ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS NIGHT

October 21, 2004

 

 

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PARTICIPANT, TITLE, EMPLOYER, URL

 

                 EDUCATION

 

AREA OF EXPERTISE

 

 

  1

 

STEVEN SOKOLSKY

Project Manager

Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc

www.bki.com

 

 

BS International Business & Economics, CS Sacramento

 

Energy efficiency in commercial, residential and transportation applications

 

 

 2

 

GARY LUCKS

Principal

Beyond Compliance, LLC

www.beyondcompliance.net

 

 

JD University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law; BS Biology & Environmental Sciences,  Tulane University

 

 

Environmental law, corporate sustainability

 

 

 3

 

LISA PONTECORVO

Open Space & Ecology Analyst

Brisbane, City of

www.ci.brisbane.ca.us

 

 

BS Conservation Resource Studies &  BA Peace & Conflict Studies, UCB

 

Environmental policy. Environmental education in non-profit sector

 

 

 

 4

 

LIZ BERGER

Hydrdologist

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon

www.or.blm.gov

 

 

BS Environmental Biology & Management, UCD

 

Hydrology and wildlife biology

 

 

 4

 

WES WONG

Natural Resources Specialist

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon

www.or.blm.gov

 

 

BS Environmental Biology & Management, UCD

 

Botany, soil science

 

 

 

 5

 

 

MICHAEL WILSON

Research Scientist

Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

http://coeh.berkeley.edu

 

 

PhD/MPH Environmental Health Sciences, UCB; BA  Biology, UCSC

 

Chemicals policy, public health, worker and environmental health, public policy

 

 

 

  6

 

REBECCA STAGER

Senior Environmental Specialist

Chiron Corporation

http://www.chiron.com/

 

BA Chemistry, Markets & Management, Duke; MBA candidate, John F. Kennedy University

 

Air & wastewater permitting, waste operations, stormwater program/ permitting.  Experience working in university, hospital, small biotech, agricultural, food processing and medium-sized pharmaceuticals companies

 

 

 

 7

 

ADRIENNE BLOCH   

Staff attorney

Communities for a Better Environment
www.cbecal.org


JD Hastings,
B.A. Oberlin College

 

Environmental law; environmental health and justice non-profit organization

 

 

 8

 

 

WILLIAM B. HULL

Program Officer

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

www.cgbd.org

 

 

MA Public & Private Management, Yale; MS Fisheries & Wildlife, Utah State University;  BS Bioresource Sciences, UCB

 

 

Environmental Philanthropy, Biodiversity Conservation, Association Management 

 

 

 

 

 9

 

STEVE MORIOKA

Environmental Health Specialist

Hazardous Materials

Contra Costa Health Services - HazMat

http://www.cchealth.org/groups/hazmat

 

 

BS Environmental Sciences, Minor Conservation Resource Studies, UCB

 

Environmental consulting, HazMat response, WMD (weapons of mass destruction) Response, regulator/

investigator, asbestos

 

 

10

 

TEGAN C. HOFFMAN

Program Director

The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)

www.coral.org

 

 

PhD/MA Geography, UCB; BA Conservation Resource Studies, UCB

 

Coastal ocean biodiversity conservation, sustainable tourism, evaluation conservation effectiveness. Brings together scientists, local people, policy makers and corporations to implement solutions for tropical marine biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and environmental justice

 

 

 

11

 

KAREN COOK

Recycling Program Coordinator

County of Alameda

www.acgov.org

 

 

BS Conservation & Resource Studies, UCB

 

In-house recycling program for Alameda County departments & employees. Commercial recycling, school recycling, outreach.

 

 

12

 

RAY WAN

Communications Associate
Earthjustice
www.earthjustice.org


MA Environmental Management, Yale; BS Conservation and Resource Studies, UCB/
BA  Mass Communication, UCB
 


Media and communications. Currently work for nonprofit environmental public interest law firm

 

 

13

 

ALAN KAPLAN

Naturalist

East Bay Regional Park District

Tilden Nature Center

 

 

MS Entomology, UCB;

BS Biology, Queens College

 

Environmental education/interpretation; plants, insects

 

 

14

 

JULIANN CHEN

Associate

ENVIRON International Corporation

www.environcorp.com

 

 

MPH, Environmental Health Science, UCB;  BA Integrative Biology, UCB

 

 

Health risk assessment/analysis; children's environmental health. Environmental consulting

 

 

 

 

15

 

FRANCISCO DOŅEZ

Environmental Specialist

Environmental Protection Agency,  US

Air Quality Division

www.epa.gov

 

 

PhD candidate, Energy & Resources, UCB; MS in Public Policy, Georgia Tech; BS Mechanical Engineering, MIT

 

 

Previous experience at EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics and Office of International Affairs, both in Washington, DC.

