Richard Engel

1071 13^th Street

Arcata, CA 95521

(707) 822-1822 (h)

(707) 826-2869 (w)

Objective: environmental specialist position in international development

• B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering
• Highly skilled in sustainable rural development, including community organizing, reforestation, sustainable agriculture and environmental education
• Fluent in spoken and written Spanish
• Two years overseas work experience in rural development
• Outstanding project management skills
• Extensive hands-on ability with renewable energy and energy conservation systems

• Excellent writer, editor and desktop publisher

• Trained rural Honduran adults and youths in soil conservation, watershed restoration and organic farming

• Audited energy and water use in hundreds of municipal, residential and commercial buildings during seven years in city government and utility resource conservation programs

• Managed numerous energy conservation retrofit projects, including planning, design, marketing, financing, installation and post-project monitoring and analysis

• Wrote successful grant applications for three rural development and urban energy projects
• Wrote, edited and published numerous articles on energy issues as both freelance and staff journalist
• Prepared written training materials in Spanish for agricultural and environmental projects

• B.S., Environmental Resources Engineering (emphasis: energy resources) with English minor, cum laude, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1988
• E-I-T (Engineer-In-Training) certification, 1988
• Certified permaculture designer, 1995
• ACTFL "advanced high" spoken Spanish certification, 1998