creating tow enforceable signage for parking spots next to electric vehicle charging stations. - Promptly and courteously responding to resident inquiries about Claremont's sustainability programs. Show less
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Sustainable Claremont
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Claremont, CA
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Interim Sustainability Coordinator
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Aug 2015 - Nov 2015
I was asked to temporarily fill the Sustainability Coordinator position while Sustainable Claremont advertised for a new hire. Due to a conflict of interest, I could not hold this position simultaneously with my City position on an ongoing basis, but my knowledge of sustainability in Claremont helped to provide a smooth transition. Responsibilities included: - Staffing the Sustainability Resource Center: responding to public inquiries (phone, email, and in person), collecting and distributing informational materials, purchasing office materials. - Planning events, including the Annual Meeting (primary planning role) and Low-Water Landscape Expo (assistant planning role). - Facilitating monthly Board meetings: reserving the meeting space, preparing the agenda and other materials, attending meetings as a non-voting member. - Facilitating the hiring process for a new Sustainability Coordinator: creating job postings, receiving and tracking applications, creating a system for deciding which candidates to interview, scheduling interviews, interviewing candidates, notifying candidates of decisions, leading hiring committee meetings, and training the new hire. - Coordinating volunteers: Writing and posting job descriptions, interviewing and placing new volunteers, directly supervising volunteer interns. - Attending meetings with or giving presentations to other sustainability-related community groups or interested community members. - Generating monthly e-Newsletters and other email notices using MailChimp. - Maintaining general monthly accounting in QuickBooks. - Maintaining the organization's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram profiles. Show less
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U.S. Forest Service
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Trainee (Bio Science)
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Jun 2013 - Apr 2014
Created and edited training presentations in Articulate Storyline (including recording and adding voiceover), analyzed bat calls (visually examined calls using SongScope and AnaLookW software, performed statistical analysis on results using Excel, drafted final report), edited websites using Adobe DreamWeaver, budgeted cost estimates for project proposals. Created and edited training presentations in Articulate Storyline (including recording and adding voiceover), analyzed bat calls (visually examined calls using SongScope and AnaLookW software, performed statistical analysis on results using Excel, drafted final report), edited websites using Adobe DreamWeaver, budgeted cost estimates for project proposals.
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Bay Area Green Tours, 501(c)3
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
Assisted with media/publicity projects, researched potential tour accommodations, wrote "Eco Fun" column for newsletter. Assisted with media/publicity projects, researched potential tour accommodations, wrote "Eco Fun" column for newsletter.
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Education
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2010 - 2014
Pitzer College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors, Environmental Analysis
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