Assistant Data Entry

Erica Sussman

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EDUCATION

Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT

J.D., May, 2005

. President of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Greening Committee

Member

. Environmental Coursework: Environmental Law; Animal Law; Ocean and

Coastal Law; Watersheds; Water Resource Law; Extinction; Biodiversity

Protection; Land Use Law; Toxics, Administrative Law

Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA

B.S., Environmental Science, May, 2000

. Environmental Coursework: Environmental Monitoring, Ecology,

Conservation Biology, Environmental Politics, Environmental Studies,

Mineral Economics, Environmental Geology, GIS, Limnology, Vertebrate

Zoology, Environmental History, Art of Environmentalism

CURRENT ENDEAVOR

Ideas Well Done, Winooski, VT; an independent development company that

conceives, designs, and develops new products

. Perform multi-faceted research projects for Owner/President

ENVIRONMENTAL and ECOLOGICALLY-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Alteris Renewables, Inc. (formerly Solar Works Inc.), Montpelier, VT 9/2008

- 8/2009

Contract Specialist

. Coordinate with sales team to create residential and commercial

contracts, apply for state incentives, complete interconnection

applications

. Research federal, state, and local energy policies and write customer

correspondence

. Grant writing - USDA REAP grants

World Wildlife Fund, Bozeman, MT, Summer, 2004

Internship - Northern Great Plains Office

. Performed legal research related to topics including water rights,

bison reintroduction, prairie dogs, and other western-related

environmental issues

. Field work opportunities included spotlighting for black-footed

ferrets and investigating prairie dog towns

FIELDWORK AND VOLUNTEERISM

o Green Mountain Animal Defenders - Volunteer (presently; began in

January 2008)

o Vermont Raptor Center - Volunteer 2002-2003

o Nest searching, monitoring, and observation of Eastern-bluebirds and

Brown-headed Nuthatches in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress

National Preserve (2001)

o USGS/Auburn University - Sea duck field research (primarily telemetry

triangulation) on Flaxman Island, AK (2001)

o Providence Animal Rescue League - Intern assisting with intake,

feeding/medicating, cleaning, and adoption counseling (2000)

o SCA/NPS - Piping plover monitoring at Fire Island National Seashore

(2000)

o The Nature Conservancy - Mapping endangered species and use of

conservation database (1999)

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

URS Corporation, San Francisco, CA, April - August, 2007

Project Archivist - Temporary position assisting the URS Office Manager

. Identified and sorted antiquated legal and corporate documents

. Performed data entry in IronMountain database, created Excel charts

The Law Offices of Matthew Kumin, San Francisco, CA, March - December, 2006

Law Clerk

. Drafted legal documents for Federal, Civil, Probate and Tax Courts

. Extensive legal research on topics ranging from civil rights to tax

law

. Clerical and administrative work including client correspondence

Gallatin County Attorney's Office, Bozeman, MT, Spring Semester, 2005

Law Clerk - Chief Deputy County Attorney

. Prepared affidavits, legal documents, and opened new cases

. Participated in several bench trials (under the Montana Student

Practice Rule)

TEACHING AND ACADEMIA

Kelly Services/Burlington School District, Burlington, VT 12/2007 - 9/2008

Substitute Teacher

. Substitute teacher for Burlington Area elementary, middle, and high

schools

Mark Pekar at Burlington College, Burlington, VT, Spring 2008

Project Assistant - Provided personal assistance to Professor Pekar

. Transcription from dictation

. Helped organize and edit book

New College of California, San Francisco, CA, September 2005 - February

2006

Development and Projects Assistant - Development Office

. Event coordination

. Researched foundation and grant information

. Assisted with grant proposal writing and preparation

Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, 2003-2004

Development Assistant -

. Event coordination

. Researched foundation and grant information

. Data entry, assisted with mailings

Providence Schools, Providence, RI, Fall 2001 - June 2002

Science Teacher- Physical Science

. Lesson plan preparation and curriculum planning for 100 high school

students

. Instruction, grading and parent/community outreach

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