Norma Seneca Cady

P.O. Box 4887, Buena Vista, Colorado 81211 719-207-6750

Education______

Master of ArtsUrban and Regional Planning / Environmental Planning - University of Iowa

Bachelor of Science Forestry - University of Kentucky

Bachelor of Arts History / Secondary Social Studies Teaching Certificate - University of Kentucky

professional Planning and Natural Resource Management Experience______

Navajo Nation Division of Community Development

Senior Planner, Western Navajo Agency, Tuba City, Arizona10/2010 –12/2012

  • Coordinated projects for 18 Western Navajo communities: project management, agricultural initiatives, rural addressing, infrastructureanalysis and development, FEMA projects / emergency preparedness, ICIP, economic development, natural resources management
  • Facilitated regional collaborative decision-making: strategic planning/needs assessments,natural resources assessments and analysis, policy development, capacity building, and master plans

U.S.Peace Corps – Ukraine

CommunityDevelopment Planner, Kremmina, Ukraine 3/2007 – 5/2009

  • Guided start-up of Green Tourism enterprise “GreenKreminnaTouristInformationCenter”
  • Organized local Ecology Club, “Green Forest Ecology Camp”, and “Ecology Tool Box” of equipment
  • Provided guidance and field-training to post-Soviet leaders in the following disciplines: forest ecology, land-use planning, agriculture management, emergency management, community planning, and project management

U.S.Forest Service, South Park Ranger District, PikeNational Forest

Seasonal Forestry Technician, Fairplay, Colorado 5/2006 – 10/2006

  • Inspected and mapped mining claims and rights-of-ways

Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture and division of natural resources

Principal Planner, Window Rock, Arizona 1/2001 – 12/2004

  • Coordinated interdisciplinary teams: land use planning protocols, emergency management, data needs analysis, grazing policy, livestock roundup procedures, USDA collaboration, Navajo Grazing Act
  • Advisor, facilitator, and grant writer for Division of Natural Resources
  • Implemented range management community education grant, “The Monitoring Project” for Navajo farmers and ranchers

Northwest new Mexicocouncil of governments

Regional Infrastructure Specialist, Gallup, New Mexico 4/1999 – 2/2000

  • Coordinated regional transportation and water planning efforts in three-county region
  • Coordinated infrastructure analysis and wrote comprehensive plan for Bloomfield, New Mexico.
  • Coordinated regional ICIP and CDBG planning for member governments.

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency

Manager and Environmental Specialist III, Underground Storage Tank Program 2/1992 – 4/1999

Environmental Technician,Navajo Superfund Program, Window Rock, Arizona 10/1990 – 2/1992

  • Wrote UST Act and enforced compliance with federal and tribal UST regulations.
  • Monitored remediation activity at 400 sites, including oversight of consultants/contractors
  • Conducted compliance inspections and established database and inventory of projects
  • Provided educational seminars for communities and coordinated public meetings
  • Collaborated with NN Departmentsto revise tribal leases to include environmental requirements
  • Prepared Hazardous Ranking System Analysis for Superfund sites and petroleum remediation

U.S. House of Representatives / Representative Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Internship, Washington, D.C. Summer 1990

  • Provided research and writing support about planning issues

BIA and U.S.Forest Service

Contract Seasonal Forester, Bayfield, Dolores, and Ignacio Colorado 5/1988 – 10/1989

  • Crew boss in charge of 10-year Continuous Forest Inventory (CFI) mapping
  • Cruised timber stands and marked timber sale boundaries / thinned stands
  • Monitored livestock permittees and hunters

Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Economic Development Planner, Crawford, Colorado Summer 1987

  • Conducted community profile and tourist survey for future CIP/CDBG projects

BiState Metropolitan Planning Commission

Planner, Rock Island, Illinois 9/1986 – 5/1987

  • Developed Parks and Recreation Plan for East Moline, Illinois
  • Guided cities in process of becoming “Certified Cities”
  • Mapped forest preserves

Northern Alaska Environmental Center

Planner, Fairbanks, Alaska Summer 1985

  • Researched petroleum development issues on Alaska’s North Slope
  • Recommended state responses via a comprehensive report that was distributed throughout Alaska

ParkCounty / ColoradoStateForest Service

Forester, Fairplay, Colorado 3/1977 – 9/1978

  • Coordinated implementation of Mountain Pine Beetle management plan in ParkCounty

Teaching and Additional Experience ______

  • Junior High Social Studies Teacher , Rock Point (Navajo Nation), Arizona 8/2009 – 10/2010
  • Professional Development Coordinator, Early Childhood Council, Alamosa, Colorado 4/2005 – 4/2006
  • ABE Civics Instructor,University of New Mexico, Gallup, New Mexico 2/2004 – 5/2004
  • GED Science/Math Instructor and Government Liaison, Sanders, Arizona 2/2003 – 5/2003
  • Science Teacher, Window Rock Unified School District, Fort Defiance, Arizona 8/2000 – 12/2000
  • Substitute Teacher Iowa and Colorado school districts, periodically between contracts 1985-2004
  • Social Studies Teacher, ScattergoodFriendsSchool and Farm, West Branch, Iowa 8/1981 – 12/1982
  • Science Teacher, MorganCountySchools, Stover, Missouri 8/1980 – 12/1980
  • Independent Building Contractor, Colorado, Missouri, Iowa, Navajo Nation 1972 – 2004
  • Owner of BlueSky Planning, Small land use planning contracts 2000 - present
  • Summer Camp Science Teacher, Iowa City, Iowa Parks and Recreation Department 1983
  • Summer Science Program Teacher, City of Austin 1971
  • City bus driver – Coralville, Iowa 1984-1987
  • Ski bus driver – Durango, Colorado 1987-1989
  • School bus driver - Boulder, Colorado 1970-1972 Lexington, Kentucky 1973-1976

professional Associations______

American Planning Association – intermittent 1985 to present

Quivira Coalition 2000 to present

SanLuisValley Food and Agriculture Policy Council 2005 to 2006

Southwest Marketing Association 2002 to present

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) – Prison non-violence workshops 2006 to present

Historic Bitahochee Trading Post, Inc. – Grant writer and advisor 2002 to present