§ Over 10 years progressively responsible experience in land use, city planning and natural resource management.
§ Ten years project management experience including: land development, land use regulatory compliance documents such as EIS/NEPA, BA, EA, land use applications and narratives, Master Plans and alternative management plan proposals, Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code development.
§ Significant experience with managing collaborative projects between citizens and government and within government agencies.
§ Excellent writing skills including document assembly, continuity review and technical report distillation.
§ Leadership experience in public procedures and process with controversial topics.
§ Experience working with groups of diverse stakeholders on challenging issues in a collaborative manner.
Principal Planner, New Wave Planning
July 2007 – Current, Portland, Oregon
§ Manage all aspects of technical land use projects including: community-based, sustainable watershed management plan, development code and Comprehensive Plan policy composition.
§ Audit land use plans, policies, codes and inventory reports to generate key findings.
§ Provide technical and professional advice to clients.
Long Range Planning Intern, City of Tigard
June 2007 – June 2009, Tigard, Oregon
§ Analyze current and long-range land use, environmental and administrative policy and code, prepare findings reports and develop implementation practices.
§ Assist in the development and adoption of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Transportation System Plan, Land Use Ordinances and Development Codes.
§ Interpret, explain and apply state, regional and city planning policies and development codes to officials and the public.
§ Provide staff support to advisory committees.
Oregon Policy and Field Coordinator, The Surfrider Foundation
September 2003 – December 2006, Newport, Oregon
§ Analyzed coastal management policies and advocated for conservation principles at the local and state level.
§ Develop goals, activities and timelines for policy changes and program development.
§ Coordinate collaborative coastal sustainability initiatives among several statewide volunteer Chapters.
§ Directed and created environmental initiatives including policy creation, volunteer programs and media campaigns.
§ Advanced marine conservation goals establishing marine protected areas and implementing ecosystem-based management through public agency rulemaking and management processes.
§ Trained, motivated and managed approximately four hundred volunteers in coastal conservation programs.
§ Increased Oregon Surfrider’s volunteer chapter network and organizational capacity through environmental campaigns such as marine water testing, coastal educational programs and outreach events.
Associate Planner, The J.D. White Company (Now Berger/Abam)
June 2000 – July 2003Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon
§ Conducted land use and environmental policy analyses, composed reports and guided projects through various development review and permitting processes in Oregon and Washington.
§ Land use and environmental projects included: EIS; BA, EA, Shoreline Permits and State Environmental Policy Act Checklists; Road Alignments; Periodic Review guidance, Use Impact documentation, Urban Forest Master Plan, Groundwater Code composition, Type I - IV City and County Land Use Reviews; Land Divisions and Plat Recordings and Master Plans
Project Planner, Christensen Engineering
March 1999 – June 2000, Portland, Oregon
§ Created urban development proposals complying with various codes, standards, approval criteria and policies.
§ Managed all phases of land use projects from inception to completion; assigned personnel, selected and hired contractors and developed and implemented budgets.
§ Designed residential single and multi-family subdivisions and commercial development site plans.
Assistant Planner, Group Mackenzie
June 1998 – September 1998, Portland, Oregon
§ Created urban development proposals complying with various codes, standards, approval criteria and policies.
GIS/GPS Technical Support, Corvallis Microtechnology
January 1998 – June 1998, Corvallis Microtechnology Corvallis, Oregon
§ Provided customer service and technical support to GPS and cartographic/GIS software users.
§ Tested Beta GIS software and survey-grade GPS units.
§ Conducted GPS seminars and training.
EDUCATION
Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.U.R.P.); and
Graduate Certificate: GIS (2009)
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Stormwater Specialization; Thesis posted.
Bachelor of Science: Geography (1998)
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Coursework: Cartography and Geomorphology. Software: ARCMap; AutoCAD; Photoshop.
Bachelor of Arts: Social Sciences (1996)
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
Coursework: Criminal Justice, Geography and History. Minor: Spanish.
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