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From left to right: Brian Fulmer, Lauren Flinn, Danielle Côté-Schiff, Clancy Donnelly
Danielle Côté-Schiff - Financial Manager and Client Contact
Danielle
completed her undergraduate degree at the University
of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington
with a double major in Mathematics and Natural Science with a physics emphasis,
and a Philosophy minor. She also graduated from the Honors Program in the
classics. Upon graduation she took at job at ECHO, Inc, now an Intuit Company,
where she was a Senior Business Analyst for the Risk Management department. Two
years later she began her masters at Bren where she has two specializations in
Corporate Environmental Management and Pollution Prevention and Remediation.
Danielle has worked on various extra internships such as organizing the
Sustainable Footwear Forum, an industry education and discussion group
co-hosted by Deckers Outdoor and the Bren School, and working on a spreadsheet
tool to assist remediation efforts to quantify the environmental impacts of
cleaning up toxic spill sites based on CO2 emissions, energy and water use,
cost, and waste parameters. Danielle is most interested in renewable energy
generation and energy efficiency measures to mitigate climate change effects
and minimize pollution and waste. Danielle was also just married in August 2008.
Clancy Donnelly - Website Manager and Business Plan Oversight
After earning his Bachelor of Science degree from James
Madison University with a geology major and an environmental engineering
concentration, Clancy worked for five years as a production manager in the
quarrying industry. In this position,
his experience included managing environmental reclamation projects,
coordinating with state and federal regulators, personnel management, and
facilitating community outreach.
Following several years working for the Geosciences Department at
Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, Clancy decided to go to the Bren
School to pursue a degree which would build upon his background in science and
business management. With his education
and experience, Clancy hopes to assist organizations further their
sustainability efforts. His interests include sustainable development, green building, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint evaluation, sustainability
reporting, and supply chain management. During the
summer of 2008, he worked with Toyota Motor Sales’ Environmental Coordination
Office to gain valuable expertise in corporate sustainability including green
house gas inventory analysis, environmental initiative proposals, and shaping
quantifiable environmental targets.
Lauren Flinn - Data and Deadline Manager
Lauren
earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College
in 2003 with a biology major and environmental studies concentration. While at Williams, Lauren studied abroad at James Cook UniversityAustralia
and at the School for Field Studies in Mexico. She also spent a month with the Bioko
Biodiversity Protection Program conducting a primate census in Equatorial Guinea. Through these experiences, Lauren realized
her desire to work in the environmental field, and after graduation she took a
job interning for the non-profit Oceana in Washington, D.C. Shortly thereafter, she took a job with ICF
International where she worked for three years.
While at ICF, Lauren worked on a number of national and international
environmental issues, focusing on stratospheric ozone depletion and climate
change. During her time at ICF, Lauren
decided to pursue an advanced degree in the environmental field and selected
the MESM program at Bren. While at Bren,
Lauren has realized an interest in the fields of public participation and
environmental conflict resolution.
Through a public outreach internship with the Community Environmental
Council and a public affairs internship with Katz & Associates, Lauren has
strengthened her experience in these fields.
She is excited about her chance to gain experience working with a
corporation through the group project and looks forward to examining the social
and marketing aspects of the proposed initiative at Deckers Outdoor
Corporation.
Brian Fulmer - Secretary and Business Plan Oversight
Born in Jacksonville, Florida,
Brian graduated from Colby
College in 2007 with a
degree in Science, Technology and Society, and a minor in Environmental
Studies. While his undergraduate work focused largely on the history of modern
biology, his love of the natural world and his passion for spreading this love
far and wide led him to pursue a Master's degree at the Donald Bren School of
Environmental Science and Management, University
of California, Santa Barbara. While his interests are
broad, Brian chose to specialize in Water Resource Management, though he has
maintained a diverse curriculum, with sub-concentrations in conservation planning and corporate environmental
management. Brian is planning to graduate upon completion of the winter
quarter in March 2009, and hopes to pursue a career in land trust management or
river restoration. In his free time Brian is an avid rock climber,
telemark skier, cyclist, surfer and when the proper facilities are available he
can often be found blacksmithing and woodworking.
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