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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:21:16.895343'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/shelby-hunter
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: slhunter@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - I assist in implementing the Occupational Safety and Health program for the
     the USGS Southeast Region (SER) (DOI Regions 2, 4, 6).
   name: Shelby Hunter
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-3049-7498
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/regions/southeast
   organization_name: Southeast Region
   personal_statement: "I assist regional staff, science center management, safety\
     \ staff, and the Regional Safety Manager Nathan Smiley with implementing USGS\
     \ safety policy, preventing accidents through safety assistance visits and audits.\
     \ We also assist with emergency management, response, and investigations. We\
     \ work with USGS centers that are located in 14 different states and 2 US territories.I\
     \ attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma and majored\
     \ in Wildlife Conservation.I began working for the USGS in 2008 as a student\
     \ in the Woodward Oklahoma office as part of the Oklahoma Water Science Center\
     \ as a student internship working in surface water, groundwater, and water quality.\
     \ I worked in Woodward for 3 years finishing my degree and was hired full time\
     \ in the summer of 2011. Once full time I was transferred to the Oklahoma City\
     \ USGS offices. In Oklahoma City I started in surface water as a Hydrologic\
     \ Technician specializing in surface water data collection, levels, and surveying.\
     \ As a Technician maintaining surface water sites all over the state of Oklahoma,\
     \ I assisted in many surface water projects including seepage flow and dam breach\
     \ studies. In 2017 I had the opportunity to become project chief overseeing\
     \ my first bathymetric study surveying over 70 miles of rivers in Northeastern\
     \ Oklahoma. In 2018 I received my USGS Drone Pilot Certification. While being\
     \ certified I assisted in several surveys studying surface water cross sections,\
     \ and piloted missions supporting in the 2018 Kilauea Volcano Eruption in Hawaii.\
     \ The next several years included more Project Chief and collaboration opportunities\
     \ including a Multi-Beam Bathymetric Study of Grand Lake O\u2019 The Cherokees\
     \ in Northeastern Oklahoma.While working in surface water in 2015 I had the\
     \ opportunity to take over the Safety Program for the Oklahoma USGS Water Science\
     \ Center as the Collateral Duty Safety Program Coordinator. Over the five years\
     \ serving as the CDSPC I found a passion for helping others and implementing\
     \ safety policies. I served in this position until November of 2020 when I became\
     \ the Full Time Safety and Occupational Health Specialist for the Southeast\
     \ Region of the USGS."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Safety & Occupational Health Specialist