MassGREEN Initiative

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North Main Street, #1, Randolph, MA 02368                                               Tracie L. Beasley

E-mail:     callotheloon@yahoo.com

Objective  Leader

equipped to foster successful, environmental sustainability programs

EDUCATION

Master of

Science (4.0): National Resources Management with a concentration in                                        1999

         Environmental Education. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI                             

Bachelor of Science (3.4): Biology and Marine Science. University of South Carolina                     1994

         Coastal, Conway, SC

Selected Management Experience

• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Bacteriological Lab Management,

  2007-2010

• Stormwater Education Program Contract/Program Manager-$170,000/yr, 40+ municipalities,

  2004-2006

• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality National Pollutant Discharge Elimination

  System (NPDES) Stormwater Restoration Grant Management , $100,000

• Clinton River Watershed Council Adopt-a-Stream Program Management, 150+ volunteers. 2004-2006
• District (D.C.) Department of the Environment-Watershed Management Division. Schoolyard

  Conservation Site Program and Grant Management-$100,000 in 2003, $100,000 in

  2004

• Beaver Brook Association. Education program management (seasonal, summer

  youth,  pre-k & adults), 20+ staff plus volunteers, 1999-2000

• Restaurant Evening Shift Manager (White Mountain Coffee-1995, and Myrt’s Food-1990)

Selected Environmental Management Experience

• Six years experience collaborating with municipal water, sewer, and board

  of health departments on Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination as part of

  stream and stormdrain monitoring program (Clinton River Watershed Council and

  MA Department of Environmental Protection)

• Two years experience serving as Clinton River Watershed Council representative

  for six  Southeast Michigan subwatershed (municipality based) stormwater management groups, contributing to the development of stormwater management plans, and providing feedback on the development of  Southeast Michigan Council of Governments’ (SEMCOG)

  Stormwater Pollution Public Education materials and Stormwater Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations Training

• Two years experience developing and managing adult public stormwater education program for 40+ municipalities; designed to meet EPA NPDES requirements and included workshop and educational materials on topics such as:hazardous waste, recycling, water conservation and efficiency,

  watershed-friendly landscaping and lawn care, stormwater management,  rain gardens, stormwater retention pondmaintenance, ice and snow removal

• Two years experience managing two $100,000 D.C. Watershed Schoolyard Conservation grants

  which involved: coordinating activities of four partner organizations, and

  twelve urban D.C. schools, facilitating teacher workshops, mentoring of teachers,

  and launching fifteen volunteer-based community events that established twelve

  Schoolyard Habitats. 2003-2004.

• Two years experience teaching introductory college environmental science

  courses; significant focus on environmental issues and personal actions

  including hazardous waste, recycling, and toxin reduction

• Assisted municipalities with the implementation rain gardens and stream

  buffers through small grant program co-coordination and project mentoring

• Responsible for the University of South Carolina-Coastal adopting a paper

  recycling program. 1992

   Selected Training Experience

• Green Education Foundation. Managed the development of high school hybrid, green building
• course which was aligned with the U.S. Green Building Council’s components for certification. 2010
• Quincy College: Taught introductory environmental science courses

  and biology labs. 2008-2010

• Stonesoup Coffeehouse.  Trained and managed sound/lighting music venue volunteers. 2007-2009
• Clinton River Watershed Council. Adopt-a-Stream Program-developed and managed all facets of program, including training nearly 200 volunteers.2004-2006
• National Wildlife Federation. Developed and managed national teacher workshops program and “train

  the trainer” Schoolyard Habitats volunteer training program. 2000-2004

• Beaver Brook Association. Developed and managed all adult and child education programs.

  Supervised and trained staff. 1999-2000
   

Selected Trainings/Workshops

Manager and Facilitator:

• Seven Steps to Clean Water Public Stormwater Education Series (Clinton River Watershed Council); Adopt-a-Stream (Clinton River Watershed Council); Schoolyard Habitats and NatureScope Habitats (National Wildlife Federation); Train-the-Trainer Schoolyard Habitats Series (National Wildlife Federation)

Facilitator:

• Leopold EducationProject; Fundamentals of Inquiry (Institute for Inquiry); Project Learning Tree

Participant:

• Excellence in Environmental Education-Guidelines for Learning and Materials Guidelines for Excellence; Fostering Sustainable Behavior-Community-based Social Marketing; How to Design a Training Program; How to Deal w/ Difficult People; Introduction to Accounting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Instructor-Biology/Environmental Science. Quincy College, Quincy, MA. As Available.     2008 – Present

Environmental Education Program Manager. Green Education Foundation, Walpole, MA                  2010

Environmental Analyst– Southeast Region Monitoring Coordinator.                                        2006-2010

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Lakeville, MA                                         

Stewardship Director (Volunteer and Adult Education). Clinton River Watershed Council,      2004– 2006

         Rochester, MI                                                                                         

National Schoolyard Habitats (K-12 Teacher) Training Coordinator.                                       2000 –2004

         National Wildlife Federation , Reston,VA 

Director of Education. Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH                                                  1999 – 2000

Adjunct Environmental Science Instructor. Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH                              1999

Assistant Coordinator. National Environmental Education Advancement Project,                    1997-1999

Stevens Point, WI                                      

Additional Relevant Experience

Computer:

• Adobe Go Live and FrontPage web design programs; Microsoft Office suite; Gimp and PhotoShop; QuickBooks (reports); web-based survey tools; familiarity with statistical software; basic

  navigation, internet, and word processing in Mac environment

Environmental:

• Chemical/biological/physical water quality monitoring methodologies       

Language:

• Spanish (beginning/intermediate)