Experience

Western Energy Institute

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Programs + Service Company Membership

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  As Director of Programs at Western Energy Institute I deliver energy industry conferences by working closely with U.S. and Canadian energy professionals to successfully build meetings that anticipate and respond to current and future industry challenges, provide networking opportunities, and develop leadership potential in energy professionals. Western Energy Institute itself is the premier electric and gas utility trade association that serves both public and private utilities in the U.S. and Canada. WEI's membership includes 80 energy companies and more than 200 product and service providers. It offers a member-driven, open learning environment to develop great leaders and innovators in our industry. As the Director of Service Company Membership it is my responsibility to ensure the utilities and their providers connect and build meaningful relationships so everyone can thrive in the rapidly transforming energy industry. Show less

• Senior Program + Service Company Manager

  • Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

• Program Manager and Service Company Accounts Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2019



SOLVE

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Director

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2016

  Oversaw management of the beach cleanups, restoration and watershed education programs and their coordinators. Managed a team of 9 employees, 4 direct reports, 7 program budgets totaling $1,000,000, contracts, contract reporting and invoicing. Liason to Board of Directors on program-related matters. Oversaw management of the beach cleanups, restoration and watershed education programs and their coordinators. Managed a team of 9 employees, 4 direct reports, 7 program budgets totaling $1,000,000, contracts, contract reporting and invoicing. Liason to Board of Directors on program-related matters.



Wetlands & Wildlife Permitting

• Senior Environmental Scientist

  • 2010 - Nov 2015

  Wetlands & Wildlife Permitting is a woman-owned environmental consulting firm specializing in contracting services with larger environmental consultants. We specialize in assisting with fisheries projects, wetland delineations, NEPA documents, and permit preparations. Projects Technical Writer - Ventus. Avian and Bat Monitoring Report. Interim Amphibian Monitoring Program Coordinator - Portland Parks & Recreation. Duties include data compilation, technical report writing, and program coordination. Technical Writer - Portland Parks & Recreation. Co-author of annual report for Amphibian Monitoring Program. Permitting Consultant - SOLV. Coordinate federal, state and municipal permitting for a large wood placement stream restoration project. Field Surveys Terrestrial Amphibian Surveys - PPR, City of Gresham Oregon Spotted Frog egg mass surveys - USFWS Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys - Portland Parks & Recreation Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys - METRO Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys - City of Gresham Terrestrial Habitat Restoration - The Nature Conservancy Rare Plant Planting - endangered White Rock Larkspur - The Nature Conservancy Deer Spotting Population Survey - ODFW Pacific Northwest specific training Wetland Plants of the Pacific Northwest class - PSU Common Weeds of the Pacific Northwest Workshop - SOLV Stream habitat restoration - SOLV Winter Twig Identification Workshop - SOLV Show less



SOLVE

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator, Green Team

  • 2013 - 2013

  Interim Program Coordinator for the Green Team education program during a leave of absence. The Green Team is a K-12 service-learning program where 80 classrooms adopt a restoration project for the year bringing 2200 students to sites monthly to learn watershed health and streamside restoration by actively restoring a site: removing invasive species, cleaning up litter, planting native species, and caring for them to ensure their survival to the next school year. Responsibilities included supervision of 2 staff members, management of 50 teachers, 25 sites, financial management of the program, and production of two end-of-year student summit events. Show less



Portland Parks & Recreation

• United States
• Recreational Facilities
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Interim Program Coordinator, Amphibian Monitoring Program

  • 2011 - 2011

  Interim Program Coordinator for the Amphibian Monitoring Program at the Portland Parks & Recreation Department (PPR) during a leave of absence. Responsibilities included data analysis of the annual monitoring results, compilation of the annual report, supervision of the terrestrial survey coordinator and field staff member, survey coordination, field survey data collection, and coordination of annual ODFW permits. Interim Program Coordinator for the Amphibian Monitoring Program at the Portland Parks & Recreation Department (PPR) during a leave of absence. Responsibilities included data analysis of the annual monitoring results, compilation of the annual report, supervision of the terrestrial survey coordinator and field staff member, survey coordination, field survey data collection, and coordination of annual ODFW permits.



AECOM

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Environmental Scientist

  • 1998 - 2001

  Environmental Scientist working primarily with oil and gas pipeline and electrical power generation and transmission clients. Performed wetlands delineations, wrote wetland delineation reports, NEPA documents, and compiled complex state and federal permit applications. Other projects included fisheries studies of spring-fed creeks to support aquifer pumping permit requirements. Environmental Scientist working primarily with oil and gas pipeline and electrical power generation and transmission clients. Performed wetlands delineations, wrote wetland delineation reports, NEPA documents, and compiled complex state and federal permit applications. Other projects included fisheries studies of spring-fed creeks to support aquifer pumping permit requirements.



Paul Price Associates

• Austin, Texas

• Biologist

  • 1995 - 1998

  Biologist in a small 10 person environmental consulting firm specializing in water use issues, endangered species, and wetland delineations. The projects often included fisheries and macroinvertebrate surveys of receiving waters. Biologist in a small 10 person environmental consulting firm specializing in water use issues, endangered species, and wetland delineations. The projects often included fisheries and macroinvertebrate surveys of receiving waters.