Martha Kleykamp

Email: abo5ph@r.postjobfree.com

Address: P.O. Box 8218

City: Red Bluff

State: CA

Zip: 96080

Country: USA

Phone: 530-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 55

Willing to Relocate

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QUICK FACTS

Looking for FT work

Authorized to work in the US

Available on: immediately

Highest Education: Bachelor`s Degree, Bio-Agricultural Sciences

Licenses: Ca Drivers license

OBJECTIVE

I seek professional level employment in public, private, or non-profit sectors with duties founded in natural resource management, agriculture, environmental protection.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Solid Waste Programs Manager

Glenn County Planning and Public Works

Willows, CA

5/1/2006 - 10/1/2010

*Manage 200 ton per day landfill with seven full time employees.

*Oversee, evaluate, maintain facility structure including slope stability, soil compaction, cover material, vegetative cover, litter control, internal roads and signage, pollution prevention and environmental monitoring programs.

*Develop BMPs, train staff, evaluate heavy equipment needs.

*Analyze and update pertinent planning documents, permits. Participate in meetings, contractor selection panels, and solid waste policy development. Prepare all regulatory reports not assigned to consultants.

*Develop strong working relationships with regulators at Water Board, Waste Board, ARB, Supervisors, press, public.

*Review and/or prepare CEQA documents, EIRs, RFPs, consultant-prepared work, engineering plans, and regulatory proposals. Prepare press and public outreach materials.

*Conduct methane sampling and stormwater sampling, submit under COC docs

*Prepare budget for Enterprise Fund with annual revenue of roughly

$1.1 million.

Recycling Coordinator

Tehama County Landfill Mgmt. Agency

Red Bluff, CA

9/1/2003 - 5/1/2006

*Manage grants including applications, expense tracking, reporting, and outreach activities. Plan and conduct special events such as tire collections or hazardous waste collections.

*Staff meetings, transcribe and prepare minutes.

*Answer phones, respond to customers, file, prepare AP warrants, prepare payroll requests, maintain calendar, reconcile monthly income/expense ledgers, all other routine office tasks.

*Data entry, correspondence, agendas, and other related tasks.

*Maintain JTD and official document logs.

*Update website, staff public information events, prepare advertising and press reports. Develop and conduct customer surveys, collate and analyze data, report to Board of Supervisors, Waste Board or other agency.

*Occasional methane, leachate, or condensate sampling, monitor flare.

Natural Resources Programs Manager

Sacramento River Discovery Center

Red Bluff, CA

9/1/2002 - 3/1/2003

*Prepare and deliver lesson plans and educational programs to high

school docents per requirements of CALFED grant. Grant deliverables included Native Grass restoration project; Invasive Plant eradication program; Bird Habitat Improvement and Bird Identification program; Xeriscaping Demonstration Garden and Native Plant propagation program; Native Oak restoration project. All projects and programs were located at Lake Red Bluff Recreation Area in Red Bluff.

*Work with U.S Forest Service, U.C. Department Agricultural Extension Service staff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, local ranchers and teachers, Project WET, and other stakeholders in regional watershed improvement projects.

*Write newsletter to donors, prepare monthly adult evening education program.

*Manage 2 acre xeriscaping demonstration garden, including irrigation, maintenance, native plant maintenance, greenhouse, propagation program, and pest control.

Vocational Agriculture Teacher

Maricopa County School District

Phoenix, AZ

8/1/2000 - 10/1/2001

*Develop and present curriculum to Gila River Indian students

on reservation school. Coordinate with tribal elders, district administrators, parents in development of curriculum conforming to the

tribe`s brand (PIMA cotton and Oriole fruits and vegetables) protection

and production goals, as well as to state education standards.

*Manage $88,000 Carl Perkins grant funds, including allocation of funds, documentation of expenses, quarterly and annual reports.

*Supervise student production of 5 ac. row crop plot and 40,000 sf greenhouse including tilapia production.

*Prepare Individual Work Plans and Individual Education Plans according to state guidelines.

*Lead students in field work such as crop selection, irrigation techniques, tools and machinery use and maintenance.

*Serve as FFA Chapter advisor and coach.

Technical Services coordinator

Wheelabrator/BioGro

Oakland, CA

6/1/1996 - 3/1/1997

*Public spokesperson for biosolids land application projects.

*Interface among clients, farmers, regulators, stakeholders in permitting biosolids application plans and in development of regulations impacting land application of biosolids.

*Prepare press materials, public outreach materials, comments, and draft regulatory language, project management plans and permit applications.

*Demonstrated knowledge and attention to detail in drafting the first biosolids application project management plan and associated permit application ever accepted by Alameda County Planning Department without an EIR. There were no negative comments or dissentions from any public agency or private party.

Park Ranger (Seasonal)

East Bay Regional Park District, 1250 Peralta Blvd., Oakland, CA

*Garin Park, Hayward; Mow, litter and trash collection, tree trimming on native oaks, painting and facilities maintenance; trail maintenance; rest room attendant; provide presence and information during holidays; worked alone most shifts, including major holidays such as July4. Worked with volunteers in antique apple orchard; operated 8 t dump, 5 wheel atv, mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, power and hand tools.

