Owner / Principal Biologist

• Oct 2020 - Present

Mentor

• Feb 2021 - Present

The mission of Braid is to empower volunteers to help heal the wounds of foster care through meaningful relationships. I have started as a mentor to a foster child in San Francisco working to develop a long-lasting stable relationship. I work with a team of two other mentors to meet an hour per week with the youth to provide a listening ear, a consistent presence, and a safe space, The mission of Braid is to empower volunteers to help heal the wounds of foster care through meaningful relationships. I have started as a mentor to a foster child in San Francisco working to develop a long-lasting stable relationship. I work with a team of two other mentors to meet an hour per week with the youth to provide a listening ear, a consistent presence, and a safe space,

Divemaster

• Jun 2010 - Present

Leads SCUBA individuals and groups in the Northern California area including the North Coast and Monterey. Instructs EFR First Aid and CPR Classes. Leads SCUBA individuals and groups in the Northern California area including the North Coast and Monterey. Instructs EFR First Aid and CPR Classes.

Coach - FSK Rockets Girls Soccer Team

• 2013 - Mar 2021

I've coached the Rockets girls soccer team from 3 on 3 microsoccer at age 5 to the present where the girls are excelling in their various ways at age 12. It's great to be able to see the team and individuals grow in various ways and learn the personalities of each girl. Coaching the team is a privilege for me and I feel that the team makes me grow as much as they do. I've coached world-level athlete's in other sports, and traveled the world in doing so, but I'd say these girls teach me more than I can give. This team educates me constantly in people management, self-grounding, humility, respect, caring, patience, and just having fun. I look forward to each new season. Go Rockets!

Principal Consultant

• Dec 2019 - Oct 2020

I am an experienced regulatory biologist and project manager providing consultation services to leading organizations, providing innovative regulatory solutions, and helping those organizations to better understand and manage their regulatory challenges. from a sustainability standpoint. I am an experienced regulatory biologist and project manager providing consultation services to leading organizations, providing innovative regulatory solutions, and helping those organizations to better understand and manage their regulatory challenges. from a sustainability standpoint.

Senior Associate Regulatory Biologist

• Jun 2010 - Dec 2019

Mr. Avent is an accomplished aquatic and environmental scientist proficient in freshwater, estuarine, marine and terrestrial environments. He received his BS degree in Oceanography with an emphasis in Biological Oceanography from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Mr. Avent spent nine years as an academic researcher with San Francisco State University working on projects on both coasts of the US, but chiefly in the San Francisco Bay-Delta system and coastal California Pacific Ocean. Mr. Avent’s areas of expertise include the ecology and biology of aquatic species of the San Francisco Bay-Delta system including those in wetlands and subtidal habitats. Mr. Avent has experience in invasive aquatic species, invasive estuarine fish and invertebrate species; habitat mitigation planning, implementation and monitoring; essential fish habitat evaluations, and SCUBA surveys. Mr. Avent has managed and performed work on CEQA and NEPA permits, wetland restorations, rare and endangered species permitting, and environmental impacts assessment. He has prepared Section 7 documentation of the Endangered Species Act, permit applications for Clean Water Act Section 404 and Section 401, and Section 1600 Streambed Alteration Agreements, as well as mitigation and monitoring plans required as part of these permits. He has worked with various state and federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Avent is currently involved in a number of projects involving biological permitting, wetland restorations, mitigation and conservation bank creation, biological resource impacts analysis, CEQA documentation, and mitigation planning covering a wide range of biological habitats and species.

Coach and Team Member

• 1997 - Oct 2017

USA National Men's Underwater Hockey Team 1998 and 2006. USA National Masters Men's Underwater Hockey Team Coach, 2002 and 2004. San Francisco Sea Lions Underwater Hockey Team Member 2000 to present USA National Men's Underwater Hockey Team 1998 and 2006. USA National Masters Men's Underwater Hockey Team Coach, 2002 and 2004. San Francisco Sea Lions Underwater Hockey Team Member 2000 to present

Divemaster

• 2010 - 2011

Divemaster on white shark cage diving, Farallon Islands, San Francisco, CA Divemaster on white shark cage diving, Farallon Islands, San Francisco, CA

Environmental Planner

• 2006 - 2009

Sean performed biological surveys, and wrote Initial Study's - Mitigated Negative Declarations, Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement sections, and managed large Environmental compliance documents. Sean performed biological surveys, and wrote Initial Study's - Mitigated Negative Declarations, Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement sections, and managed large Environmental compliance documents.

Environmental Scientist

• 2004 - 2006

Performed studies that infromed the restoration of wetlands in the San Francisco Estuary: Fine-scale tidal water level monitoring Water quality Turbidity monitoring Hydrology Performed studies that infromed the restoration of wetlands in the San Francisco Estuary: Fine-scale tidal water level monitoring Water quality Turbidity monitoring Hydrology

Oceanography Researcher

• 1999 - 2004

Researching Technician at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies. Projects included: - Invasive Plankton Ecology of San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Coast - Zooplankton Biomass Dynamics Resulting from Wind Driven Upwelling off the Coast of California as Measured by an Optical Plankton Counter - Vertical Migration of Zooplankton - Characterization of Fish Use of Upper Marshplains in the San Francisco Estuary - Larval Herring Dynamics across and within Salinity Gradients in San Francisco Bay

Biologist

• 2001 - 2002

Assistant wildlife scientist performing Mojave ground squirrel protocol-level surveys Assistant wildlife scientist performing Mojave ground squirrel protocol-level surveys