Experience

Carnegie Institute

• United States
• Technical and Vocational Training
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Natural History Interpreter

  • 2007 - Present

  Lead tours for school groups, adults, seniors, scouts and general public in all areas of the museum; teach classes from pre-K through high school. Worked cooperatively with other educators and NASA to design new biome curriculum for Pittsburgh Public Schools. Selected to teach new docents about the geology and mineralogy sections of the museum; frequently sought out as the “go-to” person for making these complex areas more “understandable.” Lead tours for school groups, adults, seniors, scouts and general public in all areas of the museum; teach classes from pre-K through high school. Worked cooperatively with other educators and NASA to design new biome curriculum for Pittsburgh Public Schools. Selected to teach new docents about the geology and mineralogy sections of the museum; frequently sought out as the “go-to” person for making these complex areas more “understandable.”


Riverstone Books
• Bookseller

  • Mar 2021 - Present

RiverQuest
• Technology, Information and Internet
• Educator

  • Sep 2000 - Present


Key Environmental Services Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Scientist

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2016

  Recruited by principals to train and mentor more junior environmental engineers. Prepare all aspects of permits – calculations, drawings and project narratives. • Cultivated and developed community support for a non-traditional fly ash pond closure; this support was instrumental in obtaining approval from regulatory agencies. • Worked with junior engineers to improve their presentation and communication of complex calculations. Recruited by principals to train and mentor more junior environmental engineers. Prepare all aspects of permits – calculations, drawings and project narratives. • Cultivated and developed community support for a non-traditional fly ash pond closure; this support was instrumental in obtaining approval from regulatory agencies. • Worked with junior engineers to improve their presentation and communication of complex calculations.