Experience

GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Policy and Environmental Compliance

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Lead the development and implementation of policies to stand up and administer the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council), a new, independent federal agency. Policies developed address a range of issues including ecosystem restoration priorities and principles; Council vision, goals, and objectives; project review, approval, and oversight; risk mitigation; climate change; environmental compliance; public transparency; funding; and more. Ensure efficient, effective, and transparent environmental compliance for Council projects and programs. Show less



US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Protection Specialist

  • 2001 - 2015

  Led EPA’s participation in the development of large-scale ecosystem restoration plans to address Louisiana’s coastal crisis, as well as ecosystem restoration more broadly in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Led EPA’s participation in the planning and implementation of large-scale flood risk reduction levees in coastal Louisiana, including helping to expedite the $14 billion post-Katrina upgrade of the New Orleans levee system. Led EPA’s work on complex CWA wetland regulatory matters and mitigation banking in Louisiana. Show less

• Environmental Protection Specialist

  • 1992 - 2001

  Senior HQ staff for analyzing and resolving complex and controversial development projects involving significant impacts to wetlands. Worked with the Department of Transportation and other federal agencies to help streamline the NEPA process for transportation projects. Led EPA’s Restoration Team and EPA’s Compensatory Mitigation Workgroup. Primary author of EPA’s “Principles for the Ecological Restoration of Aquatic Resources.”