Milan Calendine
Milan’s Snapshot
Title: Marketing & Development Manager
Degree: Environmental Science & General Science
University: Portland State University
HGI Start Date: 2005
Home Office: Tucson, Arizona
Specialty: Business Development, Marketing, Website Development & SEO
Escape Activities: Photography, Coaching tumbling, Cycling, and Travel
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Prior to joining HGI, Milan served as the Director of Development & Marketing for an environmental nonprofit. They focused on educational and hands-on programs, emphasizing personal action in waste reduction, land stewardship, and urban forestry. As a nonprofit executive, Milan adapted to challenges readily. They helped organize conferences focused on climate change in the desert southwest while establishing fundraisers supporting projects, programs, and long-term organizational goals.
Since joining HGI in 2005, Milan has worked in many positions. Their initial geophysical experience started as part of a team managing the leak detection and monitoring (LDM) program for nuclear waste tanks at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington State. The project monitored changes in subsurface conditions associated with the stability of nuclear waste tanks. Following the work with the LDM program, they moved into field geophysics while also spending five years as HGI’s Environmental Health & Safety Officer.
In addition to their work as a marketing consultant, Milan participates as a board member and member for several Tucson nonprofit organizations, including Vice President of the Arizona Hydrological Society (AHS), Tucson Clean & Beautiful (TBC), and a participating member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).
Milan holds Bachelors of Science degrees in both Environmental Science and General Science with a minor in Biology from Portland State University.