NASA NEPA, Working on the Move, and Celebrity Fails with Michelle Rau

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Michelle Rau, Environmental Project Manager and NEPA Practice Lead at Jacobs, and NAEP Secretary as well as Education Committee co-chair, about NASA NEPA, working on the move, and celebrity fails! Read her full bio below.Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode DAWSON.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-formShowtimes: 0:00  Intro1:00  Shout outs1:49  Nic and Laura talk about stand up comedy9:03  Interview with Michelle Rau starts12:29  Michelle discusses career transitioning and gives career advice19:56  Michelle talks about NEPA's role in her projects23:20  Field Notes Segment-Michelle's celebrity fails28:01  Michelle talks about the importance of down time33:03  Working on the move38:11  OutroPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Michelle Rau atlinkedin.com/in/michelle-rau-pmp-mba-02745120Guest Full Bio:Michelle Rau has nearly 25 years of experience as an environmental planner and project manager. At Jacobs she currently serves as the NEPA practice manager and leads a group of nearly 200 environmental practitioners. She works as a project manager, sales lead and technical lead on Federal environmental compliance projects, including large scale and controversial EISs, which involve individual projects with more than a billion dollars of infrastructure. She has managed nearly all aspects of the environmental compliance process, including NEPA, Executive Order (EO) 12114 (international NEPA), Clean Water Act 404 permits, ESA Section 7 consultations, NHPA Section 106 consultations and state, county, and regional permits. She has worked for many federal clients, including DoD (Army, Air Force, USACE, DARPA and NGA), NASA, BLM, FEMA, FHWA and NSF. Michelle has been an active member of NAEP for over 10 years, and currently serves on the NEAP Board of Directors, where she is the NAEP Secretary.  She also serves as the education committee co-chair, is the executive sponsor for the Environmental Justice Working Group and actively engages with the conference planning committees.Michelle currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida and works in the Jacobs Tampa office.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.