Sample First Jobs

NGOs/ Other Not-For-Profit

• Action for Cheetahs in Kenya, Project Director, Nairobi, KENYA
• California Food and Justice Coalition, Research Associate, Oakland, CA
• Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Consultant, San Francisco, CA
• Dalai Lama Fellows, Program Director, San Francisco, CA
• Defenders of Wildlife, Renewable Energy & Wildlife Conservation Associate, Washington, D.C.
• Ecology Project International, Panama Program Coordinator, Chiriquí, PANAMA
• Environment Northeast, Policy Analyst, CT
• Environmental Defense Fund, Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships, NY
• Northeast Wilderness Trust, Executive Director, MA
• Fauna and Flora International, Bio-carbon and Forest Specialist, INDONESIA
• Fondo para la Acción ambiental y la NiÑez, Project Coordinator, Climate Change and Financial Department, Bogota, COLOMBIA
• Garrison Institute, Program Associate, Climate Mind and Behavior Program, Garrison, NY
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Communications Manager, CA
• Industrial Technology Research Institute, Energy & Resources Laboratory, Associate Researcher, TAIWAN
• Institute for Market Transformation, Program Associate, Washington, D.C.
• International Food Policy Research Institute, Senior Research Assistant, Development and Strategic Governance, Washington, D.C.
• Ipswich River Watershed Association, Program Coordinator, MA
• Katoomba Group Ecosystem Marketplace, Carbon Group, Project Manager, DC
• March of Dimes Foundation, Coordinator, Mission Projects, Office of the Medical Director, White Plains, NY
• Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), Research and Policy Associate, KY
• Open Space Institute, Special Projects Associate, Conservation Finance and Research, NY
• Orton Family Foundation, Program Associate, CO
• Peninsula Open Space Trust, Conservation Project Manager, CA
• Rainforest Alliance, Carbon Project Auditor, Washington, D.C.
• Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW), CEO, BHUTAN
• Rocky Mountain Institute, Energy and Resources Group, Analyst, HI
• Rocky Mountain Institute, Integrated Design Practice, Fellow, CO
• Sierra Club, Environmental Law Fellow, CA
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Research Assistant, PANAMA
• Stockholm Environment Institute, Scientist, WA
• Tamarisk Coalition, Restoration Coordinator, Grand Junction, CO
• Tanzania Natural Resource Forum, Head of Programmes, Arusha, TANZANIA
• The Battery Conservancy, Executive Assistant to the President, New York City, NY
• The Climate Reality Project, Research Associate, Science and Solutions, Washington, D.C.,
• Trust for Public Land, Senior Project Associate, Northern California Program, San Francisco, CA
• The Field Museum, Community Conservation Specialist, IL
• The Kresge Foundation, Environment Program Officer, MI
• The Nature Conservancy, Volcanic Chain Program Manager, GUATEMALA
• The Nature Conservancy, China Program, Assistant to the Director of Conservation Programs, CHINA
• The Nature Conservancy, External Affairs, Policy Associate, Arlington, VA
• The Pacific Forest Trust, Conservation Program Coordinator, CO
• The Quivira Coalition, Program Director, Conservation and Ranching, NM
• The Wilderness Society, Regional Program Coordinator, CA
• Tropical Forest Trust, Southeast Asia Program Manager, VIETNAM
• Wildlife Conservation Society, Human-Wildlife Conflicts Coordinator, MT
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies; Foresight and Governance Project, Program Associate, DC
• World Resources Institute, Climate and Energy Program, Research Assistant, DC
• World Wildlife Fund Turkey, Conservation Officer, Conservation, Istanbul, TURKEY
• World Wildlife Fund, Agribusiness Research Associate, DC 

Governmental, Tribal, Multi-National & Public Sector

• Association of Bay Area Governments, Planning Intern, CA
• California Public Utilities Commission, Energy Analyst, CA
• China Renewable Energy Scale-UP Program, Consultant, National Level Projects, Beijing, CHINA
• City of New York, Parks and Recreation, Forester, NY
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Watershed Preservation Restriction Coordinator, MA
• Connecticut Innovations, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Project Associate, CT
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Regional Program Coordinator, Sustainable Forest Management Program in the Andean Region, Lima, PERU
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Program Officer, JAPAN
• International Finance Corporation, Associate Investment Officer, DC
• IUCN, Business and Biodiversity and Environmental Economics Consultant, PAKISTAN
• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Mining Technical Assistant, Natural Resource Department, L’Anse, MI
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Heat Island Group, Senior Research Associate, CA
• NASA Ames Research Center,  Environmental Specialist, CA
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist/ Presidential Management Fellow, MD
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Transportation Technologies & Systems (CTTS) Team, Analyst, CO
• The Global Green Growth Institute, Program Officer, International Cooperation Team, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Program Specialist, DC
• United Nations Development Programme, Consultant/Research Assistant, Energy and Environment, NY
• United Nations Development Programme, Carbon Finance Officer, PERU
• United Nations Development Programme / Global Environment Facility - Climate Change Adaptation - Adaptation Consultant, New York, NY
• UNEP, Consultant on Green Economy, Resource Efficiency, Panama City, PANAMA
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Presidential Management Fellow, Office of Public Housing, Hartford, CT
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Specialist, Cambridge, MA
• U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Zone Fuels Planner, Jackson, WY
• U.S. Department of Energy, Presidential Management Fellow, D.C.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, Regional Water Coordinator, NY
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, International Environmental Protection Specialist, D.C.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wilderness Fellow, MT
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, Analyst, MA
• World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Investment Officer, DC
• World Bank Group, Junior Professional Associate, Finance, Economics and Urban Development, D.C.