Allison Shipp
Deputy Regional Director For Science, Rocky Mountain Region at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolAllison Shipp is a seasoned science leader with nearly 32 years at the U.S. Geological Survey, progressing from environmental engineer and water-quality modeler to senior regional science executive. As Deputy Regional Director for Science in the Rocky Mountain Region, she coordinates multidisciplinary teams and partnerships across federal, state, tribal, NGO, and university stakeholders to tackle complex issues like drought, wildfire, invasive species, and mineral-energy transitions exacerbated by climate change. She has a proven record of standing up major programs and centers—including leadership during the Deepwater Horizon response and founding the South Central Climate Science Center—and is known for translating integrated science into decision-support tools for land managers. A veteran instructor and mentor in USGS leadership programs, Allison combines technical expertise in water-resource modeling with a collaborative management style that fosters diverse, inclusive science teams.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Master's degree, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinFederal Executive Institute
Github Skills (7)
harvest8
visualizations3
visualization3
python3
ecology2
zipkin2
lakes1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
asussman52/hotspot_comparison
Feb 2018 - May 2021
A comparative analysis of methods to identify waterbird hotspots (in the Great Lakes)
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 3 years 3 months
hotspotspythoncomparative-analysiscomparativelakes
thoufer/harvestVis_demo
Feb 2018 - Nov 2018
Demo Site for Harvest visualizations
Contributions:1 PR, 69 pushes, 12 comments in 8 months
demo-sitevisualizationsharvestvisualization
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