Isabella Lombardo

E-Mail: ilombardo@unomaha.edu

Professional Summary
Driven Environmental Studies major with local sustainability experience.

Experience
Work History
 Kitchen/Counter Staff, 08/13 - 03/15 | Godfather’s Pizza-417 N Saddle Creek Rd
 Intern, 05/15 - 08/15 | New Earth Farm and Goods-15822 S 63rd St, Papillion, NE 68133
 Event Staff, 10/2015 - 10/17| UNO Baxter Arena-2425 S 67th St, Omaha, NE 68106
 Intern, 10/16 - 12/16| NE Chapter, Sierra Club-6035 Binney St, Omaha, NE 68104
 Service Supervisor & Volunteer Leader, 10/17 - 05/18| UNO Office of Civic and Social
Responsibility, 6400 South, University Drive Road North, Omaha, NE 68182
 Fellow, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, 11/17 - 05/18| San Francisco, CA
 Intern, Olsson Associates, 05/18 - 10/26/18| 2111 S 67th St #200, Omaha, NE 68106

Volunteering and Projects

 World O! Water, Papio-Missouri Natural Resource District: rain garden demonstration

 UNO Sustainable Energy Symposium: rain garden demonstration

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volunteer

 Open Door Mission (Omaha, NE) ongoing kitchen volunteer

 Lauritzen Gardens (Omaha, NE) event volunteer

 City Sprouts (Omaha, NE) garden cleanup and planting volunteer

 The Big Garden (Omaha, NE) assisted with an elementary school composting activity

 Service Learning: Omaha Northwest high school rain garden design collaboration

 Service Learning: Omaha Burke high school rain garden design collaboration

 Class project: UNO community garden and rain garden design

 Class project: Life cycle assessment of laundry detergent

 “Every Bite Counts” Student Organization: collecting and repackaging food on campus
and bringing the food donations to Youth Emergency Services (Omaha, NE)
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 UNO Sustainability Student Organization: Partnered with another student and local
businesses in collaboration with Metro Bus for an ongoing bus-ride scavenger hunt
competition that we designed. The project included a social media component.

 Student executive board member of Sustain UNO and Every Bite Counts

 NE Sierra Club-Solid Waste Management project: Tasks included summarizing existing

research with a team and compiling it into an organized document and a PowerPoint

 KANEKO’s “Water” exhibit: second prize winner for group rain garden design

 Elmwood Park Earth Day event: assisted at UNO Sustainability booth and at UNO for
Animal Welfare booth

 Summer project: Assisted a graduate student with monarch research. Tasks included
collecting data from three sites, capturing caterpillars, and monarch tagging and release

 Waste audit: sorted through UNO housing recycling and dumpsters to collect data

 Magic of Chemistry Workshop at UNO: assisted Girl Scouts with science experiments

 Volunteer leader of UNO Signature Service Days: Through my job with UNO’s
Collaborative, I led groups for each service day to volunteer with local non-profits

 Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference Volunteer

 Service Learning Project: Student docent presentation at Opera Omaha’s One Festival
on California’s Big Sur and the interactions among kelp, sea otters, and urchins

 Class project: Wrote and Environmental Assessment on Omaha’s Glenn Cunningham

Lake zebra mussel infestation

Education
 High School Diploma, 2014 from Central High School, 124 N 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102

 B.S. in Environmental Studies, conc. Life Science, 2018 from the University of Nebraska
at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182

Skills and abilities

 Team Liaison

 Self-Motivated

 Attention to detail
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 Familiar with environmental topics

 Passionate about the environment

 Skilled writer and public speaker

 Computer literacy

 Certified in ArcGIS

 Organized

 Dependable

 Analytical skills

 Positive attitude

 Willing to learn

 Valid license, able to drive a personal vehicle

 Able to lift at least 40lbs

References
 Sarah Burke, M.S., UNO Sustainability Coordinator. Phone: 402-554-5946| Email:
slburke@unomaha.edu

 Brian Osborn, Olsson Associates, Environmental Team Leader, Omaha and Lincoln
offices. Phone: 402-689-2435| Email: bosborn@olssonassociates.com

 Madison Leonard, Olsson Associates, Associate Scientist, Omaha office. Phone: 402-
341-1116 | Email: mleonard@olssonassociates.com

 Harnoor Singh, Student Collaborative Coordinator, UNO Office of Civic and Social
Responsibility. Phone: 402-554-4478| Email: hsingh@unomaha.edu

 Lydia Krysl (Chavez), Office Coordinator, UNO Office of Civic and Social Responsibility.
Phone: 402-554-4083| Email: lchavez@unomaha.edu

 Steven Rodie, Director, UNO Center for Urban Sustainability, Professor, UNO Biology
and Environmental Studies. Phone: 402-554-3752| Email: srodie@unomaha.edu

 Farrah Grant, M.A., Project Coordinator, UNO Center for Urban Sustainability, Adjunct
Professor, Department of Geography/Geology. Phone: 402-312-8262| Email:
fgrant@unomaha.edu
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 Brian Collins, NE Sierra Club, Attorney. Phone: 720-838-3342| Email:

brian.collins303@gmail.com