OEP Welcomes New Additions to Staff
May 16, 2005

The Office of Energy and Planning is pleased to welcome two new employees!

Donna Raymond’s first day on the job as OEP’s new Business Director was Monday, May 2, 2005. Donna lives in Auburn with her husband and 3 year old son. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and has worked in the private sector ever since. She began as the Office Manager for a civil engineering firm in NH and has since served as Business Consulting Associate for a private consulting firm in New Hampshire, specializing in corporate turnaround situations and acquisitions. Donna has many outside interests, including animal welfare. She served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter from 1995 to 2000 and most recently as Treasurer of Animal Allies.

On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Jennifer DeLong joined our staff as our Water Resources Planner/NFIP Coordinator. Having grown up all over the country as the daughter of a US Coast Guardsman, Jennifer comes to us as an experienced planner. For the past six years she has worked as an Environmental Planner for private sector planning firms in Boston and Milwaukee helping to prepare Environmental Impact Statements and conducting public outreach activities for both highway and airport projects. Prior to that she worked as a Conservation Specialist for a county department of Parks and Land Use in Wisconsin working on water quality projects. Jennifer has a B.S. in Environmental Planning and Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, and a M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.