Building Drupal, WordPress, JavaScript, and NationBuilder websites for clients
Key clients include the League of Conservation Voters, Maryland League of Conservation Voters (two separate organizations), Baltimore Orchard Project, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, and the Maryland Offshore Wind Coalition
Author, Reviewer
Packt Publishing
01.2008 - Current
Wrote the first book available on the Drupal Views module: Drupal 5 Views Recipes
Provided step-by-step instruction for a variety of website building tasks
Compiled detailed appendices, including comprehensive list of Drupal field formatters, style plugins, selected noteworthy pages, and additional resources
Reviewed jQuery UI book, Python ArcGIS book, and others
Web Developer
Community IT Innovators (CITI)
Washington, USA
02.2007 - 03.2008
Create websites using In-house ColdFusion CMS. Clients included the National Recycling Coalition, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, MANNA, Land Trust Accreditation Coalition, and Capitol Hill Day School
Wrote and reviewed client sales proposals
Presented 'Brown Bags' on GIS, Regular Expressions, Drupal, Firebug, etc
Columnist
The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
01.2002 - 01.2008
My column, Web Page Potpourri, was devoted to informative integrative health resources on the Internet
Recycling Program Technician
Baltimore City Office of Recycling
Baltimore, USA
01.1993 - 01.1995
Wrote MapBasic program called 'Recycler,' which transformed productivity, and was still used for years after I left the position
Managed Baltimore City School Recycling Program
Made presentations to schools and community associations
Produced publications for city-wide distribution
City/Community Coordinator
Mayor's Campaign for a Cleaner Baltimore
01.1992 - 12.1992
Designed recycling promotional materials, including City-wide recycling schedule, Block Captain Handbook, block captain database, tonnage analysis spreadsheet, and various maps
Recycling Coordinator
Citizens Planning and Housing Association
Baltimore, USA
01.1990 - 12.1991
Provided a central contact for recycling information in Baltimore.
Maintained an ongoing database of recycling contacts
Conceived, published, and distributed The Baltimore Recycler, a monthly newsletter
Produced and updated the Recycling Guide (four editions, over 17,000 copies distributed).
Coordinated Mobile Recycling Exhibit
Promoted recycling at community associations, schools, hearings, as well as on television and radio
Computer Instructor
ComputerLand
Baltimore, USA
01.1986 - 12.1991
Taught and developed curriculum for professional seminars in desktop publishing, word processing, database management, computer hardware, and DOS
Provided telephone support to customers, and did on-site software and hardware installations
Education
B.A. - Botany
Connecticut College
New London, CT
01.1984
Skills
Attention to detail
Data visualization
Teaching AI
Technical writing
ArcGIS
Bootstrap
CSS
Excel/Google Sheets
GeoJSON
Git version control / GitHub
HTML
JavaScript
Leaflet
Linux
Mac OS X
Markdown
MySQL
Postgres/ Postgis
Python
QGIS
Regular Expressions
SCSS
SQL
Unix
Vim
WebStorm
Boards Commissions Memberships
Member, Health and Mental Health Committee, Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
Director, Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation
Past Board Member, Maryland League of Conservation Voters
Past Board Member, Baltimore City League of Environmental Voters
Past Member, Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee
Past Member, Mayor's Commission on Resource Conservation and Recycling
Past Founding Leader and Presenter, Baltimore WordPress Meetup