*Pleasanton Ridge Park, Pleasanton; Renovated main public parking center including repair and paint of rest rooms, picnic facilities, fences; star thistle eradication; heavy public contact (conducted a rescue of a horse in quicksand, a bicyclist who had broken his ankle); trail patrol in truck in wilderness park; trash and litter control; daily reports; worked alone most shifts.

Compost Educator/Garden Manager

Alameda Co. Home Composting Ed. Program

Alameda Co. Waste Management Authority

777 Davis St. Suite 100, San Leandro, CA 94577

510-***-**** Teresa Ead, Program Manager

*Provided major technical input during development of our composting work- shops.

*Served as the staff biologist and made workshop presentations to senior planning and public health staff in our eleven member agencies.

*Designed, installed, and managed the half acre demonstration garden.

*Developed hands-on tools and presentations including the first portable, interactive learning materials to bring worm composting to classrooms.

*Assisted member agency staff in developing home composting guidelines.

*Participated in training Master Composter certificated volunteers, presented workshops.

*Wrote newsletter, participated in development of outreach materials, planned and participated in large scale public events such as compost bin sales.

Tiffany's Ornamental Plant Rentals, Fremont, CA (No longer in business)

Deb Jacobsen, Nursery Manager

*Lead technician in recovery and rehabilitation of rental returns.

*Developed firm's first in-house propagation system using hydroponic methods.

*Assigned to care for "Specimen House" where very old, valuable plants were kept. These plants were in containers greater than 20 cubic feet.

*Conduct pesticide safety and use training for staff.

Phoenix Desert Nursery

2619 E. Lynne Lane, Phoenix, AZ Richard Eymann, owner

*Consultant, assistant, technician, and sales for first native plant wholesaler in Maricopa County.

*Participated in stock selection, greenhouse construction and layout, propagation, and marketing.

*Developed several retail accounts that remain the bread and butter outlets for the business.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Union City Park and Recreation Commission, Chair, 1994-1998

*Participated in planning, development, and oversight of 5 new parks, as well as renovation of 3 older parks

*Founded first community garden in Union City

*Developed original promotional materials for proposed skateboard park

*Founded first community dog park in Union City

*Promoted and rigorously defended endangered wetlands and riparian corridors from development other than pedestrian access.

Union City Tree and Landscape Review Board, Chair 1994-1998

*Chair of committee that is the first board of review for all commercial, residential, and industrial development projects. Under my chairmanship the committee required installation of tertiary treated wastewater irrigation, use of drought resistant plant materials, and strongly promoted pedestrian friendly development.

*Reviewed and prepared updates and amendments to Union City`s Tree Conservation Ordinance, affecting and defining landscape requirements for all types of new development.

*Evaluated information and made recommendations relating to penalties for violations of Tree Conservation Ordinance; heard appeals of penalty decisions.

CITIZENS FOR OPEN SPACE IN ALVARADO (COSA)

*Founding member of local open space organization founded to protect wetlands in western (Alvarado district) of Union City.

*COSA raised seed money and brought two lawsuits against the City and Ponderosa Homes under CEQA;

*COSA worked to elect a new mayor (still serving today) and several city council members;

*COSA mounted a referendum and an initiative measure that rolled back new residential construction and produced strong protective measures for the Union City hills, preserving visual quality and habitat values.

*COSA used money awarded in one of their lawsuits to found the South Bay Wetlands Legal Defense Fund. The fund today is administered by the Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, who matched our initial endowment. The fund provides emergency restraining orders or cease and desist orders in cases involving unpermitted filling and grading in South Bay wetlands.

EDUCATION

BS/Engineering and Applied Sciences, Bio Agricultural Sciences

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

5/1/1980

*Alpha Zeta officer; first engineering scholarship given to

female student (1970 Sun Angel Scholarship); 4 year Regent`s Academic Achievement Scholarships

SKILLS

Management and budget; communication and outreach, hazardous materials management; plant, animal, and pest identification and management; environmental compliance experience; customer service and minority outreach skills, very experienced in public speaking and public contact.

RELEVANT CERTIFICATES

*CDFA Agricultural Inspector/Biologist certificates in Pesticide Use Enforcement, Vertebrate Vector Control, Plant Pathology. I could quickly gain certification as Pesticide Applicator, if I felt it was necessary. However, I have always maintained wonderful planted areas using habitat manipulation and organically approved methods.

*AZ. Registered Sanitarian (equiv. to CA Environmental Health Spc)

*OSHA HAZMATWOPER; CPR; NEMS/SEMS/ICS to 700 level; Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO);

INTERESTS

Alternative Energy, gardening and food production; water quality and the construction and maintenance of small water systems; cooking, home-brewing, wine making. I live off-grid in the xeric Yolla Bolly foothills. Living here demands effort, knowledge, and coping skills in order to keep the hybrid power plant and well operational. I have a year-round vegetable/herb garden and have installed several fruit trees, all with drip irrigation. I have a broad and in-depth knowledge of soil and natural resource related topics. I am seasoned generalist who is a Can-Do person.

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