Holly Jorgensen

• Leads executive-level stakeholder engagement and project coordination for major environmental planning initiatives, managing cross-functional teams and facilitating communication between executives and technical specialists.
• Manages and serves as a lead reviewer for complex environmental regulatory documents (e.g., SEDs/EISs), ensuring compliance with key legislation.
• Directs comprehensive project management, serving as a Project Manager monitoring budgets, schedules, and deliverables for projects of varying scales.
• Oversees client and team coordination, liaising with technical staff, stakeholders, and agency staff, while developing project governance materials, agendas, and summaries for client meetings and regulatory briefings.
• Develops business opportunities through networking, attending industry conferences and events, and monitoring emerging trends.
• Transferred to on-call November 2025

• Directed high-level planning and strategy for the annual in-person and virtual CWP Conference, coordinating inputs from the CWP Planning Committee.
• Managed a 25+ year flagship conference that annually convenes over 300 agricultural, urban water, and environmental leaders to address critical California water policy issues.

• Directed fiscal and strategic operations, managing budgets, contracts, and partnerships with diverse stakeholders to ensure financial stability and goal alignment.
• Led collaborative, regionally focused projects that resulted in tangible improvements in watershed conditions, securing necessary resources and coordinating implementation.

· Develop and design curriculum for field techniques, integrating tools for Watershed Improvement and Project Planning into student learning modules.

· Identify and deliver assessment activities, including lectures on Ecosystem Restoration and field-based Landscape Design applications.

• Directed and managed critical organizational programs and projects, including designing and implementing a dual-objective restoration strategy that integrated flood protection with enhanced salmon habitat.
• Led executive-level stakeholder and community engagement, facilitating high-stakes meetings to secure support for conservation initiatives and organizational goals.
• Developed and executed comprehensive outreach and communication strategies, serving as the primary spokesperson to influence partners, policymakers, and the public for program advocacy and fundraising.
• Oversaw fiscal stewardship and operational management, coordinating consultant efforts and maintaining financial reporting to ensure transparent operations and timely goal achievement.

• Directed and coordinated comprehensive environmental education and outreach activities across the watershed, including developing K-12 curriculum aligned with grant requirements.
• Led community and stakeholder engagement, organizing events and meetings to build support for organizational initiatives and conservation efforts.
• Managed project execution and fiscal oversight, developing budgets and tasks while training and supervising teachers, volunteers, and students to enhance program delivery capacity.
• Served as a 6-month intern to fulfill the requirements for undergraduate degree.