Angela Xue

Managed planning, partner coordination, donor compliance, and budget tracking across multi-million-dollar USAID-funded climate and market-systems projects in Nepal, improving partner performance and advancing value-chain decarbonization initiatives.

Co-led planning and content development for an international conference on tropical forestry, managed a 15-person team, secured $40K+ in funding, and coordinated 40+ international speakers to drive knowledge exchange on resilience and sustainable development.

Designed and hosted a four-part webinar series on investments in ecosystem services, leading outreach and speaker coordination and growing the audience by 150+ through targeted promotion.

Researched and developed frameworks and assessment tools to integrate high-quality Natural Climate Solutions into corporate net-zero strategies and coordinated across workstreams and partner companies to align mitigation pathways with practical applications.

Coordinated a countywide multi-stakeholder campaign and contributed to Santa Clara County’s first Food System Workplan, conducting stakeholder interviews, program evaluation, and grant development to advance sustainable food systems.

Led tree inventory data collection and protocol development for a 1,700-acre preserve, conducted fuel and habitat assessments, and quantified ecosystem service benefits to inform forest health and wildfire resilience planning.

Activities and societies: Co-chaired Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters Conference; hosted webinars for the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.

Completed a Master of Environmental Management focused on climate, forestry, and sustainable land-use solutions.

Activities and societies: Urban forestry fieldwork and county agricultural biology experience during and after study.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution with coursework and experience in ecology and natural resource management.