Experience

COASTAL SAN LUIS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grant Writer

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Grant writing and capacity support as needed to move projects into implementation Grant writing and capacity support as needed to move projects into implementation



Aspendell Water Company

• Grant Writer

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Funding research and leading a grant application to DWR's small community grants program Funding research and leading a grant application to DWR's small community grants program



Creek Lands Conservation

• United States
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Project Developer

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Grant writing and project/program capacity to support several efforts core to CLC’s mission to conserve and restore freshwater and near shore marine ecosystems, on a part-time, as needed basis. Landowner/ rancher technical assistance funded via Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) program to restore, improve soil health, and sequester carbon in Toro Creek watershed. Shepherding voluntary water transactions from multiple large water rights holders in San Luis Obispo (SLO) Creek watershed for the benefit of fish and wildlife in perpetuity, funded via WCB’s SFEP. Compiling existing available monitoring data from various sources (EPA, USGS, CEDEN, SWRCB) to visualize watershed health in the Santa Maria River. Permitting, agency and landowner/stakeholder coordination, and project management support for projects along Villa and Santa Rosa Creeks, repurposing the Fox Hollow Reservoir for providing dry season flow. Show less



Groveland Trail Heads

• United States
• Travel Arrangements

• Board Member/ Grant Writer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Build capacity to stimulate grassroots-driven trail projects that promote both watershed and community health. Provide grant writing support as needed. Most recently submitted proposal for Vibrant Recreation and Tourism solicitation from Sierra Nevada Conservancy. Build capacity to stimulate grassroots-driven trail projects that promote both watershed and community health. Provide grant writing support as needed. Most recently submitted proposal for Vibrant Recreation and Tourism solicitation from Sierra Nevada Conservancy.



(various)

• Bishop, California, United States

• Painter

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  commission muralist and painter, who will also do a great job on your baseboards and eaves. Basic finish carpentry skills. commission muralist and painter, who will also do a great job on your baseboards and eaves. Basic finish carpentry skills.



Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District

• Atascadero, California, United States

• Grant Writer

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Develop projects and write successful grants to secure mission-critical funding. Direct coordination with funding/resource agencies and interfacing with the RCD to ensure we are being nimble yet efficient with the RCD’s limited resources to actually apply for funding. Major efforts include restoration and improved land management to meet needs of fish and humans (i.e., enhanced steelhead habitat and property access/land production improvements) as well as fisheries recovery on Camp Roberts/ Lower Nacimiento River. Show less



Adrienne Harris Consulting

• San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

• Grant Writer

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Provide support to City of San Luis Obispo to successfully secure over $9M in grant monies during the last 3 years for fisheries recovery, water quality improvement, land acquisition, flood risk reduction, and recreation/ community enhancement projects that include: Miossi Brothers La Cuesta Ranch Conservation Easement Project (CNRA’s Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program); Mid-Higuera Bypass Project (DWR’s Flood Risk Reduction Program- funded; CNRA’s Urban Flood Risk Reduction Program- not funded); Better Buildings SLO Pilot Program (Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating- TECH Quick Start Grant Program). Show less



Slow Money SLO

• San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

• Grant Proposal Advisor

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Provide high level advisory on Slow Money SLO's grant application for the Farm to School Partnership Program (CDFA) to strengthen partnerships and promote farm to school programming at 5 school districts; application also included education for students, families, and the community. Provide high level advisory on Slow Money SLO's grant application for the Farm to School Partnership Program (CDFA) to strengthen partnerships and promote farm to school programming at 5 school districts; application also included education for students, families, and the community.



City Farm SLO

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grant Writer

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Provide as needed grant writing support and bandwidth in support of SLO City Farm's efforts. To date this has included applications for Farmers Market Promotion Program (USDA) to expand/ enhance connection between local food and low income-low access communities and COVID-19 relief County funding to improve access to food as well as grow the youth empowerment program into underserved communities.

• Grant Writer

  • Apr 2022 - May 2022

  Provide grant writing support to expand City Farm SLO's capacity to improve direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities to new and beginning, underserved, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers. Submitted application to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Program to expand SLO City Farm’s mission.



Oso Eco LLC

• Environmental Services

• Co-Founder and Director of Programs

  • Dec 2019 - Feb 2022

  osoeco.co. Major duties included all aspects of getting a business started in the state of CA, as well as providing services that include capacity development, grant/proposal writing, master planning, site opportunity and constraint identification, permit support, and guidance to connect clients to available resources. osoeco.co. Major duties included all aspects of getting a business started in the state of CA, as well as providing services that include capacity development, grant/proposal writing, master planning, site opportunity and constraint identification, permit support, and guidance to connect clients to available resources.



