Alexandra Hawker

• Cut and cleared brush to create fire breaks and prep prescribed burning units using chainsaws and hand tools.
• Patrolled burnt areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that could flare or rekindle.
• Enhanced wildfire containment by coordinating and executing strategic fireline construction.
• Established water supplies, connected hoses and directed water onto fires.

• Assisted with prescribed burning and wildfire suppression
• Maintained fire equipment readiness
• Extinguished fires in collaboration with crew members

• Performed noxious and invasive weed control activities through a combination of herbicide application, weed whipping, hand weeding, brush cutting and prescribed burning
• Safely operated a variety of vegetation management equipment, such as chainsaws and ATVs.
• Maintained work records and associated paperwork, including daily work logs and herbicide treatments
• Oversaw, directed, and trained vegetation management technicians

• Wrote 10-year resource management plan and integrated pest management plan for ten-acre park
• Planned & implemented restorative efforts of the park including regular invasive species treatments and native species plantings
• 100+ hours of manual removal of invasive species with herbicide/chain-saw work
• Surveyed 5+ parks and preserves for invasive species with GIS applications and databases to optimize land-use plans
• Surveying of endemic species, Florida Scrub Jays, and data collection on sea turtles during nesting season

Pre-screened 10-15 patients daily, increased company profit through selling of eyewear, & handled vision insurance

Managed 200+ customers per day, preparation of food/beverages, reconciliation of daily finances, inventory, ordering, supervising, and training

• Planned, executed & tracked various sizes of corporate sustainability projects
• Formed tracking spreadsheets for different sustainability areas (water, waste, energy)
• Compiled all initiatives into sustainability handbook, and received Ames’ Smart Business Platinum Award
• Designed and built internal sustainability website for employees
• Planned and executed catering for 50+ company-wide events and trainings