Shipping Receiving Specialist

• Jan 2018 - Present

Sales Lead

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

• Execute floor leadership • Provide customers with detailed & accurate product information • Coordinate floor projects with store manager • Generate action plans to enhance performance of team • Assist freight manager with shipping/receiving items • Collaborate with staff to improve store efficiency • Accurately complete cash register transactions • Support clients with special orders • Maintain store inventory • Contribute feedback to both management and team members • Respond quickly and resourcefully to customer requests and concerns • Adhere to all store retail policies and procedures • Execute marketing and visual merchandising initiatives • Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions • Assist in other tasks, duties, or projects as assigned by management Show less

Stewardship/Fire Technician

• Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

•Work as part of an ecological stewardship team in preparing for and conducting stewardship activities on TNC preserves primarily in Louisiana and southeast Mississippi•Stewardship focused heavily on preparing for and conducting prescribed burns, exotic species control, and mechanical brush control•Participate in prescribed fire operations which include ignition, holding, mop-up, suppression, weather monitoring, etc.•Prepare fire lines, maintain equipment, and post-burn monitoring •Herbicide spraying, habitat plantings, trail and road maintenance, equipment maintenance, ecological monitoring, boundary marking, public outreach, and other activities Show less

Fire Management Technician/Assistant Crew Leader

• Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

•Assist crew leader with management of five person burn crew and act as crew leader in the event of his/her absence•Implement prescribed fire on TNC, partners, and private landowner lands. Units ranged from 10-1000 acres. •Prepare fire breaks by means of chainsaws, brushcutters, trimmers, heavy-duty mowers, council rakes, and leaf blowers•Provide food for crew and tract weekly expenses•Write burn plans for potential fire management units

Preserve Management Assistant

• Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

•Assist five person burn crew and staff with implementation of prescribed fire on TNC and DNR lands. Units ranged in size from 20-1000 acres.•Conduct post burn monitoring surveys and photo observations on management areas•Invasive species removal by means of mechanical and chemical control. Species targeted included: birdsfoot trefoil, leafy spurge, common tansy, spotted knapweed, butter and eggs, crown vetch, Canada thistle, and purple loosestrife.•Aid grassland monitoring interns with data collection and entry•Fence construction and removal•Brush and tree removal•Manage CCM (Conservation Core of Minnesota) with fire line preparation•Assist NCC (Nature Conservancy of Canada) with invasive species monitoring•Poweshiek skipper retrieval Show less

Fire Management Technician/Assistant Crew Leader

• Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

•Assist crew leader with management of five person burn crew and act as crew leader in the event of his/her absence•Implement prescribed fire on TNC, partners, and private landowner lands. Units ranged from 15-1000 acres. •Prepare fire breaks by means of chainsaws, brushcutters, trimmers, heavy-duty mowers, council rakes, and leaf blowers•Provide food for crew and tract weekly expenses•Write burn plans for potential fire management units

Preserve Management Assistant

• Apr 2012 - Sep 2012

•Assist four person burn crew and staff with preparation and implementation of prescribed fire. Units ranged from 5-200 acres.•Invasive species removal by means of mechanical and chemical control. Species targeted included, cow vetch, crown vetch, Canada thistle, and purple loosestrife.•Help land stewards oversee and manage seasonal diversity interns•Write burn plans for potential fire management units•Train and oversee NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) with use of power tools, preserve equipment, and other preserve management activities•Brush and tree removal•Seed collection•Preserve maintenance and other miscellaneous tasks Show less

Fire Management Technician

• Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

•Work with six person prescribed burn crew to construct and maintain fire lines, as well as implement fire and conduct post burn evaluation surveys on burned sites. Units ranged in size from 50-1500 acres and were performed on TNC, partners, and private lands.•Brush and tree removal•Vegetation monitoring•Assist other TNC staff with stream restoration work

Prairie Restoration Technician

• Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

•Seed collection including, big bluestem, prairie larkspur, prairie smoke, pussy toes, porcupine grass, june grass, prairie phlox, various sedges, panic grass, love grass, prairie bushclover, and other various native plants.•Seed sorting and data entry•Invasive species removal by means of chemical and mechanical control. Main focus on cow vetch, crown vetch, and spotted knapweed•Brush and tree removal•Assist TNC staff and volunteers with prairie field trips

Burn Crew Member

• Mar 2011 - May 2011

•Assist 4 person burn crew with prescribed burning on The Nature Conservancy's Nassawango Preserve, while also supporting local partners with prescribed burning on their lands. Units ranged from 5-80 acres.•Fireline construction and equipment maintenance•Brush and tree removal•Oversee and manage 10 person NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) with equipment training and fire line construction

Fire Management Technician (Volunteer)

• Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

•Assist six person burn crew with prescribed burning on TNC, partners, and private lands. Units ranged in size from 50-150 acres.•Fire line construction and maintenance•Scout units for potential prescribed burning•Assist staff with burn plan writing

Burn Crew Member

• Sep 2010 - Oct 2010

•Help five person burn crew conduct prescribed fires on areas of Cross Ranch Preserve in central North Dakota. Units ranged in size from 20-500 acres of predominately fuel model 3.•Bison coral repair and maintenance•Fence construction and removal•Maintain preserve for the public

Land Steward Assistant

• May 2010 - Aug 2010

•Remove invasive species by means of mechanical, chemical, and biological control. Species targeted consisted mainly of leafy spurge and spotted knapweed.•Record invasive species data onto excel spreadsheet•Collect spurge beetles to be distributed on TNC property•Manage volunteers with invasive species removal•Fence repair and construction•Water quality testing

Conservation Crew Member/Leader

• May 2007 - Aug 2009

*Note: This position took place during the summer months (May, June, July, August) of 2007-2009. During those summers I served as a crew member (2007-08), and co-crew leader (2009) for the Anna Beal Conservation Internship in Iowa. •Assisted ten person conservation internship crew during the span of my college summers in NW Iowa. Traveled throughout the state of Iowa performing various ecologically management practices on TNC preserves. •Co-lead and manage internship crew, aid in daily conservation techniques and efforts •Exotic species removal via chemical and mechanical control in prairies and woodlands •Collection and dispersal of leafy spurge biological control •Fire line and preserve maintenance •Bison fence construction •Vegetation monitoring •Assist with prescribed burning at Broken Kettle Grasslands •Coordinate daily activities for ten person NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). Show less