Catherine Martini
(208) 559-8615
catherine.martini@yale.edu
EDUCATION
Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
New Haven, CT
Candidate for Master of Environmental Management
2018
• Leadership: Climate Change Student Interest Group Faculty Liaison
• Awards: 2015 Yale Paris Fellow, fellowship to attend UNFCCC COP21; Conservation Biology Photo Finalist
• Volunteer: Yale Sustainable Food Project, Seed to Salad Program
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Arts Political Science – Magna Cum Laude
2012
• Phi Beta Kappa, Provost Honors, National Political Science Honors Society, Golden Key Honors Society
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)
New Haven, CT
Communications Research Assistant
February 2016-Present
• Contribute to social media management, including Twitter and Facebook, attend relevant Yale events and
following national / international news to provide updated content
• Promote YCELP and create top quality digital announcement materials
• Provide weekly social media metrics & statistics reports
• Contribute to blog and podcast series, interview high profile visitors and speakers to the Yale campus
• Develop and distribute weekly summary of upcoming events through an electronic mailing list
• Produce a quarterly newsletter curating pieces from students and faculty
• Collaborate with partners both on and off campus, to co-promote and add their events to our website, update our
calendar, and produce quality digital announcement materials for our partners
Parisagreement.org
Paris, France
Assistant Team Manager
September 2015-Present
• Launched a global media platform that shapes thought leaders, international media and dialogue at UNFCCC talks
at COP21 in Paris France
• Graphics and Data Analytics featured in: The Economist, NYT, Nature, BBC, The Guardian, Washington Post,
Reuters, Eurovision, Christian Science Monitor, Slate, Mashable, Carbon Brief & Ecosystem Marketplace
• Manage and coordinate logistics for an international team of researchers, in order to facilitate efficient data
analysis on UNFCCC negotiation text at COP21
• Harmonize and streamline workflows for fast paced, high caliber, data analytics and graphics production; delegate
and distribute tasks and workload
• Produce and distribute press releases, press briefings, & prepare talking points, cultivating relationships with high
profile journalists and thought leaders in the field to increase transparency at the UNFCCC talks
• Cultivate a welcoming educational and positive team dynamic during daily meetings, to create an entrance point
for other NGO and civil society members to learn more about transparency and the text of the negotiations.
• Interface with the public and clients as well as party delegations and high level ministers and officials
• Attend RINGO, CAN and other coalition meetings and report back to inform our delegation strategy at COP21
• Manage social media accounts. Twitter account ranked 5th most influential at COP21 by Social Media Research
Foundation
• Provide weekly social media metrics & statistics reports. Website management and maintenance
• http://parisagreement.org/team/catherine-martini/
Carbon Institute (CI)
San Diego, CA
Consultant & Research Associate
August 2015-present
• Event planning and support for CI at UNFCCC COP21, COP22 & COP23. Provide administrative and logistical
support to CI participants and affiliates at COPs, including reservations, transportation, venues, accreditation, AV
support
• Assist with photographing and web-based content including Social Media management
• Research REDD+ policy, grant writing, abstract writing on terrestrial carbon accounting, assist with workshop
presentations
TC Out Loud
Orange County, CA
Freelance Contributing Photographer
August 2013-Present
• Produced exceptional digital photography content used for web design, social media, marketing and print material
Tropical Forest Group (TFG)
San Diego, CA
Coordinator of Global Communications & Research
October 2011-Present
• Represented TFG at UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, 2015
• Represented TFG at UNFCCC conference on the Kyoto Protocol in Panamá City, Panamá 2011
• Grant writing, helped secure a $2.5 million dollar grant
• Abstract writing and research affiliate – extracted necessary environmental funding data from United States
Agency for International Development documents to increase transparency of US government REDD+ financial
contributions, research contributed to securing Moore Foundation grant which enabled creation of TFG’s US
REDD+ Finance Database. Launched Dec 2011 at COP17 in Durban, South Africa
• Update TFG social media accounts and website, including website management and maintenance
• Present team research at conferences through presentations and posters. Presented at COP21 and International
Society of Tropical Foresters 2016 Conference
• Affiliate page http://www.tropicalforestgroup.org/catherine-martini/
International Rescue Committee
San Diego, CA
Assistant Director at Hoover High Community Garden, Youth Food Justice Program
Summer 2012
• Taught sustainable agriculture to a diverse group of over 40 high school students and political refugees
• Demonstrated principles of integrated pest management and organic control methods, composting and soil
fertility, irrigation and water conservation
• Facilitated fieldtrips with more than 40 students whom spoke many different languages and dialects
Guatemala Project
Guatemala
Volunteer
June 2007
• Installed fuel efficient cook-stoves in the homes of local Mayans, helping to achieve greater food security, increase
human health, and avoid tropical deforestation
• Provided humanitarian assistance to the Mayan communities near Chichicastenango in the Guatemalan highlands
PUBLICATIONS
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“REDD+ Update” – Tropical Forestry Current Affairs update, Tropical Forest Group, July 2, 2015
“E-Waste And You: A Daily Choice” – Policy Brief, Prospect Journal of International Affairs at UCSD,
September 10, 2012 – Examines the human health and environmental costs of the electronic waste
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
• Lightning talk presentation at UNFCCC COP21, Paris France. Presentation of TFG Costal Blue Carbon research,
with Patrick Cage, at RINGO constituency side event, “Bridging the Research Gap: a Discussion of New
Directions and Research Needs for Climate Policy”
• Poster Presentation on behalf of Tropical Forest Group at the 22nd Annual International Society of Tropical
Foresters Conference at Yale. The poster entitled "From REDD+ to Blue: Filling Gaps for the Inclusion of
Coastal Blue Carbon in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories" is the product of ongoing research by TFG
director Patrick Cage & Catherine Martini on Costal Blue Carbon (CBC)
SKILLS & INTERESTS
• Skills: Social media, website management, photography & digital editing, data analysis, conflict negotiation,
small group & meeting facilitation, Spanish, GIS
• Interests: Sustainability, travel, ballroom dancing, line dancing