About

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Elena Lebedeva-Hooft
Лебедева-Хоофт Елена Александровна

GENERAL
DOB: 18 November, 1966
Highest Level of Education: Ph.D (ecology, ornithology), JD, MD, DDS, DO
Citizenship: Russian Federation,  MVV in the Netherlands (living permit) valid until 2011
Years of Work Experience: 24
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Languages Spoken: English, Russian (both fluent, Russian – mother tongue).
Other language skills: Basic and improving Dutch. Understanding of French and Spanish.

CONTACT
Address in Russia: upon request
Address in the Netherelands: Oosterweg 102, Groningen, 9724 CM, The Netherlands
E-mail: LLebedeva-Hooft[at]rambler[dot]ruWith my own name also on Facebook and LinkedIn and Skype
Mobile: upon request

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2007 – recent. Freelance. Individual entrepreneur (legally registered in Russia): projects and consulting in the field of nature conservation, environment and NGO developmentLL; translations and interpreting (fisheries, agriculture, nature conservation, oil & gas / health and safety issues, EIAs etc.).

Contracts with WWF Russia, nature reserves of Russia, indigenous people NGOs. Legal permit to work in the Netherlands and EU, and LenaSwan one-person company (zzp) in the Netherlands since Nov-2008.

Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Leader, WWF Russia
June 2004 – June 2007. Coordination of Altai-Sayan WWF programme, project management, relations with donors and implementing groups, staff management, budgeting, planning and fundraising.

Outreach Coordinator, Russian Indigenous Training Center
April 2003 to June 2004. Russian Indigenous Training Center (Outreach Coordinator). Management of RITC education and training programms. Planning of seminars and curricula. Communication with interns and regional RITC coordinators. Participation in indigenous community development trainings. Preparation, production, distribution of (new) “Economics of Indigenous Peoples” RITC Magazine. Combining with Job 2.

Leading research scientist, Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage
August 2002 – June 2004. Development and implementation of projects for scholeksterresearch and conservation of the natural heritage in the European North of Russia.

Freelancing for additional (or main part of) income:
June 2001 to June 2004. Translations (environment, EIAs, technical and general) for Neotech translation agency. Interpreting for various ornithology and nature conservation workshops and seminars.

Development Officer,Russian Bird Conservation Union (that time BirdLife Partner Designate)
1995 to 2001. Project co-ordination, overview of overall budgets of the organisation, public relations, preparation and production of materials for membership & wider audience, contacts with donors and sponsors (in Russia, the Netherlands, the UK, and Denmark). Various translations mainly related to environment & birds. Parallel and synchronous translations for the RBCU Board. Personal assistance to the RBCU President. Co-ordinated in total over 30 national and international projects, managing annually budgets of ca. USD 300,000.

1988 to 1995: research scientist (ornithology), extra-curriculum teacher in nature and environment, Ph.D. data gathering.

Computer Skills: All Microsoft Office components (Outlook, Excel, WinWord, PowerPoint, Access – regular user), InDesign, PageMaker, PhotoShop, Corel, DreamWeaver, Microsoft Project. Trados for translation work. Capable to master quickly – in 1-2 weeks time – other new English-language software.

EDUCATION
Formal
09/1988 – 11/1993 – Moscow State Teachers Training Univ. – Zoology & Ecology Dept. Ph.D. Diploma (Candidate of Sciences, Biology/Ecology), 16 May 1994, No.35
09/1983 – 06/1988 – Moscow State Teachers Training Univ. – Diploma 292975, Biology in English.

Additional:
Accounting and reporting (Russian system) – 1995, centre “Stek”, certificate
Web-design – 2001, MGTU, certificate (skills largely unused though)
French – 1998-2001, Centre “New Education”, pre-intermediate level / certificate
Training from international NGOs (BirdLife International / the RSPB on NGO management, work with membership (recruitment & retention), budgeting and project management, work with press and media; conservation action planning from the TNC (within WWF job)).
NLP Master (Moscow Psychological University course).

Self-education: design and layouts, time management, team-building & leadership (development of skills and general psychology).

OTHER
Major hobbies (three top): birds and birdwatching; Oystercatcher CR-project at the White Sea; blogging (to influence public opinion, mainly in Russian); photography.

Additional and widely used: good writing skills on nature and environment for public (see partly at my blog http://lenaswan.livejournal.com).

Please contact for more information vi e-mail: LLebedeva-Hooft[at]rambler[dot]ru