Aquatic Environmental Assessment: Professional Profile


*Qualifications Summary* Nine years experience working in the field of environmental policy. Experience in development and implementation of international marine environmental programmes. Field experience in the Baltic Sea and Caspian Sea. Proficient in Russian and Swedish.	Megan D. Nordgrèn Environmental Policy Analyst Fields of Expertise Project development and preparation of project documents according to United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility (UNDP/GEF) and United Nations Environment Programme/GEF (UNEP/GEF) procedures, including preparing transboundary diagnostic analyses. Higher Education M.I.A., Masters in International Affairs with concentrations in Environmental Policy and Former Soviet Union studies. Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (2000). Numerous fellowships, including Fulbright Fellowship, Tartu University, Estonia (1997-1998). B.A., in Russian Area Studies and minor in Environmental Studies. Dartmouth College (1995). Magna Cum Laude. Employment History 2002 - Present Woods Hole Group, Inc. 2000 - 2002 Natural Resource Defense Council 1999 - 2000 UNDP / Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Intern. 1999 UNDP Caspian Environment Programme, Intern. 1999 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1997- 1998 Lake Peipsi Project of Estonia 1996 - 1997 Defenders of Wildlife 1995 - 1996 Green Corps
Key Projects GEF Project on the Mediterranean Sea, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Served as a consultant on the development and revision of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) for the Mediterranean Sea. GEF Project on the Volta River, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Served as a consultant on the development of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Volta River. Traveled to the region and met with government representatives of Ghana, Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali. GEF Project on the Gulf of Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Served as a consultant on the preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and developed a program to protect the Gulf of Honduras from maritime and land-based activities. Traveled extensively through the region and met with representatives of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. GEF Project on the Western Indian Ocean, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Served as a consultant on the development of a Project Document for the contaminant-focused marine environmental program in the Western Indian Ocean. Assisted in the development of the project budget and reporting requirements for the 11.4 million USD project. GEF Project on the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Served as a consultant on the development of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Assisted in developing Project Brief for the program. Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Effects of the World Trade Center Attacks. Researched and was lead author of a report on the environmental effects of the 9/11 attacks. Evaluated government agency response to the environmental health aspects of the disaster and offered recommendations for future actions. Conducted interviews and gathered data on effects of the disaster and ensuing fires on air and waterways in New York City and on the health of City residents. Received international media recognition for the report, including interviews by BBC News, USA Today, and the Washington Post and mention of the report in a February 22, 2002, New York Times editorial. Global Environment Facility Project the Caspian Environmental Programme, United Nations Development Programme. Assisted in the development of a GEF Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) for the Caspian Sea Environment Programme. Traveled in the region and met with government representatives. Assisted in opening the CEP headquarters in Azerbaijan. United Nations Development Programme / Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Global Environment Facility Projects. Assisted in the development and editing of project documents for UNDP/RBEC GEF Projects. Edited and revised Enabling Activities documents and wrote project summaries for publication. Tracked project progress. Lake Peipsi Project, Rural Women's Social and Economic Development in the Lake Peipsi Region. Developed and drafted proposal for program funded by Phare LIEN Programme and United Nations Development Programme. The program trained rural women in the Lake Peipsi watershed in business skills and provided exchanges with the Forum for Cooperation of Women in Sweden. Publications and Presentations Nordgrén, M.D., E.A. Goldstein, and M.A. Izeman. February 2002. The Environmental Effects of the World Trade Center Attacks: A Preliminary Assessment. Natural Resources Defense Council report. Goldstein, E. A. and M.D. Nordgrén. August 2001. Waste Watch 2001: New York City's Failing Public Education Campaign for Recycling. Natural Resources Defense Council report. Nordgrén, M. D. NGOs in Environmental Protection: A Burgeoning Civil Society? Presented at Columbia Caspian Project Conference Seeking Civil Society: Environmental NGOs and the Caspian. May 3, 2000. Columbia University, New York, NY.

Key Projects

GEF Project on the Mediterranean Sea, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Served as a consultant on the development and revision of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) for the Mediterranean Sea.

GEF Project on the Volta River, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Served as a consultant on the development of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Volta River. Traveled to the region and met with government representatives of Ghana, Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali.

GEF Project on the Gulf of Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
Served as a consultant on the preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and developed a program to protect the Gulf of Honduras from maritime and land-based activities. Traveled extensively through the region and met with representatives of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize.

GEF Project on the Western Indian Ocean, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Served as a consultant on the development of a Project Document for the contaminant-focused marine environmental program in the Western Indian Ocean. Assisted in the development of the project budget and reporting requirements for the 11.4 million USD project.

GEF Project on the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Served as a consultant on the development of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Assisted in developing Project Brief for the program.

Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Effects of the World Trade Center Attacks.

Researched and was lead author of a report on the environmental effects of the 9/11 attacks. Evaluated government agency response to the environmental health aspects of the disaster and offered recommendations for future actions. Conducted interviews and gathered data on effects of the disaster and ensuing fires on air and waterways in New York City and on the health of City residents. Received international media recognition for the report, including interviews by BBC News, USA Today, and the Washington Post and mention of the report in a February 22, 2002, New York Times editorial.

Global Environment Facility Project the Caspian Environmental Programme, United Nations Development Programme.

Assisted in the development of a GEF Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) for the Caspian Sea Environment Programme. Traveled in the region and met with government representatives. Assisted in opening the CEP headquarters in Azerbaijan.

United Nations Development Programme / Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Global Environment Facility Projects.

Assisted in the development and editing of project documents for UNDP/RBEC GEF Projects. Edited and revised Enabling Activities documents and wrote project summaries for publication. Tracked project progress.

Lake Peipsi Project, Rural Women's Social and Economic Development in the Lake Peipsi Region.

Developed and drafted proposal for program funded by Phare LIEN Programme and United Nations Development Programme. The program trained rural women in the Lake Peipsi watershed in business skills and provided exchanges with the Forum for Cooperation of Women in Sweden.

Publications and Presentations

Nordgrén, M.D., E.A. Goldstein, and M.A. Izeman. February 2002. The Environmental Effects of the World Trade Center Attacks: A Preliminary Assessment. Natural Resources Defense Council report.

Goldstein, E. A. and M.D. Nordgrén. August 2001. Waste Watch 2001: New York City's Failing Public Education Campaign for Recycling. Natural Resources Defense Council report.

Nordgrén, M. D. NGOs in Environmental Protection: A Burgeoning Civil Society? Presented at Columbia Caspian Project Conference Seeking Civil Society: Environmental NGOs and the Caspian. May 3, 2000. Columbia University, New York, NY.

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