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EXPERIENCE
SUSTAINABILITY & NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICIAL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
OCTOBER 2019 — PRESENT
Establishment of the Office of Sustainability for the City of San Luis Obispo, including principal management of
the Climate Action, Natural Resources, Creeks and Watersheds, and Community Partnership programs.
Stormwater Program Steering Committee overseeing implementation of the City's MS4 stormwater permit.
Monterey Bay Community Power Operations Board voting alternate. Team lead for the development and
implementation of the 2019-21 Climate Action Major City Goal. Continuation of Natural Resources Manager roles
and functions (see below).
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
DECEMBER 2012 — OCTOBER 2019
Principal management of the City of San Luis Obispo's Natural Resources Program. Duties include oversight and
stewardship of the City's Greenbelt Protection Program comprised of over 4,000 acres of open space lands across
fourteen major properties held in open space reserve, natural reserve, agricultural reserve, or ecological reserve
status, as well as 3,600 acres of land protected by open space or conservation easements; conservation planning
and real property acquisition; leadership on the Open Space Team with the City's Ranger Service that provides
design and construction of the City's trail network of nearly fifty miles, as well as site patrol, maintenance and
restoration, and capital improvement projects within the City's Greenbelt Open Space; supervision of the City
Biologist and conservation science initiatives; administration of farmland and rangeland leases and community
partnerships; environmental review of General Plan updates, Specific Plans, parcel maps, subdivision maps, and
EIRs; representation of the City in multi -agency stakeholder processes; development and implementation of City
Council -directed Major City Goal and Other Important Objective work plans; participation on the City's
Stormwater Technical Committee, Climate Action "Green" Team, Design Review Team, and Development
Oversight Committee.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
MARCH 2O10 — NOVEMBER 2012
Executive supervision of the business and affairs of The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County, a non-profit
land trust organization with a $1 million annual operating budget, net assets of $6.8 million, eight FTE and four to
six seasonal employees (as of 2012). Duties included: maintain the organization as a trusted public charity; provide
support to the Board of Trustees in carrying out the mission of the organization; maintain a strong and positive
presence of the organization within the community; develop and implement the strategic plan and annual business
plan for the organization; manage and provide strategic oversight to the Land Conservation Program; foster a
collaborative, team -driven corporate culture to ensure high level business and management decisions, project
implementation, and mission success; Corporate Secretary and Records Officer.
CONSERVATION DIRECTOR
THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
JULY 2005 - MARCH 2O10
Director -level leadership and management to The Land Conservancy in the development and oversight of
conservation projects, community outreach, and public relations, as approved by the Board of Trustees. Prepare or
provide oversight of conservation planning analysis and reports; Geographic Information Systems analysis and
mapping; land conservation project implementation including landowner relations, project feasibility and due
diligence, funding, documentation, and closing; conservation easement monitoring and land stewardship
activities. Land conservation project history totaling over 5,000 acres valued at over $30 million.
LECTURER
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
CITY & REGIONAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
SEPTEMBER 2006 - DECEMBER 2008; MARCH 2O19 — JUNE 2019
University Core Course 330 — Cal Poly Lands (co -taught with Dr. Matt Ritter)
City and Regional Planning Course 518 - Public Policy Analysis Graduate Seminar
City and Regional Planning Course 409 - Planning Internship and Professional Development
CONSERVATION PLANNING ASSOCIATE
THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
AUGUST 2001 - JULY 2005
Under direction of the Executive Director, prepare or provide: conservation planning analysis and reports;
Geographic Information Systems analysis and mapping; land conservation project implementation including
landowner relations, project feasibility and due diligence, funding, documentation, and closing; conservation
easement monitoring and land stewardship activities.
CONSTRUCTION LOAN SPECIALIST
COAST COMMERCIAL BANK, SANTA CRUZ, CA
SEPTEMBER 1997 - JUNE 2000
Under the direction of department loan officers, prepare or provide: construction and commercial building loan
documentation; construction loan draw inspections and funding; requisition and review of construction project
appraisals; land title review, escrow instructions, and loan closing process; Notary Public; Secretary pro-tempore
to the bank's Loan Committee and Board of Directors.
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CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
Master of City & Regional Planning, 2004. Environmental Planning emphasis.
Graduate project: Saving Special Places ]T Revisiting the San Luis Obispo Greenbelt in 2003.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Bachelor of Arts, Politics, 1998.
Senior paper: Man, Nature, and the State.- Toward an Environmental Ethic.
CERTIFICATES
Supervisor Academy. The Centre for Organization Effectiveness, 2015.
Incident Command System (ICS) 100 and 200. Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2015.
SPEAKING
CAL POLY CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING CONFERENCE, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, 2019
Three -member panel, presentation and discussion of land conservation, carbon sequestration, and natural climate
solutions.
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MOUNTAIN TOWN PLANNERS SUMMIT, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA, 2019
Three -member panel, presentation and discussion of the City of San Luis Obispo's Greenbelt Protection Program.
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, CENTRAL COAST
SECTION, CITIZENS' PLANNING ACADEMY, 2014 and 2017
Three -member panel, presentation and discussion of the City of San Luis Obispo's Greenbelt Protection Program.
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE RALLY, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 2012
Three -member panel, presentation and discussion of the United States Department of Defense's Readiness and
Environmental Protection Integration / Army Compatible Use Buffer Program land conservation case studies.
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE RALLY, PORTLAND, OR, 2009
Three -member panel, presentation and discussion of Transfer of Development Credit program land conservation
case studies.
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
Numerous guest lectures in City & Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Natural Resources
Management courses on land conservation principles, practices, and planning.
PUBLICATIONS
"Chonzanthe aphanantha (Polyganaceae: Eriogonoideae), A New Serpentine -Endemic Species from the San Luis
Range of Western San Luis Obispo County, California." Kristen M. Nelson, David J. Keil, and Robert A. Hill.
Madrono, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 184-191, 2018.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Natural Resources Roundtable, City of San Luis Obispo, 2017. Project Manager and Facilitator.
Fiscal Sustainability Task Force, City of San Luis Obispo, 2009-10. Appointed representative by City Manager
Katie Lichtig.
REFERENCES
Available by request
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