Environmental Policy, Energy and Sustainability
AMY J. RAPP, MS
Offering 17+ Years of Proven Experience in Consulting, New Business Development and Creative Leadership Roles; Remote Savvy
Great Falls, MT 59401 │ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyjrapp/
KEY EXECUTIVE SKILLS:
INNOVATIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT │ C-SUITE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT │ BRAND DEVELOPMENT │ CHANGE MANAGEMENT
ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT │ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT │ ASSET / LIABILITY MANAGEMENT │ BUDGET MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS
POLICY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS PROCESSES │ STRATEGIC PLANNING │ PUBLIC & PRIVATE STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT │ CAPITAL MARKETS
TEAM BUILDING │ LEADERSHIP │ REMOTE MANAGEMENT │ PUBLIC RELATIONS │ PUBLIC SPEAKING │ SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING │ BOARD GOVERNANCE
MULTI-PROJECT MANAGEMENT │ PROCESS OPTIMIZATION │ NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONALIZATION │ TRENDS TRACKING │ COMPLIANCE
ORGANIZATIONAL START-UPS │ CRM │ MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS │ NEGOTIATIONS │ COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT │ DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
KEY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MANAGEMENT SKILLS:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ADVISEMENT │ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW │ REGULATORY COMPLIANCE │ CLEAN ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE (ESG) │ WASTE MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING & CIRCULAR ECONOMIES │ ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, RESILIENCE, ADAPTION PLANS & SOLUTIONS │ SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE & WATER SYSTEMS
Highly Accomplished, Goal-Driven Leader who seeks a role to combine national and international business development, organizational start-up, key stakeholder management, and corporate financial management expertise with climate resilience, environmental policy, and sustainability talents within a 21st century, sustainability-focused organization.
Entrepreneurial-Minded Self-Starter who is committed to ethics, integrity, and compliance management; recognized as a collaborative, community engager who builds national alliances among decision makers to consistently surpass expectations.
Excellent Communicator who successfully collaborates with multiple stakeholders and culturally diverse groups to include communities of color, socio-economically diverse populations, and marginalized urban and rural communities; a highly proficient national webinar producer, marketer, advisor, and virtual meeting presenter with superior research and writing skills.
Influential Change Agent who demonstrates knowledge of multiple, globally conscious industries; excels as a passionate, brand-building, consumer-centric subject matter expert; one who explores multiple perspectives when seeking solutions.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
Climate Resilience, Sustainability, Business Development & Policy Advisor
COMPANIES VS. CLIMATE CHANGE SUSTAINABILITY, GREAT FALLS, MT (MAY 2020 – PRESENT)
CLIMATE RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS, LLC, GREAT FALLS, MT (OCT 2019 – PRESENT)
Optimize climate change mitigation, resilience, and adaption planning initiatives, including serving as an Environmental Policy Advisor tasked with solutions-focused sustainability consulting and innovative new business development. Capitalize on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking consulting on climate mitigation, resilience, and adaptation strategies while providing sustainable plans and assessments to help communities eliminate or lesson vulnerabilities.
Great Falls Community Members: Educate the community and city commissioner on climate resilience planning, including vulnerability assessments, climate action plans, resilient water, food and building envelopes, green infrastructure, permeable pavement, rainwater harvesting, vertical farming, renewable and distributed energy systems, real-time weather technology, resilience bonds, and PPPs.
Green New Deal Grant: Comprehensively analyze and synthetize resilience solutions from a reinsurance perspective to create a 22-page grant administered book submission on supportive solutions.
Exhibit skill in research, writing, and analysis pertaining to U.S. energy policy; reduction of C02 emissions; sustainable transportation, agriculture, and water systems; waste management, recycling and circular economies; environmental protection law; RCRA, NIMBY, and UNSDGs; climate resilience plans to create adaptation and resilience strategies; climate action plans to reduce GHGs; and vulnerability assessments.
MUNICH RE, U.S. Incubator, PRINCETON, NJ AND ALBANY, NY (AUG 2019 – SEPT 2019)
Quantified evidence for Munich Re U.S. national / global resilience domains. Researched and wrote profiles on emerging global resilient business development opportunities and policy issues for a climate resilience domain. Promoted innovations in smart cities and corporate resilience such as green infrastructure, permeable pavement, vertical farming, rainwater harvesting, coastal / inland waterway management, wetlands development, vulnerability assessments, renewable and distributed energy systems, 24×7 demand management, microgrid / V2G systems, and 3D /real-time weather technology.
Highlighted mitigation, prevention, response, and recovery strategies to increased extreme events / risks, including floods, hurricanes, heavy downpours, droughts, heat waves, and wildfires, among others.
