December 2022
December 2022
Lotus Engineering & Sustainability
Our Team is Growing!
Lotus is currently hiring! Click on the positions below to read the job description. If you are interested in applying, submit the requested documents in the position description to hello@lotussustainability.com with the following email header: “[Position Title] - [Your Name].” The review of materials is ongoing and will continue until the positions are filled. Early applications are strongly encouraged!
Lotus Dream Job Application
Lotus is always seeking passionate team members to join our group. If you don't currently see a role that aligns with your experience but you're interested in possible future roles - feel free to fill out this application! If we end up needing your expertise in a future role, we'll reach out.
Welcome to the team!
ALLY MARK
Ally is a born and bred California girl, raised on countless hikes, beach trips, and cups of boba around the San Francisco Bay Area. After her mother insisted she get some perspective on real life, Ally moved to Chicago for college, where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in environmental engineering, with minors in International Studies and Global/Ecological Health Engineering. Formative experiences during this time include a study abroad trip in South Africa, a strong programmatic focus on user-centered design engineering, and political organizing in Ohio.
After bouncing around several different internships, Ally settled in Minneapolis to work as a water resources engineer at a local consulting firm. She discovered public participation in planning as a field that united her interests in climate resiliency, justice and equity, and communications. These passions brought her to Lotus where she is thrilled to have the opportunity to focus directly on engaging communities, communicating complex issues, and supporting just and equitable climate transitions.
GRATEFUL FOR: My gigantic close-knit family, access to the great outdoors, the activists, artists, and comedians who create the content that gets me through the day.
mILES hOFFMAN
Miles was born into a family of bakers. He was taught from an early age, that sometimes, maybe most times, it's okay to eat dessert first. Of course, the ingredients consisted of the usual: butter, sugar, flour, and eggs. But what was more important was the care and love poured into each batch by the 300 employees that co-existed as one, large, diverse family. At Lotus, Miles brings this ethos to our clients and partners. As a senior associate on the Communications and Engagement team, he leads community conversations and stakeholder engagement to help co-create programs, and action plans for communities and businesses.
Prior to joining Lotus, Miles spent three years at Premier Members Credit Union leading the implementation of sustainable initiatives and employee engagement, and six years with REV, a California consulting firm working with small and mid-size businesses to embed sustainable practices. He holds a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Trinity Washington University. He also sits on the board of Women in Sustainability, The Town of Superior's Advisory Council on Environmental Sustainability (ACES), and is an advisor to Jackie Mays, a plant-based drive-through restaurant startup in Texas.
FAVORITE THINGS: Great sushi, mild weather, date nights, traveling to areas tourists avoid, and wine tasting with friends.
nATALIE cROSS
Natalie grew up in Oklahoma, witnessing firsthand the increasing intensity of springtime tornado events. This awareness of the consequences of a changing climate paralleled her growing appreciation for the natural world, spurred by her family’s love of exploring national parks. She chose to pursue a degree in Environmental Science at Colorado College, in hopes of learning more about the implications of climate change on the environment.
At college, Natalie interned at her school’s Office of Sustainability, leading the annual college-wide emissions inventory process. In this role, she strengthened her data analysis skills and learned many science communication tactics. For her senior thesis project, she focused on the micrometeorology of semi-arid grasslands in order to research the manifestations of climate change in the natural world. This experience gave her GIS and coding skills and sparked her curiosity about the connections between human-induced climate change and ecology.
Natalie is excited about this role in solutions-based climate work; she is ecstatic to utilize her background in environmental science and greenhouse gas accounting to help clients reach their sustainability goals and participate in climate change mitigation.
LIFE GOALS: Travel to every country on my bucket list, gain fluency in at least one other language, read more books and take more photos, and become an interior design expert.
bRIANNA jOHNSON
Brianna was born and raised in the Vail Valley of Colorado. She loves her mountain home but was always intrigued by the city and the rest of the world. She attended the University of Denver with a focus on international studies, Spanish, and geography. She also studied in Quito, Ecuador for a semester. It was during this time that Brianna saw the connections between community empowerment, climate change, and growing local food. Brianna enters the sustainability world from a local lens with a solid foundation in having a global impact.
After graduating, Brianna worked with undergraduate students to cultivate their passions for environmental sustainability. Brianna is most proud when a former student reaches out to let her know about their thriving career in mitigating climate change. Brianna is also an equity practitioner, working predominantly with people who identify as white to build personal and organizational anti-racist practices that work through difficult conversations and make everyone feel that they belong. She recognizes that justice is at the core of sustainability.
Throughout all of this work, Brianna has created a robust graphic design portfolio that emphasizes accessibility and clarity. Her work at Lotus is meaningful because our data-driven, people-centered approach is what creates a lasting impact for a thriving world.
PLACES OF INSPIRATION: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia; Segrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain; the Great Barrier Reef; any botanic garden; the top of any Colorado ski resort; my hometown.
Staff’s Favorite Holiday Traditions
Hillary: Currently, my favorite tradition is forcing my kids to watch cheesy Christmas movies. Currently loving Last Christmas (2006) and Holiday in the Wild (2019).
Julia: My husband’s mother was an Elvis fanatic, and we keep her memory alive by putting up her “Elvis Village”—a Christmas village complete with the Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog Diner, All Shook Up Soda Fountain, and more (see left!)
Kim: My family always does cheese fondue (we've got some Swiss blood in the fam!) on Christmas eve and I love it!
Rachel: Eating aebleskiver (Danish stuffed pancake balls) on Christmas morning with my mom!
Miles: Our family really enjoyed going to Zoo Lights this year!
Nick: My favorite holiday tradition is visiting family in Southern California and going to the beach on Christmas!
Mallory: My favorite holiday tradition is our family's Christmas Eve pasta dinner!
Ally: My family goes all out on making Christmas brunch! It's always something fancy and sweet like crepes, ebelskivers, or french toast and a lot of fruit, paired with a savory egg scramble.
Claire: My new favorite holiday tradition is the elf on a shelf photo contest with my family and holiday cookies.
Natalie: My favorite holiday tradition is baking pecan sticky buns with my family on Christmas morning :)
Brianna: I love all of the lights on peoples’ homes and eating cinnamon rolls on holiday mornings.