White Mountain Fire Protection District

• Benton, California, United States

• Grant Writer

  • Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

  early coordination to provide grant writing and capacity support for White Mtn Fire to get a new facility for their essential operations. early coordination to provide grant writing and capacity support for White Mtn Fire to get a new facility for their essential operations.



ASPENDELL SOUTH FORK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Fire Department Caretaker

  • Jun 2020 - Feb 2021



Watershed Progressive

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grant Writer, Project Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

  Project brainstorm to tangible objectives eligible for grant money and other funding opportunities. Develop mechanisms for alignment of state-wide planning guidelines (i.e., stormwater and groundwater) into a scalable framework that can be applied across systems and silos. Develop and define practical considerations of quantifying and qualifying multiple benefits and accurate site optimization plans. Connect watershed partners impacted by fires, floods, drought, and resource scarcity, particularly in vulnerable and underserved communities. Development of multi-County Resource Conservation District Landowner Resilience and Carbon Farming Hubs. Show less



COASTAL SAN LUIS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation programs manager

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

  Short and long term visioning and oversight for the RCD. Countless proposals written, and secured and managed grant funding for a diversity of projects, including technical assistance for landowners, ranchers, farmers, homeowners, shepherding programmatic CEQA, carbon farm planning, and stream/floodplain restoration at various scales. Consistently worked with diverse project partners and actors including private landowners, farmers, ranchers, state agencies, regulatory agencies, schools, universities, military personnel, municipalities, and local hunting groups. Provided presentations to watershed partners, community members, practitioners, and academic groups. Extensive experience training public, developing citizen science and volunteer programs in support of community-held and driven projects that promote resource stewardship. Successfully and managed multiple grants, staff, contracts, and sub-contracts to support project work funded via: USDA, DWR, DOC, CNRA, WCB, SCC, EPA, SWRCB, NRCS, RWQCB, CDFW, Carbon Cycle Institute, USFWS, academic institutions, private foundations, and more. Show less



Morro Bay National Estuary Program

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Restoration projects manager

  • Oct 2013 - Aug 2016

  Develop projects, write grants, secure funding, and manage all aspects of several watershed-health focused projects, from the top-of-the watershed (i.e., road and trail erosion prevention) to bay-specific restoration (i.e., eelgrass recovery), focusing on water quality, ecological census, soil health/carbon, rangeland productivity. Develop projects, write grants, secure funding, and manage all aspects of several watershed-health focused projects, from the top-of-the watershed (i.e., road and trail erosion prevention) to bay-specific restoration (i.e., eelgrass recovery), focusing on water quality, ecological census, soil health/carbon, rangeland productivity.



Tetra Tech

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Scientist

  • Dec 2011 - Oct 2013

  Field and office work that included on-ground assessments (i.e., Initial Studies/ Biological Resource Assessments, CEQA compliance monitoring for USACE sensitive plant and animal surveys, vegetation and land cover mapping (supplemented with Infrared Imagery), biological resource surveys, wetland/ jurisdictional delineations, California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM), special-status species inventories, stormwater pollution prevention and erosion control monitoring. I gained proficiency with basic to survey-grade GPS and associated post processing and mapping, GIS analyses, and operated turbidimeters, colorimeters, YSI/ sondes, and remote cameras. In addition to field work, I had to conduct extensive technical reporting and proposal development. Show less



Ventura County Fire Department

• Camarillo, CA

• Public Safety Dispatcher

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2012



Channel Islands Restoration

• Santa Barbara, California Area

• Crew Leader

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

  Restore native ecosystems via removal of invasive plants in environmentally sensitive areas. Manage volunteers, muster support, maintain equipment, establish relationships with landowners and stakeholders. Restore native ecosystems via removal of invasive plants in environmentally sensitive areas. Manage volunteers, muster support, maintain equipment, establish relationships with landowners and stakeholders.



Santa Barbara Zoo

• Santa Barbara, California Area

• Conservation and Research Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Apr 2010

  Assist in training condor nest monitoring volunteers, data entry and quality control, lead groups to Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in order to complete volunteer project, presentation of research project at American Ornithological Union conference. Assist in training condor nest monitoring volunteers, data entry and quality control, lead groups to Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in order to complete volunteer project, presentation of research project at American Ornithological Union conference.



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Condor biologist intern

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2009



Irvine Ranch Conservancy

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Carnivore biologist/ ecologist intern

  • May 2008 - Sep 2008