Annie Mitchell

Experience

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  North Coast Church

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Led a team of 25 adults in preparing the 40-acre campus for services and facilitating large-scale events.• Acted as a point person to key stakeholders for emergencies such as fire hazards or medical crises.• Ensured community safety though ongoing facility updates that met state emergency and safety codes. • Organized and oversaw large-scale events with up to 5,000 attendees such as memorials and weddings.• Allocated necessary resources and equipment for six sister church campuses across Southern California.• Developed memos and conducted expense reports, utilizing Word processing and Excel modeling. • Streamlined and coordinated church finances, personnel, subcontracting services, and office needs.

  • Facility Department Lead

    May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Administrative Assistant and Event Coordinator

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2019
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  CALPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group)

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Developed a campaign plan to get UC Berkeley to phase out single-use plastics (signed by UC Berkeley Chancellor in April 2020).• Identified campaign targets, drafted and reviewed policy, and collected and analyzed voting data.• Directly managed and led five interns to achieve the goal of reducing campus-wide waste by educating students and staff, gathering grassroots support, hosting large-scale events, and hosting meetings with campus officials.• Lobbied California Assembly Members and Senators to pass legislation phasing out single-use plastics statewide. Show less

  • Lead Coordinator of Plastic-Free Seas Campaign

    May 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Secretary

    May 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Grassroots Coordinator of Plastic-Free Seas Campaign

    Jan 2019 - May 2019
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  UC Berkeley, Rausser College of Natural Resources

  May 2019 - May 2022

  Facilitator of Solutions for a Sustainable and Just Future

  • Delivered lectures to over 600 students and developed course curriculum regarding food systems, circular economies, soil, decarbonization, food sovereignty, toxicity, and environmental justice. • Built a website to institutionalize course on campus and allow anyone to access information.• Served as press liaison and contacted prominent environmental figures to garner attention for the class.

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  Associated Students of the University of California

  Sept 2019 - May 2022

  • Oversaw four projects, including a solar-powered music festival, environmental justice and education project which exposed elementary and middle school students to environmental curriculum, and a restaurant sustainability rating system project to help businesses become more sustainable.• Directly managed a team of 30 people to carry out projects.• Taught at elementary and middle schools to provide exposure to solutions-oriented environmental education for young people.• Coordinated a zero waste and solar-powered music festival. Engaged with community and campus organizations to give them a platform at the festival to provide awareness about their environmental work. Show less

  • Director of ASUC Sustainability Team

    May 2020 - May 2022

  • Project Lead for ASUC Sustainability Team

    Sept 2019 - May 2020
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  University of California, Berkeley

  Sept 2019 - May 2022

  • Researched and completed the facility department section for the Single-Use Plastic Elimination Policy to institutionalize reusable alternatives into campus operations.• Collaborated with campus stakeholders, such as the Chancellor, to achieve zero waste at UC Berkeley. • Educated communities about the intersection of waste and environmental justice during weekly events.• Led a Pac-12 sponsored project to increase Cal Athletics’ diversion rate to 95-98% during home games.• Implemented sustainable refill program with over 9,000 users to ensure items are reused, not wasted. Show less

  • Cal Zero Waste Staff Associate

    Oct 2019 - May 2022

  • Field Research Assistant in O'Neill Lab

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2020
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  Vessel Revolution

  May 2020 - Aug 2020

  Education and Outreach Coordinator

  • Ran social media and rebranding campaign for sustainable cup company to outcompete leading brands.• Wrote grants to secure funding for company.

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  Sustainable & Just Future

  Sept 2022 - now

  Advisory Board

  • Developing revolutionary environmental curriculum and bringing it to academic, business, and community spaces that otherwise would not have access to this education. • Ensuring that environmental justice is at the forefront of all curriculum programming.• Designing organization’s website and synthesizing thousands of responses from surveys to showcase organization's impact.

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  Firecrown

  Mar 2023 - now

  • Utilizing extensive research and management skills to guide Fortune 500 clients in their global carbon programs.• Cross-functionally collaborating with international design and engineering firms on initiatives to measure and reduce carbon emissions from refrigerants, embodied and operational carbon, and more.• Managing teams to successfully complete complex sustainability projects on time and within budget.• Conducting research on emerging climate solutions and trends to inform clients on how to be a leader in decarbonization. Show less

  • Sustainability Program Manager

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Sustainability Program Coordinator

    Mar 2023 - Mar 2024