U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fish and Wildlife Administrator / Policy)
· Leading Policy Branch/Team: Over 13 years experience leading policy efforts for the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR)
· Joint Federal/State Task Force on Federal Assistance Policy (JTF), WSFR Policy representative member

Skills sets: Collaborating/Interpreting laws and policies/Investigating and researching policy/ Developing whitepapers, informational presentations, draft and final policies/Writing regulations, Service Manual chapters, WSFR guidance/Assessing how policies interact and effect current programs

New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (Environmental Program Analyst)
· Grant writing and project development. Successful in writing applications for and implementing projects for grants totaling $10.8 million in Federal funding, plus non-Federal cost sharing.
· Developing active partnerships with other State agencies, local agencies, neighboring States, Federal partners, marinas and marina associations, boater organizations, and other interested parties – creating a network for success.
· Developing outreach in the form of brochures, fact sheets, surveys, website, forms, and templates.
· Creating annual award competitions for excellence in grant performance.
· Creating a contest for K – 12 students to learn about boating, the grant program, and clean water, and enter drawings to compete for space in a calendar.
· Cooperating with neighboring State to create charts for location of grant-supported services and supporting information about boating and clean water.
· Developing cooperative relationships for the grant program on State and National levels.
· Developing with IT staff a customized grant management database with capability to interactively produce communication documents.

NYS Department of Health, Oneonta District Office (Senior Sanitarian)

· Writing inspections, summaries, follow-up letters and other communication
· Collaborating with permittees and writing required fire plans for many in my territory. This was especially important as for many operators, English was not their primary language and this service assisted them to have the required plan on file – and also to ensure they understood their responsibilities should a file occur on the premises.
· Developing guidance for the public on implementing the new No Smoking policies.
· Developing guidance for the public on ADA requirements and associating them with the benefits of adding accessibility to a business. This was an important factor in connecting benefits to access for people of all abilities with the financial concerns of small business owners. This document and my follow-up support during routine visits with business owners helped to expand physical accessibility to dining, overnight accommodations, children’s camps, and other opportunities for fun and engagement.
· Developing training materials for food service workers and owners and delivering training at courses, as well as when conducting inspections. My philosophy when conducting Health Department inspections was that understanding for WHY the regulations existed and training in HOW to ensure they are followed is more long-lasting and effective for public health than enforcement activities that typically just make people angry and do not correct all problems.
· Preparing written testimony when enforcement action was needed.

NYS Department of Health, Bureau of Public Water Supply Protection (Public Health Technician)
· Published work for the U.S. Geological Survey on public water supplies in NYS. Completed GPS mapping work and descriptive text in the book.
· Interviewed by author for information and accuracy in support of her children’s book, The Trip of a Drip (Vicki Cobb, 1986)
· Writing an extensive white paper on Trihalomethanes, a harmful compound created when chlorine mixes with organic matter. In our work with public water supplies,
this was an emerging, important matter.

My Experience

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