Experience

California Fresh Fruit Association

• United States
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Government and Public Policy

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Association of California Water Agencies

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regulatory Advocate

  • Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

• State Relations Analyst

  • Aug 2015 - Apr 2017



California State Water Resources Control Board

• Legal extern

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

  Submit regulations for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Screen documents for a Public Records Act request. Draft memoranda on Clean Water Act section 401 certification and 404 dredging permits. Attend state and regional water board hearings and meetings. Submit regulations for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Screen documents for a Public Records Act request. Draft memoranda on Clean Water Act section 401 certification and 404 dredging permits. Attend state and regional water board hearings and meetings.



California Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern in Division of Public Rights

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Checked administrative records for client state agencies' litigation. Drafted memoranda regarding transfer of Safe Drinking Water Program. Questioned expert witness in takings case. Researched deficiency determination procedures for agricultural marketing program assessments. Checked administrative records for client state agencies' litigation. Drafted memoranda regarding transfer of Safe Drinking Water Program. Questioned expert witness in takings case. Researched deficiency determination procedures for agricultural marketing program assessments.



Delta Stewardship Council

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Reviewed petitions and answers filed in on-going litigation. Prepared legislative analyses concerning 2014 water bond proposals. Presented reports regarding new litigation in California water law before the Council's board during its monthly meetings. Researched water transfers. Reviewed petitions and answers filed in on-going litigation. Prepared legislative analyses concerning 2014 water bond proposals. Presented reports regarding new litigation in California water law before the Council's board during its monthly meetings. Researched water transfers.



California Department of Water Resources

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Analyzed discharge of methylmercury under the Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Act. Researched for the Agricultural Lands Stewardship Program and habitat restoration funding under the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Reviewed water transfer contracts. Performed document review for Public Records Act requests. Analyzed discharge of methylmercury under the Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Act. Researched for the Agricultural Lands Stewardship Program and habitat restoration funding under the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Reviewed water transfer contracts. Performed document review for Public Records Act requests.



UCD Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior

• UC Davis

• Undergraduate Intern

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2011

  Conducted data gathering, database management, document coding, and statistical analysis in NSF-funded Ecology of Games project on multi-stakeholder water management and policy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Conducted data gathering, database management, document coding, and statistical analysis in NSF-funded Ecology of Games project on multi-stakeholder water management and policy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.



UCD Center for Watershed Sciences

• Northern California

• Field Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Collected data of Sierra Nevada spring snowmelt recession and counts of in-stream egg masses and populations of Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii) in watersheds of the American and Yuba rivers. Collected data of Sierra Nevada spring snowmelt recession and counts of in-stream egg masses and populations of Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii) in watersheds of the American and Yuba rivers.



Dow AgroSciences

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010



Monsanto Company

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Jul 2009