Resumes: Christine McCoy
724A 9th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202/543-6011
Cell Phone: 202/246-0163
Email: recyclegal@hotmail.com, or cmccoy@rcap.org
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Board Member, National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Inc.
Washington, DC. September 2003 to Present. Elected member of the NRC Board of Directors, representing more than 2,500 corporate, nonprofit, municipal, state, and federal solid waste management professionals nationwide. Responsible for fiscal oversight, fundraising, strategic planning, program development, and promotion of advocacy and policy issues related to source reduction, reuse, and recycling.
Director, Environmental Programs, Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), Inc.
Washington, DC. April 2002 to Present. Manager of more than $4 million in U.S. EPA and USDA grant programs providing drinking water, solid waste, and wastewater technical, managerial, and financial training and assistance in rural and tribal communities. Oversee and report on the activities of more than 200 technical assistance providers in six RCAP regions throughout the country. Responsible for program development, fundraising, staff training, public relations, and outreach communications. Contributing author for Rural Matters magazine and other trade publications. Moderator, presenter, and exhibitor at national trade conferences and meetings.
Associate, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton
Fairfax, VA. June 2001 to February 2002. Consultant for local governments to benchmark economic and performance measures to identify best management practices for routing and collection services, transfer station construction and management, disposal services, labor requirements, fee and billing structures, contract management, and public education. Involved in new business development, proposal writing, survey development and implementation, marketing, and public relations.
Manager, Fiber Recovery and Utilization, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA).
Washington, DC. May 2000 to June 2001. Manager of communications and public education for AF&PA's Paper Recycling Group. Responsibilities included overseeing the PRG Communications Committee and the Community Recycling Advisory Board to develop paper recycling messages consistent with the industry's 50% recovery goal and communicating these messages to the public, elected officials, and federal, state, and local government recycling coordinators. Oversaw development of comprehensive communications strategy and production of award-winning interactive exhibit booth, and managed annual work plans and budgets.
Program Coordinator, National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Inc.
Alexandria, VA. January 1998 to April 2000. Managed NRC's Source Reduction Forum Council including developing and conducting workshops; and researching, writing, and editing manuals, brochures, and press releases. Organized over a dozen workshops and trained more than 300 waste management professionals nationwide. Published Waste Prevention Pay$: A Media Outreach Toolkit and Purchasing Strategies to Prevent Waste and Save Money. Secured $68,000 in source reduction and climate change program funding from the U.S. EPA.
Recycling Consultant, Great Forest, Inc.
Washington, D.C. June 1997 to January 1998. Developed and maintained waste management and recycling programs in large commercial office buildings, hotels, and restaurants in Washington, DC metro area. Duties included marketing services to prospective clients, negotiating waste hauling contracts and fees, conducting waste audits and tenant surveys, installing recycling collection bins, and training cleaning and housekeeping staffs. Responsible for continued program maintenance, contract oversight, and equipment management and replacement.
Environmental Analyst, Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Arlington, VA. June 1996 to June 1997. Manager, researcher, and writer for the U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste. Responsible for developing work plans, budgets, progress reports, and project descriptions. Developed brochures, fact sheets, guidance documents, and background reports on municipal and industrial solid waste management issues.
Research Assistant, Office of Sea Grant Development, Louisiana State University.
Baton Rouge, LA. May 1995 to December 1995. Researched and reported on practical technologies and practices for dealing with solid waste in countries of the Caribbean region.
Intern, Island Resources Foundation, Inc., the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works, and the Anti-Litter and Beautification Commission.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. June 1994 to August 1994. Assisted with public relations and community education activities. Researched and devised plans for pilot recycling programs. Participated in workshops and member of the Used Oil, Abandoned Vehicle, and Recycling Committees.
Program Coordinator, DuPage Clean and Beautiful, Inc.
Wheaton, IL. August 1992 to May 1993. Organized and managed recycling contest for 70 schools, grades K-12. Teacher-trainer of solid waste education curriculum. Responsible for administrative duties including office management, preparation of board meetings and minutes, press releases, payroll, taxes, and general accounting.
Volunteer Teacher/Trainer, United States Peace Corps.
Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies. July 1991 to August 1992. Trained nine elementary school teachers to work with a hands-on science curriculum. Taught agricultural science, grades K-9. Established a school garden, which provided the school lunch program with fresh produce.
EDUCATION
Graduate Courses in Technical Writing, Education, Microsoft Access, and Spanish. United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School. Washington, D.C. 1997 to Present.
M.A. in Geography. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. May 1996.
Thesis Title: Sustainable Solid Waste Management on Small Islands of the Caribbean:
The Case of St. Thomas-St. John, United States Virgin Islands.
Honors/Activities: Graduate Assistantship, Robert C. West Research Award, and President of the Geography and Anthropology Society.
B.A. in Political Science. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. August 1989.
Activities: Member of Alpha Phi Omega, community service fraternity.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION& TRAINING
Certified Landfill Technical Associate.
The Solid Waste Association of North America. April 2004.
Emerging Perspectives on Decentralized Wastewater Management.
National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities. August 2002.
- Introduction to Pulp and Paper Technology.
Technical Association of Paper Producing Industries. August 2000.
- Certified Recycling Technical Associate.
The Solid Waste Association of North America. May 1998.
MEMBERSHIPS
Solid Waste Association of North America, National Recycling Coalition, Inc., American Water Works Association, National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, and the Water Environmental Federation.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Very familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Microsoft Access, and PhotoShop. Broad foreign language skills, including Italian, French, Spanish, and Dominican Patois.
