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About Sydney

Community Service
  • TREE Davis- Vice President, Board of Directors
  • City of Davis- Business and Economic Development Commission, member and former Vice Chair
  • Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor
  • City of Davis- Tree Commission, former member
  • Yolo County Young Democrats- former Chair, former Vice Chair
  • Davis Democratic Club- Board Member (2009)
  • Tuleyomne’s 2008 “Green Summit- State of the Environment Conference”- Steering Committee Member
  • International House 2008 Harlem Ambassadors annual fundraiser- Chair
  • Rotary International: Davis Sunrise Chapter- Paul Harris Fellow
  • Lower Feather River Watershed Assessment Technical Advisory Committee- Member (2008-09)
  • Sutter/Yuba County Employee’s Association Local #- Site Rep (2008-09)
  • Cal Aggie Alumni Association
  • Human Corps Community Service Award, presented by Chancellor Vanderhoef

Education
University of California Davis, Institute of Transportation Studies (current)
M.S. Candidate, Transportation, Technology, and Policy

American Institute of Certified Planners, American Planning Association (2010)

University of California, Davis (2004)
Double major: Economics (B.A.) AND Environmental Policy, Analysis and Planning with a water quality emphasis (B.S)

Professional Experience
This fall, I returned to UC Davis as an M.S. Candidate in Transportation Technology and Policy in the Institute of Transportation Studies, on a Women in Engineering Fellowship. My research interest relates to the intersection of land use and transportation planning, human behavior, and economics and their potential to contribute to long-term environmental and economic sustainability. I previously was employed as a Senior Land Use Planner for Sutter County. My areas of professional expertise include City and County General Plans, city financing, annexations and city boundary regulations, and environmental impact reporting.

  • Sustainability Intern- City of Davis (2009)
  • Senior Planner- Sutter County Planning Division/Local Agency Formation Commission (2007-2009)
  • Executive Officer- Humboldt Local Agency Formation Commission (2007)
  • Project Manager/Senior Planner- Pacific Municipal Consultants (2005-07)
  • Assistant Planner- Quad Knopf (2005)
  • Assistant Researcher- Information Center for the Environment, UC Davis (2003-04)
  • Assistant Financial Advisor- Morgan Stanley (2004)
  • Policy Analyst- California Commission on Aging (2004)
  • Policy Analyst- California State Assembly Committee on Agriculture (2002)
  • Rock Climbing/Winter Guide- Outdoor Adventures, UC Davis (2001-2004)