1994 M.E. Geological Engineering Colorado
School of Mines, Golden
, CO
1980 B.S. Geological Engineering Colorado
School of Mines, Golden, CO
Present NOAA, National
Weather Service, Climate Services, Silver Spring,
MD
1999-2001 Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Science University
of Colorado at Boulder
1996-1999 National Park
Service, Water Rights Branch Fort Collins,
CO
1992-1996 U.S. Geological
Survey, Water Resources Division Lakewood,
CO
1980-1990 Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation Denver, CO
As
Program Manager for the NOAA-CIRES Western Water Assessment, Ms. Perfect gained
significant experience in the coordination and management of an interdisciplinary
research team. The project, which links climate variability with water resources
and society, included over twenty-five NOAA, university, and consulting researchers,
with specialties in climate forecasting, hydrology, water quality, endangered
species, land use and population trends, social sciences, economics, law,
and policy. As the primary contact for the project, she was also involved
in outreach activities, including development of stakeholder contacts.
Prior to her work with the Western Water Assessment, Ms.
Perfect was a hydrologist with the U.S. Department of Interior, where her
work focused on the Death Valley region of Nevada
and California. She gained considerable
experience in data analysis and GIS, as part of a USGS team that developed
a three-dimensional groundwater flow model of the Death Valley
region. Following this, she gained experience in policy, while working on
issues for Death Valley and other National Parks for
the Water Rights Branch of the National Park Service (NPS).
