Experience

FB Environmental Associates

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Monitoring Lead & Project Manager

  • May 2015 - Present

  • Manages small- and large-scale lake, river, and estuary monitoring, assessment, planning, and implementation projects throughout New England• Provides oversight of water quality monitoring projects, including staff and volunteer training, coordination and execution of annual sampling, quality control review, QAPP development, and technical report development • Provides technical oversight and execution of watershed management planning and TMDL projects that require water quality and statistical analyses, pollutant or nutrient load modeling (e.g., STEPL, Region 5, SIMPLE Method, MapShed, BASINS, BATHTUB (familiarity), Lake Loading Response Model or LLRM), watershed and shoreline surveying, rapid geomorphic and habitat assessments, GIS mapping, and public presentations• Responsible for staff oversight, including administrative tasks, hiring, training, and supervising staff• Provides expert client and public communication with federal, state, and municipal governments or agencies, watershed groups, lake associations, other non-profit organizations, and private businesses or individuals• Develops and reviews project proposals and budgets; writes and reviews grant applications; and performs project management duties including budget and task tracking, client communication, and invoicing• Develops and executes business development plans to draw in new projects or clients• Has given 16 conference presentations and numerous (75+) client, committee, or public presentations (virtual and in-person)• Lake Stewards of Maine (LSM) certified monitor (2011-Present) Show less

• Project Scientist II

  • Jun 2014 - Apr 2015

  Conducted high-level technical report writing and analysis for watershed plans, water quality analyses, and TMDL reports for a multitude of projects.



University of New Hampshire

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NSF GRFP Fellow

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

  Quantifying nutrient spiraling metrics for arctic headwater streams in Central Siberia. Experience in GIS mapping, water quality sampling, laboratory analysis, JMP statistical software, and HOBO and YSI data sonde maintenance and deployment. Quantifying nutrient spiraling metrics for arctic headwater streams in Central Siberia. Experience in GIS mapping, water quality sampling, laboratory analysis, JMP statistical software, and HOBO and YSI data sonde maintenance and deployment.



FB Environmental Associates

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Scientist

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2012

  Facilitated modeling, water quality sampling of lakes and streams, data sonde deployments, GIS mapping, and report writing for TMDL monitoring and watershed plans. Facilitated modeling, water quality sampling of lakes and streams, data sonde deployments, GIS mapping, and report writing for TMDL monitoring and watershed plans.



The Nature Conservancy

• Clear Lake, SD

• Prairie Coteau Program Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Assisted 40 hrs/wk with daily office management and budgetary processing; maintained databases and filing systems; coordinated Rx Landowner Fire Training Workshop • Trained in Oracle Universal Content Manager (OUCM) for website development for Prairie Coteau Habitat Partnership • Assisted 40 hrs/wk with daily office management and budgetary processing; maintained databases and filing systems; coordinated Rx Landowner Fire Training Workshop • Trained in Oracle Universal Content Manager (OUCM) for website development for Prairie Coteau Habitat Partnership



Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NOAA Hollings Research Fellow

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Worked 40 hrs/wk aiding in ongoing field research projects including salt marsh restoration monitoring, snail microhabitat movements, weekly wading bird surveys, water quality sampling • Proficient in Trimble R8 RTK equipment operation and troubleshooting, AquaTROLL data logger setup and deployment, shallow well construction and salinity measurements, point-intercept method • Restoration monitoring work extended into honors thesis: “Returning the Tide to Gulf of Maine Salt Marshes: Evaluating Plant, Soil, and Hydrologic Response to Restoration” – received Highest Honors Show less