Experience

New Albany Plain Local Schools

• Environmental & Outdoor Education Consultant

  - Coauthored Federal and State Grants to establish an 85 acre Nature Preserve on and adjacent to the School Campus. - Worked with ODOT and Dr. Mitsch of the OSU Wetland Research Program to mitigate (replace) wetlands destroyed by nearby highway development, resulting in the establishment of a 30 acre Wetland Conservation Area on the school campus. - Collaborated with the Eastland Career & Technology Center to establish a Satellite High School Environmental Science Program at the New Albany Nature Preserve that serves students from 16 School Districts. The program is ranked among the top three in the United States and #1 in the State of Ohio. - Collaborated The Ohio State University College of Engineering, Knowlton School of Architecture to transfer ownership of the 2009 International Award Winning OSU Solar Decathlon Building to the New Albany - Plain Local Schools. For details and a Video, go to www.solarnewalbany.org: