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CLAIRE EARLY MYERS Associate III Claire is an associate who specializes in sustainable business practice development. A recent graduate of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, specializing in Corporate Environmental Management, Claire has collaborated with for - profit, non - profit, and governmental associations on projects to develop strategies to implement sustainability programs. Her technical strengths include creating greenhouse gas inventories and emission reduction plans, supply chain analysis, performing life cycle assessments, and analyzing energy impacts of projects. Relevant Experience Education M.S., Environmental Science The Carbon Neutral Company AXA Rosenburg, San Francisco, CA. and Management, Donald Bren School of Environmental Analyst. Claire created a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and analyzed Science and Management, emission reduction strategies for six intemational offices of AXA Rosenberg, a University of California, Santa global investment management company and client of The Carbon Neutral Barbara g g corn P Y Company (TCNC). ESA is under contract with TCNC to prepare GHG Corporate Environmental inventories and Climate Action Plans for TCNC's west coast clients. The plans Management Specialization, P University of California, Santa are an essential first step for companies, institutions, organizations, and Barbara municipalities who want to become "carbon neutral" through reducing their B.A., Language Studies, carbon emissions, and then off-setting those that they cannot reduce. TCNC was University of California, Santa established over 10 years ago, and invented many of the tools which are now foundations of the carbon marketplace, including on -line carbon calculators, legal contracts for carbon offsets from forestry, trademarked methodologies Pending Publications (CarbonNeutrale) and carbon offset packages for business and consumers. Informing Packaging Design TCNC a lso helped to conceive and found the All Party Parliaments Group Decisions at Toyota Motor P t1y ry p on Sales Using Life Cycle Climate Change in the UK. This is the largest non - partisan group in UK Assessment, Journal of government, which TCNC now serves as the Secretariat. Industrial Ecology County of Tulare Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Tulare County, CA. Analyst. Claire compiled data and assessed greenhouse gas emissions for electricity, natural gas, on- and off -road transportation, dairies, and feedlots in Tulare County as part of the Tulare County General Plan Update EIR project. ESA is taking the lead in preparing an updated Background Report and re- circulated draft EIR for the Tulare County General Plan Update. Tulare County is located in a geographically diverse region with the majestic peaks of the Sierra Nevada framing its eastern region, while its western portion includes the San Joaquin valley floor, which is very fertile and extensively cultivated. Key issues to be addressed in the updated Background Report and re- circulated draft EIR include land use /agricultural land use compatibility issues, preservation of existing agricultural activities, water quality and supply, air quality and greenhouse gases, and preservation of important scenic and open space features. ESA is also working with County staff to review the draft Goals and Policies Report, prepare a Sustainability Element, and conduct a county-wide inventory of greenhouse gas emissions for the County's General Plan Update •• Project.