CV and References

Education

University of Washington Seattle, WA

Master of Marine Affairs 2006 Thesis: An Evaluation of The Lower Drift Creek Management Plan Process

  • Marine and coastal resource management, coastal ecology, climate change, and policy making

  • Courses include: Riverine ecology, climate change impacts, US ocean and coastal law, remote sensing, fish stock assessment, ethnobiology, salmon biology, and Marine Protected Area science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

  • Bachelor of Science 2002 Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences

  • Cross disciplinary geobiology major: A full perspective on environmental issues

  • Courses focused on climate change, biogeochemical systems, environmental policy

  • Harvard University: Marine conservation biology, invertebrate paleontology, & sedimentary basins

Experience

Aquilegia Consulting, LLC Portland OR

Owner/operator 2018-present

  • Startup nonprofit consulting, fundraising planning, grant program development and grant writing, site restoration planning, and DEI advising

  • Clients include Urban Rivers (Chicago IL), Love is Love is Love (New York, NY), Little Opee's Produce and Sales (Santaquin, UT), Firmina Foundation (Portland, OR), and Play the Groove (Bend, OR).


Columbia Slough Watershed Council Portland, OR

Executive Director 2016-2018

  • Supervised staff of 14 (5 full time permanent), developed and managed $600K budget

  • Capacity building: Stabilized and grew staff positions and programs, grew fundraising program, improved board involvement and active committees, and managed strategic planning.

  • Instigated past restoration site maintenance and commercial property outreach programs

  • CSWC programs: Slough School (6000+ student contacts), Community Events (3 events with 500+ attendees including Explorando el Columbia Slough / Cully Park opening at >2000 attendees, 30 other paddling programs, workshops, or other events), and Stewardship (13+ habitat restoration sites.)

  • Led Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion evaluation, planning, and implementation


Tryon Creek Watershed Council Portland, OR

Executive Director 2011-2016

  • Board development, project management, grant writing, and strategic planning

  • Led Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion evaluation, planning, and implementation

  • Close partnerships with local and state-wide agencies, funders, and other organizations

  • Capacity building: 501(c)3 status; budget diversification; board, staff, budget, and scope growth.

  • Developed and ran 8000 plant native plant sale, many riparian reveg projects, and culvert replacements


Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council Otis, OR

Watershed Council Coordinator 2007-2011

  • Restoration planning, non-profit administration, environmental education, & technical work.

  • Grew budget from ~$60K to over $400K & staffing from 20 hr/month to 1 FTE director & 5 PTE.

  • Grant writing, budget tracking, reporting. Project management for complex, multiple partner grants.

  • GIS mapping, database management, web-page creation, graphics and brochures

  • Water Quality: Sample collection, laboratory and data analysis, volunteer management, & reporting


Independent Contractor Otis, OR

Project management, community outreach, education 2006-2007

  • Siuslaw National Forest: Designed and created recreational Fishing Capacity Study

  • Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council: Project management, community outreach

  • Career Tech HIgh School: Coastal ecology teacher and leader for natural resources crew


University of Washington School of Fisheries Olympic Peninsula, WA

Field assistant: Riparian forest succession study 2006

  • Vegetation surveys, tree coring, soil sample collection


Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Midcoast Watersheds Council Otis, OR & Waldport Oregon

Member of Lower Salmon River & Lower Drift Creek teams 2006 & 2004

  • Collaborative development of a community restoration, management plan for the Salmon River estuary (2006) and Lower Drift Creek (2004)

  • Fieldwork included fish surveying, opportunity assessment, and mapping

  • Worked closely with community to generate ideas, feedback, and support for recommendations


University of Washington Friday Harbor and Seattle, WA

Research Assistantships 2003-2006

  • Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Puget Sound invasion: Intertidal transect surveys, setup/maintained oyster tanks, implemented continuous temperature sensors

  • Rockfish otoliths: Larval dispersal and Marine Protected Areas in the Puget Sound

  • Analysis of Puget Sound intertidal temperature data with SAS programming

  • Expertise and Resources for the Puget Sound Watershed: Access and InDesign database/publication


Ipswich Watershed Association Ipswich, MA

GIS and GPS technician 2002-2003

  • GIS mapping of the fecal coliform pollution data for the Ipswich River watershed


Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Lawrence, MA

Engineering Aid 2002

  • Preparation & analysis of environmental samples for organic pollutants (HPLC, GC, skilled lab work)


MIT EAPS dept, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Cambridge, MA

Paleoclimate biogeochemistry and trace metal analysis 2001-2002

  • Thesis: Leaf wax in ice and sediment cores: a tool for examining climate change timing?

  • Mediterranean nitrogen cycle studied through isotopic signatures in chlorophyll

  • Studied the climate of the Cariaco basin in the Younger Dryas period via phytoplankton biomarkers

  • Trace metals: airborne lead in the Mediterranean, nitrogen cycle, oceanographic research cruise

Volunteer Activities, Skills, and Interests

  • Board Membership experience: Somali and Afghan Women’s Association, Network of Oregon Watershed Councils, Rose City Gay Freedom Bands, Urban Farm Collective, Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, Mid-Coast Watersheds Council, U.W. Coastal Society, MIT SAVE environmental club

  • Portland Mutual Aid COVID 19 response

  • Developed Cascade Head Marine Reserve nomination, was delegate to CHMR Community Team

  • Multi-instrumentalist musician, avid mushroom hunter, general outdoors enthusiast.

  • Computer skills: Google Suite, Linux & Windows OS, Salesforce, Box, GIS, spreadsheets, MySQL, In Design, etc.

  • Basic Spanish language skills

Client Testimonials

"Corrina is swift, skilled and super professional. She communicated in a timely fashion and went beyond the agreement of our contract. I would hire her again in a heartbeat and will for my next projects."


"Amazing Grant Researcher And Writer, Would Definitely Hire Corrina Again!"


"Corrina is swift, cooperative and skilled. She went beyond what was expected and added value to my project. I will use her again and highly recommend her."


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