Amanda Kohn

Experience

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  Coe College

  Jan 2011 - May 2014

  • Service Learning Large Event Coordinator

    Jan 2011 - May 2014

  • Water Quality Research Associate

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
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  Student Conservation Association

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  Youth Engagement Intern
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  University of Oregon Community Planning Workshop

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Researched current mitigation strategies and developed recommendations to increase resiliency.• Facilitated a water sector natural hazard risk assessment with several community experts. • Updated the 2011 Marion County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan under FEMA regulations in collaboration with graduate student team.http://www.co.marion.or.us/PW/EmergencyManagement/PublishingImages/Pages/default/VolumnI_Draft.pdf

  • Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Associate

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biology and Environmental Management

    Sept 2015 - Apr 2016
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  Student Conservation Association

  Apr 2016 - Sept 2016

  Field Leader, Program Coordinator with the National Park Service

  • Applied project management and team leadership skills including collaborative decision making, communication, documentation, and logistical planning. • Designed and implemented 8-week work program meeting 10 management objectives, while also achieving youth development goals for 6 teens. • Generated standard operating procedures and recommendations for next year’s program.• Develop original outreach initiatives geared towards teens, who were underrepresented in the established programming. Show less

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  Tufts Department of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Program Assistant

  • Coordinated outreach materials including co-authoring and editing a Planetizen blog publication,several advertisements, and a press release.• Collected and managed contact information for over 50 people.• Prepared materials leading to Tufts University’s approval as an American Institute of CertifiedPlanners’ Credit Maintenance Provider.• Researched and proposed recommendations for advancing program goals.

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  SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Intern

  I created four interactive tools to facilitate better decision-making by simplifying and visualizing the complexity of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. I presented this work twice at the United Nations Environment Management Group Nexus Dialogues in Geneva, Switzerland.Please click the links in the .pdf below to explore each visualization tool I've developed using Kumu and here is a link to a video tutorial if you are interested: https://tinyurl.com/m3r2t75

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  Tufts University School of Medicine

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Department of Public Health and Community Medicine - Research Assistant

  • Produced a dataset of 100 community and child service data points for Greenfield, MA.• Collated, organized, and mapped 1,340 entries from eight service providers’ lists.• Mapped descriptive and hot spot analysis maps of child maltreatment across MA using ArcGIS toanalyze risks and targets for future funding.• Launched an online map to provide Child Trust Family Centers accessible information to betterserve clients and make decisions.

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  Kim Lundgren Associates

  Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

  Sustainability Specialist

  • Managed Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness and climate action planning processes.• Developed equitable public engagement strategies and diverse, audience-dependent content.• Planned, facilitated, and drew input from public workshops and steering committee meetings.• Conducted research and drafted toolkits or implementation roadmaps for municipal sustainability actions.

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  Weston & Sampson

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Sustainability Project Planner

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Sustainability Planner II

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2020
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  Town of Concord, MA

  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  Sustainability Director
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  University of Minnesota

  Jun 2022 - now

  Sustainability Project Manager