Experience

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Project Planner

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  My position involves managing MMSD's Working Soils and Greenseams programs and facilitating the Milwaukee River Watershed Conservation Partnership (MRWCP) with continued support by the NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). My position involves managing MMSD's Working Soils and Greenseams programs and facilitating the Milwaukee River Watershed Conservation Partnership (MRWCP) with continued support by the NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).



Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises (OTIE)

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Soil and Environmental Scientist

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2020

  My position involved serving as scientist on projects, project management, and business planning and development. In the role as soil scientist, I worked on ecological, stormwater compliance, green infrastructure, and contamination projects in Wisconsin and across the United States. Projects ranged from developing an ecological land stewardship plan for a 1-mile long riparian corridor, authoring standard specifications for revitalizing urban soils in a Wisconsin metropolitan area, and to developing a green infrastructure plan for an US Air Force Base in Alaska. As project manager, I headed a group focused on water quality and restoration ecology. In business planning, I facilitated an organizational structure change for our business unit (BU) due to growth and staffing demands; facilitated strategic meetings with engineering leads to understand strengths, weaknesses, and priorities; and worked with company resources to overhaul marketing materials and proposals for our BU.



Community Engineers and Building Services, LLC & Community Traffic Control, LLC

• Miscellaneous

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  Projects included joining the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) 2050 Facilities Plan project to work on green infrastructure and reviewing Milorganite and phosphorus pathways to water courses, working in the field as a traffic control technician, and putting together a work plan for the public input portion of a bikeway boulevard design in the Riverwest Neighborhood of Milwaukee. Other responsibilities involved doing calculations for a legal case, working on company-wide administrative documents (i.e., employee handbook, EEO policy and compliance, and field manual), preparing project work plans, and developing and analyzing a client questionnaire regarding new and current services.



Marek Landscaping, LLC

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner/Soil Scientist/Hydrogeologist

  • Oct 2002 - Aug 2016

  Co-owned and managed a growing, women-owned, design-build business where our philosophy was integrating the disciplines of landscape architecture and restoration ecology for private and public clientele on projects ranging from floodwater, stream, and wetland restorations, habitat restorations, green infrastructure (GI), stormwater management, and environmental permitting. My primary responsibilities included strategic planning and executive management (accounts management, employee management, business development, marketing, business planning, budgeting, and insurance/certifications), strategizing and organizing design teams for proposals, review and authorization of contracts, interviewing/hiring/firing/management of employees, review of design deliverables (plans and specifications), authoring and reviewing project reports, developing and reviewing qualification statements and construction bids, coordination with contractors, vendors, A/E firms and clients, and consulting on design & planning projects that often involved public involvement. During my tenure, we turned the company from mostly residential clientele to a mix of municipal/government, non-for-profit, architects/engineers, and residential that produced award-winning projects and often awarded work over larger regional and national A/E firms. Because we were both contractors and designers, we changed & improved our designs in reflection of field results rapidly. And because we worked for a diverse group of clientele, we brought the perspective of a private resident to the larger, public projects often run by large engineering firms, and vice versa. I spent the last two years at the company working on culture, organizational structure, employee development, internal processes, standardization of plans and specifications, standardization of marketing materials, and developing new partnerships to diversify our reach and capacity.



Norris & Associates, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Scientist

  • Feb 2003 - Mar 2007

  Served as scientist to projects involving soil and groundwater contamination, natural resources, and environmental assessments and involved with the preparation of project proposals, teaming, and business development. Projects ranged from Phase I and II ESAs for Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation projects, working on brownfield redevelopment projects, and to several Ch. 30 wetland/waterway permits and NR 150 WEPA documentation. Served as scientist to projects involving soil and groundwater contamination, natural resources, and environmental assessments and involved with the preparation of project proposals, teaming, and business development. Projects ranged from Phase I and II ESAs for Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation projects, working on brownfield redevelopment projects, and to several Ch. 30 wetland/waterway permits and NR 150 WEPA documentation.



K. Singh & Associates, Inc.

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Hydrogeologist

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2002

  Primary responsibilities included conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and remedial site investigations. Duties to complete the work included; soil drilling and classification, hydrogeologic field work, contaminant plume delineation, report writing, historical research, project reviews, and client and government coordination. Primary responsibilities included conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and remedial site investigations. Duties to complete the work included; soil drilling and classification, hydrogeologic field work, contaminant plume delineation, report writing, historical research, project reviews, and client and government coordination.



Washington State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student of Geology

  • Aug 1997 - Jun 2000

  My research investigated the transport of an herbicide and fertilizer from an agricultural field sized watershed to a river scale watershed. Duties to complete this work included; designing a field plan, designing and installing field instruments, sampling and analyzing water and soil samples, data analysis, performing a literature research for regional and local data, writing grants to fund project and research assistant positions, writing conclusive research reports to funding agencies, communicating with federal and state agencies, communicating with published researchers working on similar investigations, supervising and working with graduate and undergraduate students in the field and laboratory, and working with farmers.



Student Conservation Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Hydrologist

  • Jun 1996 - Aug 1996

  Gathered geochemistry data for Cape Cod's oligotrophic lakes and measuring salt water marsh and inland tide levels. Worked for the National Seashore scientific staff and worked with research partners such as University of Maryland and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution collecting data. Gathered geochemistry data for Cape Cod's oligotrophic lakes and measuring salt water marsh and inland tide levels. Worked for the National Seashore scientific staff and worked with research partners such as University of Maryland and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution collecting data.