Sarah Ghotbi is seeking a position in environmental sustainability. She has a Bachelor's degree in Applied Geoscience from Texas Christian University with minors in Energy Technology and Management. During college, she gained experience in environmental compliance, GIS, sustainability practices, and energy issues. She completed an internship at West Liberty Foods where she helped implement landfill free procedures and recycling efforts at multiple facilities.

1. SARAH GHOTBI
7001 Candlestick Court, Fort Worth, Texas 76133
sarah.ghotbi@tcu.edu, 210-288-6276 (cell)
EDUCATION
Texas Christian University, FortWorth, TX
Bachelor of Science in Applied Geoscience May 2016
Minor in Energy Technology and Management
GPA: 3.054
Educational Certifications: School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University
Geographic Information Systems May 2016
Environmental Sustainability May 2016
Geoscience Fundamentals May 2016
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Environmental Intern May 2015 – August 2015
West Liberty Foods West Liberty, IA
West Liberty Foods,a poultry processing plant,is a Landfill Freeand ISO 14001 certified company which reuses or
recycles all waste.My job was to support efforts to keep waste from going into landfills.
 Compiled required documents for audits fromvendors
 Filled out internal and government forms for environmental audit utilizing MicrosoftExcel
 Updated Landfill Freeand ISO Spreadsheets
 Found Landfill Free vendors for new waste streams
 Traveled to new facility to help implement the Landfill Freeprocedures
 Compiled monthly water reports used on production floor
 Made presentations with MicrosoftPowerPoint and created MicrosoftExcel documents to indicaterecycling
efforts
 Assisted with the setup of Landfill Free procedures in new facility
 Determined costeffective methods to recycle waste at four facilities
 Found electronics recycler willingto pick up materials atno cost and to splitprofits with company
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Environmental Compliance: Gained understandingof regulations includingCAA, CWA, RCRA, CERCLA, OSHA, OPA, and NEPA
through conducting a thorough complianceauditof a local FortWorth company.
Geographic Information System: Learned techniques of usingspatial data,mapping,data representation,and creatingand
maintaininggeodatabases usingESRI-ArcGIS.
Sustainability: Learned about sustainablepractices thatcan be implemented, grew microgreens and made a meal with local
ingredients (carbon footprint).
Energy in Society: Discussed how energy influences different regions and the importance of a diverseenergy matrix.
ORGANIZATIONS
Texas Christian University Marching Band, Clarinet August 2013- January 2016
Represented Texas Christian University locally and nationally by participatingin home football games,football bowl
games, parades,and exhibition shows
RESEARCH
Population Changein China
TCU Student Research Symposium, Fort Worth, TX January 2015-April 2015
Texas eGrid Research
TCU Student Research Symposium, Fort Worth, TX August 2015-April 2016