Tim is an Environmental Protection Specialist for USEPA Coastal Management Branch. Tim has provided environmental finance training to community-based watershed organizations and solid waste managers for over 10 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Offices of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds and EPA's Office of Solid Waste. Tim also provided soil conservation training to farmers and environmental education training to elementary school teachers for over five years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines .