Cheryl Schmidt

Experience

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  Wyoming State Veterinary Lab

  Aug 1988 - Jun 1989

  Necropsy/Pathology Technician

  Responsible for necropsy of livestock dying from typical illnesses/diseases; assisted necropsy with Dr. Rue Jensen (CSU) on complex cases. Responsible for receiving tissue samples and other specimens from veterinary clinics across the State of Wyoming, reading the descriptions provide by the local veterinarians, and determining appropriate laboratory routing for diagnosis.

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  McArthur Foundation/Missouri Botanical Gardens/University of Kansas

  Jun 1989 - Mar 1990

  Senior Field Mammalogist

  Helped lead the mammalogy component of a field trial for a multitaxonomic rapid assessment protocol in lowland Peru.

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  University of South Dakota

  Jan 1990 - Aug 1993

  Instructor

  Responsible for introductory biology lectures for large classes of non-majors, including labs.

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  Texas Tech University

  Sept 1993 - Dec 1995

  Doctoral Researcher

  PhD research developed a genomic library for Peromyscus leucopus and used selected suite of microsatellite data to address questions of gene flow in the spatial context of native versus anthropogenic landscapes in the Northern Great Plains, and examined gene flow across a chromosomal hybrid zone in the Central Plains.

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  Wayne State College

  Aug 1994 - Jun 1996

  Interim Faculty Member

  Interim faculty member responsible for teaching entry level biology courses for majors and for non-majors.

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  Oglala Lakota College

  Jun 1996 - Aug 1997

  Instructor; SEM Co-Director

  Instructor for wide range of biology classes including Wildlife & Culture; as SEM Co-Director was responsible for implementation of an $11M grant from NSF to develop an undergraduate Science, Engineering and Mathematics Program at OLC, including curriculum development, lab development and equipping, and student retention.

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  Central Missouri State University

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  Associate Professor - Biology
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  BS BioServ

  Jun 2002 - Mar 2004

  Owner and President

  Started a small, woman-owned HUBzone environmental consulting business in rural western South Dakota. Won and executed contracts for NPS, BLM, and USAF as well as providing consulting support to various larger environmental firms.

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  E2M - engineering, environmental Management, Inc.

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Senior Biologist
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  HDR

  Sept 2007 - Dec 2016

  Responsible for operations management of HDR EOC's Cultural Resources, Biological and Ecological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Planning, and Marine Sciences Business Classes with up to 205 professional staff. Guided marketing and business development while ensuring high quality project performance.

  • Managing Principal, Conservation & Planning

    Dec 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Busincess Class Manager - Natural Resources

    Sept 2007 - Dec 2012
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  HDR EOC

  Jan 2017 - May 2020

  Senior Program Manager/Business Development Lead - International

  Primary responsibility is to develop international consulting opportunities for HDR EOC.

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  HDR

  Jun 2019 - May 2020

  EPC Environmental Practice Lead

  I work closely with regional and local staff to drive development of our EPC Environmental Program from a geographic basis across all service lines and client asset types. This role includes maintaining a client focus, networking and establishing new client relationships, networking and establishing contractor relationships, developing leads, and strategic thinking in future directions for both our clients and programs.

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  Resilienz Equine Physiotherapy

  May 2020 - now

  Lead Therapist