Gained valuable insight using customer issues and needs, as well as ethnography, systems analysis, economic research, megatrend analysis, and subject matter expertise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
NEW YORK STATE SENATE, ALBANY, NY (SEPT 2018 – JUN 2019)
Legislative Fellow / Director-in-Training
Senator Liz Krueger, Finance Committee Chair
Played a vital role in researching, writing, and preparing up to 150 bill memos / submissions on multiple legislative issues while learning the role of Legislative Director. Tracked budget requests and assisted with budget hearings.
Enlisted the co-sponsorship of bills and accurately tracked advocacy memos.
Exhibited skill in environmental policy research, including renewable and distributed energy systems, ESCOs and consumer protections, divestment from fossil fuels, and banning of Styrofoam, among other topics.
VIRTUALCORPS.COM, GREAT FALLS, MT (JUN 2013 – SEPT 2018)
Founder / Principal, National Consultative Firm, Remote Savvy to include Management
Spearheaded the start-up of a national consultative “S” Corp founded in response to Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union’s (CU), WesCorp’s closure in 2012. Developed mutually beneficial alliances among state and federal regulators, associations, leagues, councils, and other key industry stakeholders to attain success.
Built a results-generating bundled purchasing eCommerce platform for a national webinar series.
Continually engaged in a nationwide consultative process with multiple top solutions providers.
Drove affiliate marketing with Eventbrite, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Mailchimp, WebEx, and Shopify.
Led 100+ educational and solutions-based webinars and virtual workshops on regulatory compliance topics.
Certified VirtualCorps.com with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as Continuing Professional Education (CPE).
TCT RISK SOLUTIONS, VIRTUALCORPS.COM PARTNERSHIP, GREAT FALLS, MT (JUN 2015 – SEPT. 2018)
National Business Development (BD) Partner
CU Asset / Liability Management / Regulatory Compliant Solutions
Leveraged broad scope of industry knowledge toward achieving double-digit growth via the development of national business / marketing strategies to boost specialized CU solutions; managed lucrative contracts / MOUs.
Seamlessly set up CRM through Infusionsoft to boost business productivity.
Trained an Office Manager in business development, marketing, and expense control.
Drove business growth by up to 50% via alliances and contracts with national stakeholders.
Produced and hosted regulatory compliant educational content using virtual roundtables, conferences, and webinars.
WESCORP, SAN DIMAS, CA (APR 2004 – MAR 2012)
Senior Manager – Small / Mid Markets / Balance Sheet / Business Development (May 2008 – Mar 2012)
Small-/Mid-Market Groups: Targeted Focus on Low-Income and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
Expertly developed, operationalized, and managed innovative asset / liability management and other critical, bottom-line affecting solutions for 900 small- / mid-sized CUs. Trained, mentored, and managed five (5) remote BD executives.
Improved overall business development and regulatory-compliant solution adoptions by over 50%.
Built nationwide collaborative alliances with state/ federal regulators, associations, leagues, and key stakeholders.
SimpliCD Securities Sales Director / Investment Manager / Business Development (Apr 2004 – Mar 2012)
Maximized bottom-line performance for this $37-billion flagship, largest U.S. corporate CU by creating, operationalizing, and managing a brand-new CD program for members. Trained and managed 11 on-site and remote staff.
Successfully managed budgets / development teams.
Generated a $3+ million fee income program with $5 billion in CD sales.
Drove core market testing and product fit for CD trading technology tools.
Creator / Writer – CU Beat – National Weekly Commentary (2009 – 2012)
Creator / Host – CU Essentials – National Monthly Webcast Series (2007 – 2012)
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Master of Science Bachelor of Science
Environmental Policy Management, Energy & Sustainability (4.0 GPA) Business Administration
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
ASSOCIATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE PROFESSIONALS (ACCO)
Certified Climate Change Professional (CC-P) (Projected Completion February 2021)
Climate Science; Climate Risk Management; Vulnerability Assessments; GHG Accounting & Reporting;
Fundamentals of Energy, Water & Food Nexus; Governance; Law & Policy; and Economic Impact Assessments
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE / FEMA
FEMA EMI IS-01000 Public Assistance Program & Eligibility
FEMA EMI IS-01001 The Public Assistance Delivery Model Orientation
INTERNATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
International Credit Union Development Educator (I – C.U.D.E.) National Cooperative Business Association / USAID / Farmer to Farmer / CLUSA International Organizational Development – Agricultural Cooperatives, Senegal, Africa
Cooperative Consultant – Cooperatives Battling Poverty, Lichtenburg, South Africa
Center for Creative Leadership, San Diego, CA
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
Microsoft Office Suite │ Infusionsoft CRM │ WebEx │ Zoom │ Mailchimp │ Eventbrite │ Shopify │ LinkedIn │ Facebook │ Twitter