CHRISTOPHER RIGBY
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**-**** ****** ***** *******, analytical and grant management skills to build partnerships among corporate, public and nonprofit organizations that achieved sustainability goals. Managed complex, value-laden projects across a client base ranging from the Department of Defense to private landowners.
Project Management Grant, legal and Technical Writing Conservation Planning
Research and Analysis Partnership Development Regulatory Compliance
ASHEVILLE EXPERIENCE
Full Time Care Provider, Aging Parent 2016 - 2018
U.S. Census Bureau, Field Representative 2016
Travelling Spoon and Mobile Table, Personal Chef 2015 - 2016
Earth Fare, Pastry Baker and Cashier 2014 – 2015
Volunteer, Hall Fletcher Elementary School, Asheville Design Center and Mountain True 2011 - Present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Marstel-Day LLC, Fredericksburg, VA Senior Analyst 2006 - 2010
Department of Defense consultant § Analytical Services § Contract driven projects as assigned
Under four Department of Defense contracts, researched and drafted:
§ National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments for six Army installations closing through the Base Realignment and Closure process;
§ Encroachment Control Plans and Partnership Agreements for five Marine Corps installations;
§ A comprehensive Water Demand Forecast study for Fort Bragg, NC
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Atlanta, GA Assistant Director, Southern Region 2004 - 2006
Non-Profit Grant Making Organization § Managed Federal and Private Funds
Managed $6-million a year Shell Oil Company Marine Habitat Program, building successful relationships among corporate executives and environmental organizations and drafted reports to multiple funders
Marstel-Day LLC, Fredericksburg, VA Analyst 2001-2004
Department of Defense consultant § Analytical Services § Contract driven projects as assigned
Facilitated the disposal of contaminated Army real estate:
§ Transferred 74,000 acres of surplus property to park or wildlife refuge managers by building partnerships among installation closure officials and conservation organizations
§ Devised a new transfer authority for divesting the Federal government of property
§ Reconciled conflicting liability remediation and endangered species management obligations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA Environmental Protection Specialist 1998 - 2001
Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator, Grant Manager, Land Trust Capacity Builder
§ Analyzed and implemented new use of $5 million Section 319 fund for water quality conservation
EDUCATION
M.E.S., Natural Resource Policy, 1987, Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A., Anthropology, Dean’s List, 1983, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI