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Managerial/
Leadership:
Proven effective written & oral communication skills;
situational problem-solving; superior listening skills; employee
training & supervision; psychological crisis counseling;
non-profit board leadership; state park management; hospitality
management & supervision; classroom teaching & curriculum
development; public relations; crisis intervention & emergency
management; youth & at-risk populations leadership.
Organizational:
Non-profit
organization; marketing strategies; team building; budget management; research, development,
& implementation of special projects.
Trade/
Hard Skills: Solid
outdoor skills include bicycling & bike repair, long-distance
backpacking, canoeing, X-C
skiing, snowshoeing, search & rescue, advanced first aid,
primitive survival, X-C navigation; extensive knowledge of northeast
ecology, geography, geology, & folklore. Labor skills
include basic carpentry, property maintenance, landscaping, power
tool operation, basic auto & mechanical repair.
Office/
Soft Skills: Editing;
creative, expository, & technical writing; Microsoft Office
Suite, FrontPage, Photoshop; web content, basic html hand coding
& web design;
image manipulation & scanning; photography.
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Employment
(partial list) ⊱---------------------------------------
Vermont
Agency of Natural Resources. Park
ranger/park manager.
HI-Martha’s
Vineyard.
Manager of 70-bed international youth hostel.
University
of
Massachusetts
Writing Program. Associate teacher, writing.
The
Wheeler
School
—Summer Program.
Camp
E.M.T.
Worcester
State
College
Writing
Center.
Instructor/ specialist.
Jeremiah's
Hospice, Inc.
Evening manager, homeless/transitional shelter.
Thyssen
Specialty Steels, Inc.
Office administrator.
Other work: construction labor, landscaping, freelance
writing, non profit music festival
management, open mic host.
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Pro
Bono Employment & Volunteerism
(partial list) ⊱-----------------------
New
England Trail Project.
Project manager, multi-state trails & conservation
proposal.
Spencer
Rescue Squad.
Emergency medical technician, volunteer ambulance.
Zap
IV Blackstone River Cleanup Project. Regional cleanup coordinator.
Appalachian Mountain Club. Trails information
volunteer.
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Education,
Certifications, & Accomplishments
⊱----------------------------
Bachelor
of Arts in Geography, Psychology, Writing,
Worcester
State
College.
Master
of Fine Arts,
University
of
Massachusetts,
Amherst
.
Enrolled in the Regional Environmental Planning Master's
program at UMass (grad date 2010).
Certified
Emergency Medical Technician (since 1991); CPR /AED
certified; Wilderness First Aid.
Through-hiked
the 2,100 mile
Appalachian Trail.
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Interests
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Land conservation, long distance backpacking, writing, geology,
hostelling, trail building, organic foods & cooking,
co-operatives, sustainability, whole community initiatives, whole
vocations, volunteerism, native ecology & landscape, eastern
philosophy, photography, barefoot hiking, folklore, poetry, mountain
biking, canoeing.
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References
⊱--------------------------------------------------
Nate McKeen, Chief of Park Operations, State of Vermont. Nate.Mckeen@vt.state.us
802-777-0814.
Megan Conway,
Director of Seasonal Youth Hostels, HI-ENEC. Mconway@statravel.com
(617) 576-4623.
Dr. Phillip Burns,
faculty, Worcester State College. pburns@worcester.edu
(508) 929-8619.
Peggy Woods, Assistant Director, UMass Writing Program. pmwoods@acad.umass.edu
(413) 545-6313.
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Creative
Work & Project Samples ⊱------------------------------------
Graduate Thesis/ Creative Writing
Compass Points
(available as a MS
Word document only)
Wikipedia Featured Articles
The
Metacomet Ridge
Conservation Project Development (responsible for all research
and web content)
The New England Trail Project
Research journalism
Unraveling History
from the 1B Colliery Garden Explores the dynamic interrelationship of
tourism, culture, landscape, and coal mining in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia
Selected
creative writing samples
Fiction:
The Mud-Man of the
Blackstone: a Modern Fairytale
The Balloon Ride
Poetry:
Why I Never Left Newfoundland
Love Poem to Autumn
Theriophobia
Ode to a Blade of Grass
Our Own Sweet Apples
Love
Poem to Forgiveness
Conjunction of the Spheres
Devotion
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Additional
References
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Martěn Espada, faculty, University of Massachusetts. mespada@english.umass.edu (413) 545-6594.
Jennie Howland, physician.
jennie_howland@yahoo.com (508)962-2265.
Sylvia Snape, Department Secretary, UMass.snape@english.umass.edu (413)
545-0643.
Robbin Shively, Global Winds Harvest rasnider@fastmail.fm (603) 724-1184.
Sean Boerke, National Park Service. sboerke1@sover.net (253)-761-9504.
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