Expert with backcountry skills and with in-depth knowledge of the Sierra, excellent interactive skills, mature and responsible. Eager to work with others in the field of natural resource conservation and public education.
Duties:
Conduct ongoing biological inventory and manage farm for biodiversity.
Hire, train and supervise 6-8 seasonal and permanent employees.
Establish and execute an annual budget and schedule of operations.
Wholesale and direct to consumer sales and manage customer relations.
Accomplishments:
Created a sustainable and biodiverse landscape for ecological agriculture.
Managed an economically successful farm business grossing $300,000 annually.
Spoke at and conducted on-farm and regional educational workshops at conferences on creating and sustaining a biodiverse farm.
Taught farm business management skills to beginning farmers.
Identified over 80 species of birds and countless insect species within the farm environs.
Duties:
Consult with client to design residential landscape. Create budget for landscape design and build landscape according to plan.
Accomplishments:
Designed landscapes relying on California native plants, especially pollinator and beneficial insect gardens, relying exclusively on drip irrigation for water conservation.
Duties:
Interview and document client and witness testimony.
Organize and manage evidence and documents for trial.
Prepare memoranda and correspondence.
Assist attorney at trial in conduct of case.
Accomplishments:
Successfully managed complex multi-million dollar case load.
Assisted managing partner of firm in all aspects of civil litigation and at trial.
Contributed to evidence through investigation and fact-finding to be used at trial.
2015-2017 Board Member and President, Nevada City Farmers' Market Association, Nevada City, California
2018-2020 Board Member and President, California FarmLink, Santa Cruz, California
2023-present Conserved Lands Photographer, Bear Yuba Land Trust, Grass Valley, California