Research Director

Posted on: 2006-08-01

Martha E. Ture 186 Canyon Road Fairfax, California 94930 (415)453-8472 [email protected]______ EDUCATION University of California at Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy 2004 California State University at Sonoma, Environmental Studies and Planning, Bachelor of Arts 1983 EXPERIENCE 20+ years’ experience research and writing, in journalism, federal science, federal regulatory, web content producer. Excel at researching fairly technical or abstruse material and putting it into accessible, readable, charming English. 10+ years experience in public speaking, workshops, online presentation and outreach. Co-founder, Director, www.Buyblue.org, 2004- present Co-founder, research director, volunteer coordinator for nonprofit public interest internet organization. • Cofounded nonprofit organization, taking it from email idea to going concern. Designed research protocol, including screens for business and corporate social responsibility, seen here: http://www.buyblue.org/methodology. Research, write web content. • Manage 300+ volunteers, write web content, media interviews, cultivate mutually beneficial relationships in business, investment, academia, advertising, media, nonprofit and journalism communities, present workshops, plan for future development. Research Assistant, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 2004 • Researching asbestos issues for scholar, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Searching Congressional databases, refining Excel protocol. • Researching highway speed data for scholar, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Contacting highway safety engineers around the nation for access to their data; collection and transfer of data, design of Excel tracking protocol. Freelance writer, Contributing Editor, IMDiversity.com 1985-2003 http://www.imdiversity.com, Native American village • Columnist, American Indian issues, labor, career, women’s issues, international trade issues. Articles on politics, environment, labor, government, history of the west, American Indians. • Published in San Francisco Chronicle, Examiner, Christian Science Monitor, East Bay Express, Health Magazine, Sierra Magazine, etc. Staff Reporter, Martinez News-Gazette, 1988 - 1990 Reporting on environment and county government beat. Two hard news stories daily. • Scoops: Federal Bureau of Reclamation selling nonexistent water to California water districts. State Solid Waste Management Board member violating state conflict of interest law. IT Corporation defies state law, refuses to stop polluting San Pablo Bay. Technical writer, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C., 1984 Researched and wrote report to Congress on effects of federal toxics and hazardous waste laws on states taxation and enforcement; also public information report on hazardous waste. Position reports to Administrator, Chief of Office of Policy Analysis. PUBLICATIONS Ms. Ture’s work has appeared extensively on www.buyblue.org and in The Christian Science Monitor, Contra Costa Times, East Bay Express, Health Magazine, Pacific Discovery Magazine, Raleigh News-Observer, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Sierra Magazine, etc. She has served as legislative affairs editor, Native News Online www.nativenewsonline.org, and Contributing editor, www.IMDiversity.com, Native American Village. Sample publications: Summary of California Special Election Proposition 74: http://www.buyblue.org/node/3324 Cody’s Blues, http://imdiversity.com/villages/native/arts_culture_media/ture_cody.asp Published scientific papers on fisheries biology: http://santacruz.nmfs.noaa.gov/publications/doc_detail.php?document_ID=290 MILESTONES Gave Buying Blue workshop at Yearly Kos convention, June 2006. Author of term “marketocracy”. Presented academic paper on this subject at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ conference, March 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada. George Miller Scholarship, Squaw Valley Conference of Writers, 1995 PUBLIC SERVICE Town of Fairfax, California Open Space Committee, 2004 – 2006; managed fundraiser for open space acquisition netting $4,000. Steward of Cascade Canyon Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed Advisory Council Co-authored successful grant to California Department of Water Resources to remove barrier to endangered salmonid passage on Fairfax Creek California Abandoned Hazardous Waste Site Committee, 1980-1981 Public representative, Governor’s committee to formulate policy on statewide abandoned hazardous waste sites. Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin Board of Directors