________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIENCE

(925) 789-7647

2823 Jay Road, Boulder CO 80301

meghosterman@gmail.com

STEWARDSHIP & PROJECT ASSISTANT

Colorado Cattlemans Agricultural Land Trust, Arvada, CO

Create baseline inventories from field work to final product, use GIS 10 ArcMap software to map property boundaries, wildlife, oil and gas, water, and soil types, monitor encumbered properties, and assist with conservation easement amendments. Fall 2013

AMERICORPS VISTA

San Isabel Land Protection Trust, Westcliffe, CO

Designed a Legal Risk-Management Procedure to mitigate legal conflicts. Created and implemented Conservation Easement Revitalization Project to proactively resolve potential water and mineral rights disputes. Authored numerous grant proposals, successfully obtaining project and technology funding. Researched data for Fracking Forums. Composed oppositions to oil and gas development, particularly hydraulic fracturing, on BLM land. Authored newsletter article on water policy as it pertains to agricultural water efficiency. Developed initial steps of pilot survey for recreational trail spanning conservation easements, private lands, and mining superfund site. GIS and title work experience. 20122013

LEGAL ASSISTANT

Meyers Nave LLC, Oakland, CA

Performed legal research, proofread, and drafted press releases. Produced PowerPoint presentations: Using Public-Private Partnerships to Encourage Urban Infill Development, for American Institute of Architects (2011), and The San Bruno, California Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion: Response, Investigation and Regulatory Actions, for the International Municipal Lawyers Association in Washington, DC (2012). Prepared and reviewed discovery materials for settlement hearings, resulting in $70 million settlement for Meyers Nave client. 2011-2012

My experience, passion, & creavity will assist me in making a meaningful contribuon to the preservaon of wild and working landscapes.

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PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE

LEGAL ASSISTANT

Administrative support of approx. 500 new cases per month. Maintained legal database, photocopied, proofread, communicated with clients, opposing counsels, and courts. Prepared documents for process service. 2010-2011

Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, Walnut Creek, CA

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U.S. Mayors Water Council Conference
October 14, 2011

INTERN

Tri-Valley Community Foundation, Pleasanton, CA

Researched fundraising opportunities by foundations and individual donors. Assisted on Hacienda Helping Hands Annual Fundraiser. Worked with board and President to develop: Las Mariposas, an after school program for at-risk teen females; and Boyz 2 Men, an after school program for at-risk teen males. 2006-2008

Colorado Watershed Assembly Annual Conference 2012: Sustaining Colorado Watersheds

October 4-6, 2012

INTERN

Country of Santa Clara, District Attorneys Office, San Jose, CA

Redacted witness testimonies in homicide cases. Fall 2007

Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts: Water on Land

December 3, 2012

EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS, December 2009

Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts: Enforcing Conservation Easements

February 4, 2013

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Major: Political Science. Concentration: Law Honors: Don Milanese Political Science Award, 2006 Activities: Sigma Alpha Pi Society of Leadership & Success President, 2007/2008; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa - Semester Abroad, 2008; University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Semester Abroad, 2007; SJSU Associated Students' Lobby Corp Vice Chair, 2007; Gulf Coast Civic Works Project Member, 2007

Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts: Annual Conference 2013

March 11-13, 2013

Tax Credit Connection: Legislation Workshop

September 5, 2013