New Leaf Student Sustainability Leadership Symposium: Reminder and career panel info

[Sara Draper]

This is a friendly reminder that you are invited to register for the 
2019 Student Sustainability Leadership Symposium 
<https://www.brandeis.edu/sustainability/getinvolved/SSLS2019.html> at 
Brandeis University! Once again, the registration fee is $25, but 
financial assistance can be provided if necessary. *Please register for 
the event* *by February 22nd*! <http://tinyurl.com/ssls2019>

The symposium will run from 9:30am to 3pm on March 3rd, and will include 
several opportunities for students to present their own sustainability 
initiatives as well as hear from their peers during the breakout sessions.

If you are interested in presenting during one of the breakout sessions, 
*please submit your proposal here 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8P5YvIeWTZnu7C82i3bXqrxGDMjEJt310-jCFlly6NLC5tQ/viewform> 
by February 10th! *The presentations should be about 10 minutes long and 
should fall under a specific track: Engagement, Waste Management, Food, 
and Other.

Additionally, there will be a career panel where you will have the 
chance to hear from professionals on how to get started in the world of 
sustainability the following outstanding people:

*Naomi Valentine* is a Project Manager for the Ecological Restoration 
Team at the Amherst SWCA office. SWCA is a full-spectrum environmental 
consulting firm. SWCA provides cultural resource, natural resource, 
ecological restoration, stormwater compliance and monitoring, site 
assessment and remediation, landscape architecture/design, and planning 
services. The majority of Ms. Valentine’s time is spent assisting in the 
organization and management of the Ecological Restoration Team, along 
with its other Project Managers. She also assists with wetland 
delineation, ecological data collection, restoration project 
organization, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, resource area 
creation/restoration construction, and various other ecological 
services. Ms. Valentine performs data assessment associated with these 
field projects and manipulates data  into comprehensive reports, permit 
applications and maps with ARC Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

*Nina Peluso* works at Synapse Energy Economics Inc. (Cambridge, MA) as 
a Research Associate. she studied public policy/energy systems at the 
University of Michigan and did typical large-firm consulting at ICF in 
Washington DC for a year before moving to Boston to work at Synapse. She 
also interned at DTE Energy in Detroit in college, so I think she has a 
unique perspective on the various types of employers across the energy 
sector. She also noted that she spent a large portion of undergrad 
leading professional development activities for a pre-law society and 
has “spent considerable time musing about different graduate school 
pathways” and assisting peers with both job and school applications.

*Ashleigh Gilchrist* is a staff engineer (and a very recent grad!) in 
Tighe & Bond’s Land Use and Transportation group. Ashleigh recently 
received her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering 
from the University of New Hampshire. Her experience includes 
internships focused on stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water 
projects. Her senior capstone project was centered around culvert 
analysis in Georgetown, ME. At Tighe & Bond Ashleigh works on renewable 
energy and real estate development projects.


Unfortunately, the career panel cannot be recorded; however, the 
breakout sessions will be! So if you are unable to attend but you are 
still interested in hearing from fellow students, the recording are a 
great way to tune in!

To find out more detailed and updated information please visit: 
https://www.brandeis.edu/sustainability/getinvolved/SSLS2019.html

To register for this event please go to: tinyurl.com/ssls2019 
<http://tinyurl.com/ssls2019>

For students who wish to present their projects please apply at: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8P5YvIeWTZnu7C82i3bXqrxGDMjEJt310-jCFlly6NLC5tQ/viewform

We are excited to see you there!

*Mary Fischer*
Manager, Sustainability Programs
Brandeis University
mfischer at brandeis.edu <mailto:mfischer at brandeis.edu> | 781-736-8744
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