Natural Resource Manger, Science Writer, NEPA

Heather Fara Mobile: 503-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

Highlights

Project Planning

Improving Efficiency

Stakeholder Management

Land Use Mediation

Technical Writing

Web Content Management

Adobe Creative Suite

NEPA

Professional

Experience

Project Manager & Technical Writer, Fara Projects, Mar 2012—Present

● Implement research and workflows for government, legal, and academic clients

● Develop client and stakeholder recruitment strategies

● Draft content for best practice, operations, and printed books

● Digitize photographic and geographic data

● Writing and graphic design for the web, social media, fact sheets and talking points Assistant Director, The Landscape Collaborative, Aug 2010—Apr 2011

● Built social network for collaborative land use planning to better incorporate citizen science

● Chaired board meetings and led webinar trainings Agricultural Advisor, Mongolian Women Farmers Association, May 2010—Aug 2010

● Trained women fleeing domestic violence in agricultural and small-business development

● Expanded outreach via online training program and director’s blog

● Wrote grant proposals

Spatial Analyst, The World Bank, May 2010—Aug 2010

● Developed GIS maps to evaluate project impacts and assess agricultural market linkages Natural Resource Advisor, Asian Development Bank, Jan 2009—May 2010

● Oversaw rural water and pasture development projects

● Wrote environmental assessments, opinions, and land use agreements

● Chaired public engagement and stakeholder decision making meetings

● Assessed capacity building needs of local government and led trainings

● Founded climate change working group and land use public advisory board Resource Manager, Natural Resources & Environmental Council, Jan 2005—Dec 2007

● Review research proposals, awarded grants, and oversaw grant distributions

● Organized and led river adoption and clean-up events

● Ran environmental law conferences

● Promoted membership via social media

Planning Intern, Alachua Co. Department of Environment Protection, Aug 2005—Mar 2006

● Modeled land use conflict to target land purchases

● Compiled state and county regulatory tools to author conservation planning manual

● Recording secretary for public advisory board

Science Communicator, National Science Foundation, Jan 2004—Aug 2005

● Authored public education articles for $3 million NSF grant

● Developed network of scientific authorities

● Created maps, graphics, layout, and interactive web content 1 of 2

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Headquarters Office Manager, National Lawyers Guild, Apr 2004—Dec 2004

● Arranged regional legal conference calls for national cases

● Kept all legal and financial records.

● Wrote news releases and served as media contact

● Staffed emergency hotline and field legal assistant crews Botanist, Florida Forest Service, Aug 2002—Dec 2003

● Conducted plant population research to advise federal endangered habitat management plan Research Assistant, The New York Botanical Garden, Jan 2002—Aug 2002

● Prepared plant specimens and curated Darwin and Cook’s bryophyte collections

● Digitized collections and curated metadata

● Trained researchers in use of archival collections

● Shadowed major donors at public and private events Wildlife Program Analyst, NPS Yellowstone, Jul 2001—Dec 2001

● Evaluated park research to identify gaps in elk management knowledge

● Presented to Supervisory Biologists to target priorities and set research agenda Seasonal Biological Technician, USGS Hawaii, NPS Yellowstone, Jun 1999—Oct 2001

● Inventoried botanical communities, conducted habitat suitability surveys, radio-tracked small mammals, mapped indigenous cultural resources, and piloted plant and insect studies

● Maintained GIS and Access databases

● Discovered new grass species to Yellowstone National Park Engineering Laboratory Manager, Engineering Consultant Services, Jan 1998—Jun 1999

● Conducted ASTM tests and wetland delineations

● Prepared Phase 1 and project safety reports

Volunteer

Experience

Transit Development Researcher, SubArt

International Relief Builder, American Friends Service Committee Construction Site Manager, Habitat for Humanity NYC Certificates

Monitoring & Evaluation, Asian Development Bank

Watershed Management, EPA Washington, DC

Conflict Identification, US Department of Peace

Leadership in Development, VSO

Education

Graduate Certificate, NEPA Environmental Management, Utah State University Masters Degree, Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida Bachelor’s Degree, Botany, Guilford College

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