 

 

 

 

16

 

JANET HASHIMOTO

Chief, Monitoring & Assessment Office

Environmental Protection Agency, US

Water Division

www.epa.gov

 

 

BA Biology, UCB

 

Marine biology, water quality, surface water monitoring, wastewater discharge

 

 

 

17

 

RACHEL HURT

Wildlife Biologist

Fish & Wildlife Service,  US

www.fws.gov

 

 

BS Wildlife Management, Virginia Tech

 

 

Endangered species (e.g.plants, insects, & birds). Previous experience: reptiles, amphibians, & small mammals

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

SARA TAYLOR

SCEP Student Biologist

Fish & Wildlife Service, US

Alaska WildlifeRefuge

http://alaska.fws.gov/aba/dcr/scep.htm

 

 

BS Environmental Sciences, UCB

 

Statistics, fire science, waterfowl & herpetology. Previous experience:

US Geological Survey, Dept of Defense

 

 

19

 

BILL OTANI

Outreach & Recruitment Specialist

Forest Service,  USDA

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/welcome.shtml

 

 

 

BS Wildlife

 

Forest Service careers/jobs/internships

 

 

20

 

BRENT SCHORADT

Solano-Napa Field Representative

Greenbelt Alliance

http://www.greenbelt.org

 

 

MA Public Administration, Concentration Environmental Science & Policy, Columbia University;
BA Political Economy of Industrial Societies, UCB

 

Environmental advocacy/campaign management in the non-profit sector

 

 

21

 

ERIC GODOY

Field Science Educator

Headlands Institute

www.yni.org

 

 

BS Natural Resource Management, UCB

 

Environmental education, bilingual education

 

 

 

22

 

LORI POTTINGER

Africa Campaigns Director

Editor, World Rivers Review

International Rivers Network

www.irn.org

 

 

Masters Landscape Architecture, UCB;

BA Journalism, SF State

 

 

IRN works on changing global policies by working with environmental & human rights groups around the world for community-based river development. Previous: Mother Jones, sustainable agriculture

 

 

 

23

 

JOHN COURTNEY

Senior Planner

Lamphier-Gregory

 

Ph.D. Geography, University of Washington; MA City & Regional Planning, Rutgers;

BA Geography/

Communications University of Washington

 

 

Urban planning, environmental analysis, environmental consulting

 

 

 

 

24

 

ALEUTIA SCOTT

Natural Resources Management Specialist

National Park Service

www.nps.gov/goga

 

 

BS Biology, Eckerd College

 

Resource ecology and management, environmental education, volunteer coordination

 

 

24

 

JIM SHEVOCK

Research Coordinator

National Park Service

www.nps.gov

 

 

MA, BS Botany/Biology, CSULB

 

Conservation biology, life science careers

 

 

 

25

 

EMILY LEE

Outreach Coordinator

Community Strategies for Sustainability & Justice Program

Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment & Security        

www.pacinst.org

 

 

BS Environmental Sciences, UCB

 

Environmental justice, climate justice, climate change, and participatory research. Previous: Redefining Progress

 

 

 

 

26

 

TANIA POLLAK

Natural Resources Planner

Presidio Trust

www.presidiotrust.gov

 

 

BA Environmental Sciences, UCB

 

Habitat restoration and wildlife management projects.  Previous: CA Coastal Commission- enforcement, regulatory review of permits, regional land use planning and assessing the effectiveness of coastal planning/ regulatory programs. 

 

 

 

27

 

NURIA BETRAN-ORTIZ

Project Engineer

Raines, Melton & Carella, Inc. (RMC)

www.rmcengr.com

 

 

BS & MS Environmental Engineering, UCB; BS Env Engineering, Northwestern

 

Water resources: Recycling, supply & treatment, wastewater collection & treatment, flood protection, watershed management

 

 

 

28

 

JASON KIBBEY

Director

Defense of Place a Project of

Resource Renewal Institute

http://defenseofplace.org

 

 

BS Environmental Economics and Policy and BA Religious Studies, UCB

 

Environmental advocacy, preservation. Previous: Associate Consultant Bain and Company, Union of Concerned Scientists (vehicle emissions standards and climate change)

 

 

 

 

29

 

SABRINA SIMPSON

Director of Marketing

Stillwater Sciences

www. stillwatersci.com        

 

BA Geography, UCB

 

Direct marketing activities of a growing consulting firm. Previous:  regulatory consultant for hydropower owners, prepared natural resources permitting reports for PG&E, and worked for the public access program at the California Coastal Commission

 

 

 

30

 

BILL SEARS

Environmental Scientist

Stillwater Sciences

www.stillwatersci.com 

 

 

MA Environmental Science & Management, Concentration Planning UCSB, BS Biological Sciences,  CSU Hayward

 

 

GIS and information technology, aquatic and terrestrial biology, conservation planning

 

 

31

 

DAVID BELK

Hazardous Materials Program Manager

UC San Francisco

www.ucsf.edu

 

 

BS Environmental Sciences, UCB

 

Environmental regulatory compliance

 

 

 

32

 

JEFF TUDD

Hydraulic Engineer

WRECO

www.wreco.com

 

BA Environmental Sciences, UCB

 

Water resources, hydrology, wetland restoration/creation, fish passage, bridge design hydraulics, flood control, drainage design, stormwater quality, erosion control, and design of storm drain, sewer, and water systems