SELECTED SPECIALIZATIONS
Project
Management/Conflict Resolution
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Environmental Department Manager: Worked with US Army Corps of
Engineers with
permitting requirements to advance residential and student
housing expansion and associated water tank project(s). Lead in the creation of
an ArcGIS department; experience with local government requirements pertaining
to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA)
& associated Resource Protection Areas (RPA) and wetland delineation and
stream assessments.
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Mediating/
Negotiating Skills: Served as
lead reviewer for state with USACE in a controversial permit to mine within a
high quality PFO1A bottomlands hardwood wetland resource that contained a $600
million coal reserve in Western Kentucky.
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Facilitated Experimental
Practices: Facilitated permitting actions
within a project management context with US Office of Surface Mining to include
proposal, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of plans for national
award-winning reclamation of recreational lake development in Eastern Kentucky
& created wetlands from slurry ponds in Western
Kentucky.
Stream, Wetland and Water Resource
Management
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Specialization in Wetland Analysis and Water
Resource Management: Instrumental in program that encourages
wetland creation and stream restoration efforts in Kentucky; trained in wetland
delineation and 401/404 permitting as well as NEPA and ESA-related compliance;
lead wetlands technical assistance contact in Division at time of departure
with the state.
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Zoning and Subdivision Construction Skills: Exceptional leadership skills in working
with engineers, developers, and public in multiple zoning land use and
subdivision development plans. Competency with local government officials in
planning aspects of engineering, building inspection, traffic engineering,
urban forestry, historical preservation, & greenspace.
Public Affairs, Public Speaking and Media
Initiatives
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Media Initiatives Expertise: Advised Director of Division of Permits
on proposed changes to NWP26 by the USACE; presented for Commissioner at an
USOSMRE sponsored coal combustion by-products conference at Southern Illinois
University; generated Departmental initiatives re: experimental practices for
Division Director in ‘Patton to the People’.
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Facilitate Interagency
Cooperation: Developed a "Citizen Action
Plan" as an Area Coordinator for the Kentucky
River Watershed Watch to address TMDL's, monitor,
and restore the environmental health of West Hickman Creek in cooperation with
local and state entities.
EXPERIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER 8/2006 – 1/31/2007
Bury + Partners, Inc. –
Virginia, Williamsburg, VA.
Managed environmental section that
involved wetland delineation, stream assessment analyses and permitting w/VDEQ,
USACE & local governments & local wetlands board meetings. Also:
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Experience
with local governmental requirements pertaining to the Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Act and associated Resource Protection Areas (RPA).
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Implemented
use of Wetform wetland delineation
software and CE Mobile Mapper GPS.
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Lead
in installation of ESRI ArcGIS software and research for ROI strategic plan.
PROJECT OFFICER 10/2005 – 5/2006
U.S. Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Miami-Dade
County, FL.
Completed FEMA Ops I
& II training at FEMA
University. Worked as a federal contractor with
Camp, Dresser & McKee (CDM) for FEMA in the emergency relief effort of
Hurricane Wilma in South Florida. Utilized
project worksheets in the estimation & contracts to repair/replace roads,
sidewalks, buildings and parks and recreation facilities of local governments
of South Florida.
PROFESSIONAL WETLAND SCIENTIST 6/2005 - 9/2005
Qore
Property Sciences, Lexington, KY.
Gathered hydrologic monitoring data of mining impaired streams;
conducted macroinvertebrate sampling; experience with GPS, Rangefinder, and
conductivity meter equipment; researched wetland remediation measures for
mining-impacted streams.
URBAN PLANNER 8/2002 – 11/2004
Planning Services, Lexington-Fayette
Urban County Government,
Lexington, KY.
Within a more urbanized context, worked with development
and engineering consultants on subdivision and commercial development plans.
Addressed consultants and neighborhood association concerns with respect to
zoning compliance and Board of Adjustment actions. Assisted Planning
Commission, Urban County Council and Mayor’s office on issues of concern.
FEMA flood management training (NFIP). Worked with multiple sister governmental
agencies of engineering and storm water management, traffic engineering,
building & inspection, fire control, historical preservation, greenspace,
urban forestry and environmental protection in the processing of development
and plat approvals as well as questions on 2001 Comprehensive Plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIST III 1991-8/2002
Division
of Permits, Kentucky Department of Natural Resources, Kentucky Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet (NREPC), Frankfort, KY.
Resolve resource management
concerns for one of the 3 largest state mining regulatory agencies, working
with engineers, land owners, mining industry officials and the public. Analyzed data to
identify permitted uses of geology and soils, surface and ground water,
vegetation, wetlands, prime farmland, experimental practices, endangered
species habitat and multiple land use types. Evaluated surface mining permit with
respect to wetland regulatory changes over time for Division Director. Used GIS for technical permit review
that include wetland identification with NWI classification system.
Training and experience in wetland delineation and stream restoration, as well
as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and National Historical
Preservation Act (NHPA).
EDUCATION
M.P.A.
(Master’s Public Administration), Kentucky State University,
Frankfort KY. 7/1997.
B. S.
(Bachelor’s Science) in Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.12/1982.
Pre-Forestry Curriculum, Murray State University,
Murray KY. 60 credit hours.
AFFILIATIONS
Society
of Wetland Scientists (SWS), American Planning Association (APA), Association
of State Wetland Managers (ASWM), Virginia
Association of Wetland Professionals (VAWP).
