Senior Consultant

• Dec 2019 - Present

Business Owner, Fine Artist

• Jul 2016 - Present

- Fine art painter and illustrator with work in private collections across the eastern United States. - Manage all business aspects (budget, branding, grant writing, marketing and sales) of an online gallery (www.lesfleursart.com) and prior storefront gallery. - Fine art painter and illustrator with work in private collections across the eastern United States. - Manage all business aspects (budget, branding, grant writing, marketing and sales) of an online gallery (www.lesfleursart.com) and prior storefront gallery.

Contributor

• Dec 2017 - Present

- Contract contributor for regional projects related to sustainable agro-tourism and development. - Contract contributor for regional projects related to sustainable agro-tourism and development.

Artist

• Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

Principal Consultant

• May 2009 - Aug 2011

- Launched a small consulting firm tasked with assisting government agencies and businesses in integrating ecological principles into daily practices. - Provided grant writing and editorial assistance for local governments.- Calculated greenhouse gas footprints, energy and water audits for small businesses.- Developed community-wide sustainability plans/resiliency plans and oversaw their adoption process. These included utilizing GIS mapping software to measure innovative needs of local governments.

Senior Environmental Planner

• Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

- Provided water quality monitoring and data collection as required by NPDES stormwater regulations.- Co-wrote Solid Waste Management Plans, Comprehensive Plans, Water Quality Plans and assisted in hosting community meetings to gather public input for numerous municipalities in Georgia. - Executed successful grant writing services to assist coastal communities in sea-level rise mitigation. - Provided water quality monitoring and data collection as required by NPDES stormwater regulations.- Co-wrote Solid Waste Management Plans, Comprehensive Plans, Water Quality Plans and assisted in hosting community meetings to gather public input for numerous municipalities in Georgia. - Executed successful grant writing services to assist coastal communities in sea-level rise mitigation.

Water & Natural Resources Planner

• Sep 2006 - May 2010

- Planner for Chatham County, the City of the Savannah and the Coastal Regions Metropolitan Planning Commission: Transportation, Water Resource, Natural Resource and Land Use.- Chaired the City of Savannah's Healthy Savannah Initiative's Nutrition Committee. - Developed the ordinance and related political needs to pass the Chatham Country Natural Resources Protection Commission, assisting Chatham County in designating protection for green space and secured an allocation budget of over $5 million.

Hunger Action / Stewardship of Creation Educator

• Aug 2003 - May 2006

- Spoke publicly to congregations throughout southeast Georgia on issues related to human rights, poverty, environmental stewardship and climate change, including hosting workshops.- Conducted energy audits on building facilities.- Served on a review board for eco-grants offered through the Savannah Presbytery. - Spoke publicly to congregations throughout southeast Georgia on issues related to human rights, poverty, environmental stewardship and climate change, including hosting workshops.- Conducted energy audits on building facilities.- Served on a review board for eco-grants offered through the Savannah Presbytery.

Urban Food Production Coordinator

• Oct 2000 - Apr 2003

- Developed a community collaboration of organizations and private donors to develop inner-city community gardens and markets throughout downtown Savannah, Georgia. - Developed a community collaboration of organizations and private donors to develop inner-city community gardens and markets throughout downtown Savannah, Georgia.

Coastal Development Coordinator

• Aug 2001 - Feb 2002

- Assisted the TNC fundraising team in identifying and securing large donors in Georgia. - Provided office management services.- Planned large annual donor event for coastal Georgia. - Assisted the TNC fundraising team in identifying and securing large donors in Georgia. - Provided office management services.- Planned large annual donor event for coastal Georgia.

Foreign Service Volunteer

• Jun 1999 - Aug 1999

- Built sustainable agriculture infrastructure with women's cooperatives. - Built sustainable agriculture infrastructure with women's cooperatives.