SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

- Collaborative leadership
- Community development
- Project management
- Economic development
- Economic Analysis
- Grant writing
- Contract management
- Effective communication
- Land Use Planning

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Wrote and implemented the 2009 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Coeur dAlene Tribe.
- Managed 2010 Coeur dAlene Reservation Economic Analysis project.
- Managed economic development planning effort for Coeur dAlene Tribe.
- Assisted in the preparation of proposal packets in response to business recruitment solicitations.
- Led in collaborative effort with federal, state, tribal, local, and private stakeholders to finance and build a new $8 million wastewater treatment facility for Plummer, ID.
- Wrote 5 successful grants totaling over $400,000 for community projects on the Coeur dAlene Reservation.
- Managed $90,000 worth of professional service contracts.
- Wrote RFPs and RFQs for various community projects on the Coeur dAlene Reservation.

CERTIFICATION

Community Dev. Council, Professional Community and Economic Developer (PCED)

GROUPS & AFFILIATIONS

One Sky North Idaho, Board Member, Plummer, ID
Indigenous Mapping Network, Board Member, Berkeley, CA

EDUCATION

University of Idaho, Masters of Science in Bioregional Planning, Moscow, ID
University of Idaho, Bachelors of Landscape Architecture (BLA), Moscow, ID
Northwest Community Development Institute, Year 3 Completion, Boise, ID

EXPERIENCE

Coeur d Alene Tribe, Planner, Public Works Department, Plummer, ID
Coeur d Alene Tribe, GIS Analyst, I.T. Department, Plummer, ID