Jessica Y. Schultz, LFA

Experience

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  Wildlands Trust

  May 1997 - Sept 2011

  • Compliance monitoring of 2,000+ acres conservation easement properties • Project planning for priority land conservation properties• Compliance planning for Land Trust Accreditation• Communication transparency with landowners (clients) • Project management on 5,500 acres of conservation lands• Project management for public access trails/trailheads• Project planning for priority land conservation properties• Develop and execute conservation monitoring program and standards Responsible for daily management and oversight of 4,200 acres of conservation lands; lead guided nature walks for members and public; write and design interpretive trail guides; coordinate and train volunteers, staff, interns; worked closely with land donors. Managed membership program, including outreach, volunteers, and assisting with publications. Oversaw development of organization's first website. Initiated organization's first stewardship program including on the ground maintenance and monitoring of conservation areas as well as administrative needs. Worked directly with land donors, neighbors, volunteers, and community partners. Implement and manage all aspects of membership program, including database development, design of printed materials, and correspondence with members, in direct collaboration with the Executive Director. Botanical surveys of study plots along river systems in southeastern Massachusetts: North and Taunton Rivers. Also completed lepidoptera and herpitological surveys.

  • Director of Conservation Monitoring and Practices

    Jan 2010 - Sept 2011

  • Director of Stewardship & Operations

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

  • Director of Stewardship

    Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  • Membership and Stewardship Coordinator

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  • Membership Coordinator

    Sept 1997 - Dec 1998

  • Botanical Survey Intern

    May 1997 - Aug 1997
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  Camp Edwards (MA Military Reservation, Cape Cod)

  Jun 1998 - Aug 1998

  Botanical Survey Crew

  • Botanical survey team using Land Condition Trend Analysis to assess military training impacts• Herpetological surveys as assigned

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  J. Yardley Photography

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2017

  Photographer

  • Event photography: working with clients on goals, plans, contracts, etc.• Contributor: Living Building Makers, by Jonathan Wright, Ecotone Publishing, May, 2019• Publications/Programs/Events: Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 2014 - Present• Cover Image: Summer Course Catalog, Greenfield Community College, Summer, 2012

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  Hitchcock Center for the Environment

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2021

  Living Building Coordinator• Manage green building systems for 9,000 square foot ($6.7M) Living Building (23rd Certified Living Building)• Project documentation and case study for Living Building Challenge submission and certification• Manage team, documentation, and systems for Living Building operations• Program development lead for interdisciplinary Living Building tour education program for 4,000+ visitors• Grant management up to $325,000Communications and Marketing• Develop and deliver email content to 4,000+ clients (Constant Contact/Salsa (Engage))• Social media strategy development in coordination with team goals• Writer of press releases, social media, blog• Blogs & E-Newsletter Coordinator/Writer: Animal Anecdotes, Off the Beaten Path, Salamander Scoop, Sunday Birding with Scott, Youth Voices for the Environment• Wordpress website management -- hitchcockcenter.org• Digital media development for online education programming• Photography for program marketing Show less Living Building Challenge Project Coordinator• Executive Director support for design and construction of 9,000 square foot ($6.7M) environmental learning center built to achieve Living Building Challenge certification. • Documentation management and project coordination with building design and construction teamCommunications and Marketing• Content development for quarterly e-newsletter, assignments, etc.• Social media strategy development in coordination with team goals• Writer for press releases and connect with media• Solution development for digital education programs and content Show less

  • Communications & Living Building Coordinator (in-person/remote)

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2021

  • Communications & Capital Project Coordinator

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Center Coodinator

    Oct 2011 - Oct 2013
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  Burkey and Associates, LLC

  Feb 2019 - now

  President/Partner (In-Person/Remote)

  • Co-lead residential property management and renovation, US, Chile, Guatemala. • Coordination of long and short-term rentals with clients.• Management and tracking of residential restoration/remodeling projects.• Solution oriented problem-solving with clients and team.

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  Burkey Collective International

  Jun 2020 - now

  Team Logistics Manager and Accountant (In-person/Remote)

  Home repair, remodeling, and sustainable residential systems (Seven Sun solar hot water) with a focus on team work and skill building, working in Cincinnati, OH, USA and San Marcos La Laguna, Solala, Guatemala.

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  Sol Vida Dinámicos

  Jan 2021 - Dec 2023

  Principal

  Empowering Maya entrepreneurship to combat economic insecurity in the Guatemalan Highlands. Facilitating opportunities, through tourism, to give back to the local and regional community through direct and in-kind contributions for solutions to social and environmental challenges. Providing jobs for local community members.

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  EnterMedia

  Jan 2023 - now

  Accountant (Remote)

  Managing all finances, including payroll.