Experience

Boy Scouts of America, Capitol Area Council

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

• Assistant Director of Support Services at Capitol Area Council

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Captiol Area Council BSA

• Director of STEM, Conservation and Sustainability

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2021

  Oversee nationally recognized Conservation and NOVA STEM Events and programs as Staff Advisor. This includes managing over 50 volunteers in 10 different committees, management and maintenance all Council STEM and Conservation equipment, development and/or review of all curriculum, management of event, including registration, marketing, facility and food management and customer service.Oversee curriculum and administration of TechLab Austin Scout STEAM Camp, which host hundreds of youth each summer. Oversee Conservation Programs on properties, including assisting incommunications with USFWS, TX Forest Service and the Lost Pines Habitat Conservation Plan and developing Environmental Management, Reforestation and Exotic Species Removal PlansAssist Grants and Development Committees with grant writing and large asks by serving as STEM Subject Expert with an award rate of around 50%.Develop and oversee curriculum development for asynchronous learning box delivery subscription of Cub Scout Programming. This program resulted in the publication of five books of Scouting lessons and sold over 4000 copies across the United States and Puerto Rico



Texas Stream Team, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment

• Data Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

  Prepared and transferred 10+ years of water quality data to new onlineAccess 2010 linked dataviewerCreated and initiated data entry, storage and organization policyAssisted with volunteer outreach and managementCreated job procedures and protocols for multiple positionsOversaw three interns and trained five new employeesAnalyzed data and was lead author on four data reports Prepared and transferred 10+ years of water quality data to new onlineAccess 2010 linked dataviewerCreated and initiated data entry, storage and organization policyAssisted with volunteer outreach and managementCreated job procedures and protocols for multiple positionsOversaw three interns and trained five new employeesAnalyzed data and was lead author on four data reports



The University of New Mexico

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2004 - 2009

  Extracted and sequenced bacteria DNA from cave samplesCollected, prepared and analyzed nutrient samples from cave soils and rockCompared microbial communities according to nutrient and water content Analyzed the sensitivity of subsurface bacteria to UV treatment. Managed Northup lab, including ordering, supplies, and sample recordsTrained and oversaw research projects for 13 different undergraduate and high school students.Created lessons based on SEM images of microbial mats for IDEC Project