{"id":389,"date":"2023-11-03T14:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/?p=389"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:26:03","slug":"alum-profile-kristen-goldstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/2023\/11\/03\/alum-profile-kristen-goldstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Profile: Kristen Goldstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-392 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/Goldstein22poster.jpg\" alt=\"goldstein\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/Goldstein22poster.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/Goldstein22poster.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/Goldstein22poster-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Whether looking at food security in Africa or adaptive planning on U.S. public lands, with its focus on global systems of human interaction with the environment, Geography gives me the skills to gather information from all angles before making plans and implementing them.<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>2011 &ndash; 2014 | <strong>Bemidji State University<\/strong><br>\nGeography, B.A. Geographic Information Science<\/p>\n<p>Spanish, Minors<\/p>\n<p>GPA: 3.90, Summa Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p>2017 &ndash; 2019 | <strong>Utah State University<\/strong><br>\nGeography, M.S.<br>\nEmphasis: Climate Adaptation Science<br>\nGPA: 3.72, Magna Cum Laude<\/p>\n<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n<p>Traveling to rural Kenya as a BSU student, I conducted a sustainability survey of water sources for a farming community. After BSU, I worked on rural housing developments in Montana, as a GIS Analyst for Apple Inc. in Silicon Valley, a Historical GIS Analyst for Ancestry.com, and a Program Manager directing emergency response with the Red Cross managing supplies and volunteers at a welcome site for Afghan refugees. As an NSF Fellow during my graduate program, I worked with a team of rangeland ecologists, wildlife ecologists, sociologists, mathematicians, and others to study sustainability and climate change in the Western United States by surveying risk perceptions of extreme heat events.<\/p>\n<h2>Experience<\/h2>\n<p>2022 | <strong>Mass Care Planning Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> Indiana Department of Homeland Security<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lead planner \/ coordinator for Emergency Support Function (ESF), contributor to the State Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), &amp; on-call staff member for the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).<\/p>\n<p>2021| <strong>Disaster Program Manager<\/strong><br>\n<em>American Red Cross, Mankato, MN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conducted training programs to increase disaster workforce readiness across 19 counties.<\/p>\n<p>2015 &ndash; 2016 | <strong>Special Projects Manager<\/strong><br>\n<em>Human Resource Development Council, Bozeman, MT<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Created and maintained the first geodatabase for land-use planning on an 80-acre town expansion project in the Town of West Yellowstone and designed &amp; executed 5 focus groups for community members on affordable housing projects.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>320-296-1909<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:kirstengoldstein@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">kirstengoldstein@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether looking at food security in Africa or adaptive planning on U.S. public lands, with its focus on global systems of human interaction with the environment, Geography gives me the skills to gather information from all angles before making plans and implementing them. 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