Madison Vander Hill
Life-Long Learner / Athlete / Garden Designer
To design and build, using sound ecological principles, new and renewed urban landscapes which enhance community relationships, foster food security, offer educational resources, and create harmony between people and the urban environment.
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Ithaca College Library
Circulation Desk and Interlibrary Loan
September 2010 - Present
Skills
- Permaculture Design
- Community Building and Event Planning
- QGIS and Google Earth Pro
- Trimble and Mobile Mapper GPS
- Tree and Plant Identification
- Grant Writing
- Conversational Spanish
- Mentoring and Active Listening
- Calm in Stressful Situations
2010 - present
2010 - present
RESUME
Career
Objective
Harmony Valley Farm
Farmstand Employee
June - August 2010
Community GroundWorks
Farm and Field Intern, Natural Areas Crew Leader
2009 - present (May 2013 Expected)
Retirees in Service to the Environment
Student Intern
January - May 2013
- RISE Logistical Coordinator for IC Gerontology Institute and the IC Natural Lands Committee
- Plan and lead workshops for retirees in the RISE program
- Create promotional materials
- Connect the IC community and retirees in the Ithaca area
- Represent the student perspective within the RISE program
Ithaca College Natural Lands
Student Intern
January 2011 - January 2013
Ithaca College Permaculture Garden
Student Intern
May 2012 - August 2012
Community GroundWorks Youth Farm Project
Volunteer Intern
May 2011 - August 2011
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Research Coordinator Assistant
June 2010 - August 2011
Finger Lakes Running & Triathlon Co.
Employee
January 2013 - Present
- Running shoe and apparel fittings
- Sports nutrition counseling
- Create promotional materials
- Running technique evaluation for customers


- Managed the Volunteer Stewards Program
- Planned and lead training workshops for stewards and the campus community
- Coordinated invasive species management and trail maintenance
- Mapped boundaries using GPS handheld mapping equipment and software
- Created maps, promotional materials, and kiosk displays






- Maintained a 50-square-foot garden in the heart of the Ithaca College Campus
- Created posters, an informational brochure, and wrote blog posts
- Led educational workshops on permaculture principles, herbalism, and growing techniques
- Networked with the Ithaca area permaculture community
- Maintained a 50-square-foot garden in the heart of the Ithaca College Campus
- Created posters, an informational brochure, and wrote blog posts
- Led educational workshops on permaculture principles, herbalism, and growing techniques
- Networked with the Ithaca area permaculture community
- Maintained Assistant to coordinator of a larynx study at the UW Otolaryngology Clinic
- Organized patient information
- Performed data input and database design using Microsoft Access and Excel
- Prepared data for presentation
- Picked up forms from clinics on a weekly basis
- Checked books in and out of the library system, answered questions for visitors
- Packaged books for Interlibrary Loan shipping
- Performed Found lending items in stacks, scanned articles for electronic delivery
- Checked Worked on the community-run organic farm, staffed the farm stand and farm share pick-up sites
- Mentored and led weekly programming in the children's garden
- As part of a team of interns, managed the natural areas around the farm, including a restored prairie, maple woodland, and edible landscape
- This experience inspired me to pursue an education in environmental studies, and continues to inspire me in my career in ecological design
- Sold vegetables, made change manually
- Stocked the stand, created vegetable displays
- Offered cooking advice
- Marketed the Community Supported Agriculture shares
