I received my bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.) from the Pennsylvania State University way back in 1992. I spent four years of a five-year program in the Architectural Engineering department specializing in structural engineering and gained a background in the materials and systems used to create functioning buildings. When I took my first geotechnical engineering class, I was hooked and transferred to the civil engineering department for my last year to graduate with a specialization in geotechnical engineering.

I passed my Engineer-in-Training exam right after graduating. I've met the work experience requirements to sit for the Professional Engineer's license (P.E.), but just haven't taken the exam yet. Hey, I was busy playing in a band until my early 30's and then I was too busy actually doing green project management. Who knows, it could still happen.

For eight years before moving to Portland, I worked for pioneers in sustainable land development in landscape architecture (Andropogon Associates and Rolf Sauer & Partners, now Viridian Landscape Studio) and engineering offices (Cahill Associates) in the Philadelphia area. Within these firms, I created drawing sets for construction and had started to design and project manage strictly green projects. I also assisted with a few master planning projects both for land development projects and for regional watershed studies.

In the four years before starting Green Girl LDS, I carried out civil engineering design and project management to create construction documents and secure permits for some of the leading sustainable projects in the Portland metropolitan region including two Living Building Challenge projects. In addition to those duties, I was the Sustainability Technical Advisor at both the engineering firms who employed me, providing mentoring and resources to co-workers. In this time, I established myself as a creative problem solver with both private design team members and public agencies. A key component to my success was application of my robust communication and design skills to balance the technically achievable solutions with the combined goals of stakeholders such as the building owner or developer, other design team members, building occupants, and local, state, and federal permitting agencies.

Click here to download a copy of my personal hybrid curriculum vitae/resume if you'd like more info in a compact pdf format!

And, here's a Statement of Qualifications for Green Girl for inclusion with RFP

To provide you with the best thinking and latest science, I'm constantly in professional development. In addition to reading up, I have attended a number of classes and technical events. Here's a smattering of the biggies (from most recent to least):