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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Economist with twenty two years of experience, performing policy relevant economic and statistical

research. Developed Input/Output models using Implan, Rims II and crafted statistical, econometric, and planning

expertise within the SAS Econometrics and Time Series System. Broad based experience with other software

packages and working in a multi disciplinary environment.

Areas of Expertise

Forecasting and Econometrics, particularly using SAS©

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Policy Analysis

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Input Output Analysis (Implan, RIMS II)

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Interdisciplinary Analysis

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Project Planning

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Quantitative Research

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Impact Analysis of Public Programs

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Impact Studies of Development Projects and New Construction

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Impact of current and proposed Government Legislation

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Developed Econometric Models for Individual Industries within Public and Private Sectors

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* Extensive experience working with public regulatory agencies and preparing economic analyses to meet

particular specific needs of these agencies and those dealing with them.

* Extensive experience working with Office of Counsel and regulatory department at South Florida Water

Management District to prepare economic impact statements and Statements of estimated regulatory costs

mandated by Chapter 120, F. S., the Florida Administrative Procedures Act. An insufficient analysis

would be grounds for invalidating the rule. These analyses specifically looked at the economic benefit and

cost of proposed agency rules.

* Extensive knowledge of and experience with economic and statistical analysis tools, including a variety

of input- output models, particularly IMPLAN.

* Experience in working under time pressure to meet legally mandated deadlines and assuring timely

delivery of high-quality deliverables.

* Experience in working on and with inter-disciplinary teams with particular attention to the need to

communicate effectively and make sure that assumptions, interpretations, and limitations of technical

models are understood by the intended audience.

* Experience in preparing analyses whose contents are legally mandated and which are mission-critical to

an agency or firm.

* Presented evidence of the economic benefit of proposed agency actions, either quantitatively, where

possible, or qualitatively where data did not allow for a defensible quantitative benefit estimate.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WRIGHT JOHNSON, LLC AND U.S. REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DELRAY

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BEACH, FLORIDA

CHIEF ECONOMIST, SEPT.,2010 PRESENT

Permanent employee (W 2).

Prepared econometric analyses using IMPLAN input output models in support of EB 5 Visa

applications for submission to United States Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) for

projects promoting significant job creation throughout the United States. Estimated direct,

indirect, and induced economic and employment impacts of proposed projects/

AYRES ASSOCIATES FORT MYERS, FLORIDA

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SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIAN JANUARY, 2006 DECEMBER, 2006

Contract employee (1099)

Processed Consumptive Water Use Permits under Contract for South Florida Water Management

District for Lower West Coast Area, Reason for leaving, Job was a poor fit; the employer expected

a greater knowledge of hydrogeology and of Visual Basic programming than I possessed.

•SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

SENIOR ECONOMIST JUNE, 1983 FEBRUARY,2005

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Permanent employee (W 2).

Estimated and projected agricultural acreage and water demand for Regional Water Supply Plans

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Projected agricultural acreage and water use to provide a sound technical input for running

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hydrologic models and for formulating water supply plans.

Prepared agency economic impact statements and statements of estimated regulatory costs, in

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conformance with requirements of Florida Administrative Procedures Act, for District rulemaking.

Prepared analyses which were incorporated into various projects designed and constructed under

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the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program (CERP).

Prepared Cost effectiveness analysis for regional water supply plans and CERP.

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Co authored Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice Program Management Plan for CERP, in

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conformance with requirements of Water Resources Development Act and CERP Programmatic

Regulations.

Utilization of state of the art statistical and econometric techniques included multiple regression,

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robust regression (iteratively weighted least squares), ARIMA (Box Jenkins modeling), ARMA, damped

trend exponential smoothing, and. others.

Utilize multivariate analysis (factor analysis, principal components, and cluster analysis)

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Utilized SAS®, NCSS, and Soritec statistical/operations research software and developed a

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familiarity with and a proficiency in running several models for estimating evapotranspiration and

irrigation water requirements. The primary evapotranspiration and crop water models I used were the

modified Blaney Criddle model used by SFWMD in its consumptive use permitting program and the

Penman model incorporated into the Agricultural Field Scale Irrigation Requirement Simulation model

and the GIS Based Water Resources Applied Permitting and Planning System (GWRAPPS).

Managed and reviewed contracts with engineers and scientists at the University of Florida.

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Collaborated with District hydro geologists and engineers, I integrated the AFSIRS model with

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District regional water management models.

Contributed to the development of the District strategic plan and performance measures for

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District program and projects.

Prepared the regional water supply plans for the four planning regions of the South Florida Water

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Management District.

Worked extensively with inter disciplinary and cross–functional teams including geologists,

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hydrologists, and lawyers.

Authored several technical papers at various meetings of the American Water Resources

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Association, Southern SAS® User's Group, Southeastern SAS® User's Group, South Florida SAS®

User’s Group and Florida Academy of Sciences. I served as a Water Management District subject matter

expert on SAS, with particular emphasis on statistical applications of SAS .

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Authored a review, which appeared in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, of the Soritec for

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Windows econometrics package. Reason for leaving multiple reorganizations making it difficult to

develop a coherent career path while using my economics and statistics skills.

VIRGINIA TECH BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA

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GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE September, 1974 June, 1983.

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Contract employee.

Results from research were incorporated into revisions to Virginia water law and the passage of the

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Virginia Groundwater Management Act and into the 2004 Oyster Management Plan adopted by the

Chesapeake Bay Commission.

Research provided solid technical foundations for the Act and the Plan.

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Doctoral dissertation, funded under the Sea Grant program, was an economic, biological, and

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institutional analysis of the Chesapeake oyster fishery.

Dissertation is cited by the International Association for the Study of Common Property Resources

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Support analysis provided to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the research arm

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of the Virginia General Assembly

Dissertation was available for incorporation into the 2004 Oyster Management Plan adopted by the

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Chesapeake Bay Commission.

Performed economic analysis for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on the

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impacts on the hard clam industry of allowing more intensive harvest technologies (mechanical clam

dredging) and analyzed economic benefits and potential adverse effects (displaced harvest labor) associated

with adoption of mechanical clam dredge).

Indirect product of research was enactment of the Virginia Groundwater Management Act of 1992.

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Worked on a legal/economic analysis of the management of nonpoint source water pollution in

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Virginia

Developed expertise in multivariate statistical analysis (factor analysis, principal components, and

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cluster analysis developed expertise in bioeconomic modeling and polynomial distributed lag forecasting.

Prepared presentations for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission staff of the

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Virginia General Assembly.

Delivered presentation based on Master’s thesis to the annual meeting of the American

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Agricultural Economics Association.

Reason for leaving Completed degree requirements.

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA WASHINGTON, D. C.

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ECONOMIST Sept.,1972 JUNE, 1974

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Compiled data on poultry and egg prices, costs, and marketing margins, which were incorporated

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into the Poultry and Egg Situation, published by USDA.

Participated in the preparation of Industry Specific publications on the Broiler Industry and the

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Turkey Industry.

Contributed to regular publications on prices and marketing margins for poultry and egg products.

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Prepared statistical tables for special publications on the broiler, turkey, and egg

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industries, and on the utilization of poultry waste products as animal feed. Analyzed

potential economic benefit and costs of utilization of hatchery waste. Reason for

leaving- Pursue graduate education, re-orient my career path.

E D U C AT I O N

VIRGINIA TECH

PH. D. AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, JUNE, 1986

M. S. AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, JUNE, 1976

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

A. B. ECONOMICS, JUNE, 1972

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