Experienced and Knowledgeable

I have over 20 years of experience in Project Management with 10 years focused on facilitation, training, and coaching. Experienced in a wide range of project management systems and facilitation techniques, my unique synthesis of multiple management frameworks and understanding of human systems can enhance the way work gets done.

  • Registrations & Certifications

  • Professional Engineer: OR, CA, NC (Civil Engineering)
  • Certificate in Project Management
  • Human Systems Dynamics Professional
  • Certified Woman-owned & Small Business

  • Workshops/ Presentations/ Speaking

  • Facilitating Meetings for Reluctant Scientists: Why and How to Use Self-Organizing Principles. Milan, Italy IAF EME Conference. May 3, 2019 IAF 2019
  • Stakeholder Engagement in the National Science Foundation Urban Water Innovation Network Project, Resilient Utility Coalition 2018 Summit Operationalizing Resilience
  • Facilitating Meetings for Reluctant Scientists – IAF Conference, 2017
  • Interdisciplinary Projects Require Adaptive and Agile Management Approach- ASCE EWRI 2016
  • Bridging the (Real or Perceived?) Chasm between Agile and Traditional Project Management Approaches – PMI Meeting, Portland Oregon, 2015
  • Applying Agile Management Concepts to a Complex, Multi-year, High Stakes Scientific Research Project – XP2014 Conference, Rome, Italy
  • Stay in the Boat! Leadership and Project Management on a River Rafting Trip – XP2014 Conference, Rome, Italy

  • Professional Memberships

  • International Association of Facilitators (IAF) US Region Volunteer
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Speaker
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Speaker
  • South Florida Hydrologic Society (SFHS) past Program Director

  • PM/Facilitation Training

  • Human Systems Dynamics Professional
  • ToP® Facilitation Methods and Strategic Planning
  • eXtreme Project Management
  • Agile with Scrum
  • Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner
  • Collaboration on Cross-functional Teams
  • Change Management: Planning & Implementation
  • Meeting Management and Mediation

  • Education

  • M.S. in Engineering: North Carolina State University
  • B.S. in Engineering: North Carolina State University