Merritt Ford 918-***-****

**** ***** **** **** ***, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145

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Who I am

Passionate, pragmatic, environmental advocate with experience effecting change through writing, speaking and engaging others. Leadership in Energy, and Environmental Design.

SKILLS, ABILITIES

Resource Management, Environmental Advocacy, Public Relations, Basic Computer Applications, Spreadsheet Reporting, Editing, Proofreading, Writing,

ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ACTIVITIES

Freelance Environmental Advocate

Raised awareness, made environmental issues clear, discussed difference in policy

with community, on a one to one basis, at public forums, and in newspapers which

led to the defeat of a three term US Senator in 1996 who opposed environmental

regulations and spent over seven million dollars trying to get re-elected. These

efforts was published in the December 1996 United States Congressional Record.

Interviewed President Bill Clinton about his environmental policies, Baltic, SD.

Lobbied US Senate Minority Leader, Tom Daschle, D.,SD., on the environmental consequences of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United

States, Canada and Mexico.

Help draft the Roadless Initiative in the Ouachita National Forest.

Collected enough signatures to successfully challenge Homestake Mining Companys Heap Leaching Mining Operations in South Dakota.

Worked to create curbside recycling in Sioux Falls, SD. Initiated Current Curbside Recycling Program for City of Tulsa, OK .

Published Writer

Wrote the cover story for Compass, trade magazine for Continental

Insurance, which won the Best Business Award for the State of New York in 1990.

Published in Compass, The Pragmatist, Eyes on You, Buzzworm, the Examiner, The Oklahoma Sierra, Tulsa Magazine, The ACRT Newsletter, my blog, Beyond Squirrels, and several newspapers.

Wrote the text for the Tulsa Master Recyclers to Planit Tulsa in 2009 titled Tulsa, A New Kind of Energy. This logo is currently used on all of the City of Tulsas websites, correspondence, and seen on the side of most of the citys vehicles. .

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Merritt Ford 918-***-****

4718 South 91st East Ave.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74145

adpnyl@r.postjobfree.com

Relevant Work History

Security Officer Securitaus, Owl Nite, 10/19 to 09/21

Retail Associate Target, Walmart, CDS Tulsa various dates

Collector Your Credit Tulsa, OK 07/2010 to 02/2011

Planner Asplundh Tulsa, OK 06/2009 to 07/2010

Utility Coordinator/Auditor ACRT Tulsa, OK 08/2005 to 03/2009

Quality Assurance Lead TV Guide Tulsa, OK 01/1998 to 08/2003

Security Support Rep Citibank Sioux Falls, SD 11/1995 to 05/1997

Telephone Rep Citibank Sioux Falls, SD 09/1993 to 09/1994

Eight seasons with the US Forest Service in CO, MT, WY, OR, WA..

Professional Development

Received training in Environmental Action at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

City of Tulsa Master Recycler-2008, Tulsa, OK.

Executive Committee Member, Vice Chair, and Elected to the Oklahoma State Board of the Sierra Club.

Oklahoma Food and Forestry-Right Away Certification 2009, Applicators 2010.

Certified by USGBC as Green Associate in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2011

Nominated for the Oklahoma Henry Bellmon Sustainability Award-3-8-2012

Assisted Sustainable Tulsa with a number of local environmental projects.

Oklahoma Cleat Security License -2019, Renewed 2021.

Lobbied members of the Oklahoma Legislature on Water Resources 2021.

Assisted Drew Edmondson(former Oklahoma Attorney General) to defeat OK777.

Education

BA Physical Geography - Emphasis on Resource Management

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

32 Semester Hours of Landscape Design, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma Cleat Security License -2019, Renewed 2021

NOTE any gaps in employment were either due to unemployment or just seeking work.

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