Joey Williams

Experience

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  Flowserve Corporation

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Applications Engineer
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  Self-Employed

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Tutor

  -Mentored elementary through college-aged students in primarily math and science fields.-Prepared high school students for standardized tests, PSAT, SAT, and ACT.

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  Sustaining Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Examined socio-spatial distribution and impacts of urban heat island and air pollution on public health indicators in numerous U.S. cities through field campaigns to collect and analyze ground data.• Assisted in coordination and completion of volunteer-based campaigns with outreach and trainings.• Utilized computational fluid dynamics software, ENVI-Met, to analyze relationships between the built and natural urban environments under extreme heat conditions.

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  City of Portland

  Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

  Climate Action Plan Team Community Service Aide II

  • Emissions Inventory: assembled government-wide and community-wide greenhouse gas inventories according to ICLEI protocol for local governments by collecting and analyzing data on electricity, green energy, natural gas & other fuels, vehicle miles traveled, wastewater, solid waste, and other emission sources. -Reported quantitative and qualitative measures of emissions, mitigation, and adaptation efforts of the City of Portland to international protocol groups including ICLEI, C40, and Global Covenant of Mayors. • Equity Metrics: participated in an inter-agency pilot project to measure the equity outcomes of Portland Climate Action Plan policies concerning green infrastructure, urban heat islands, and emergency response to extreme heat events.-Examined how BPS affects other City & County agencies that impact vulnerable populations through programs, policies, and actions related to the Portland Climate Action Plan. -Interviewed City staff as qualitative data collection. • MWESB Diesel Equipment: Conducted an over-the-phone survey of off-road diesel equipment usage by minority-owned, women-owned, and emerging small businesses in order to scope the size of a grant for covering the cost of upgrading and retrofitting equipment. • Sustainable Consumption Strategy: devised working groups, utilizing data from Multnomah County Consumption-Based Emissions Inventory and consumption reports from DEQ and Metro.• Gender Scan: Performed gendered term scan of Climate Action Plan documents for gender-neutrality. Show less

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  CAPA STRATEGIES, LLC

  May 2019 - now

  Manager

  • Directs the community-based heat mapping program, Heat Watch, supporting local climate leaders to advance heat resilience efforts in dozens of cities across the US each year in partnership with NOAA. • Manages program communication, logistics, data analysis & modeling, and reporting & visualization.• Supports clients in data implementation phases and strategic climate adaptation planning services. • Pursues opportunities for organizational growth through new climate services and partnerships. • Manages CAPA team in day-to-day tasks and projects while growing internal management structures; supports website management, social media accounts, newsletter, and other communication platforms. Show less