In honor of UVM Staff Appreciation Week (September 9-13, 2019), the Rubenstein School recognizes RSENR staff members who have achieved years-of-service milestones at UVM.   

Marie Vea - 20 Years

Marie has been the Rubenstein School Assistant Dean for Student Services and Staff Development since 2010. Prior to her role has assistant dean, Marie joined the School as the career services coordinator. Her career at UVM began as an ALANA recruitment coordinator in the UVM Admissions Office and then as a career counselor in Career Services. In 2005, she began a collaborative position with the Rubenstein School and Career Services and helped numerous Rubenstein School students obtain internships and develop other experiential learning opportunities. She is currently pursuing her EdD in Education Leadership and Policy Studies at UVM. As a member of the RSENR Diversity Task Force since 2005, Marie is a strong advocate for diversity in the School and on campus. She has co-taught diversity courses such as:  Power, Privilege and Environment, a senior capstone course; and at the graduate level, Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources. In 2013, Marie was awarded the UVM Women’s Center Outstanding Woman Faculty Award and the UVM ALANA Student Center Outstanding Staff & Faculty Award. In 2019, she received the UVM Presidential Our Common Ground Award.

Sean MacFaden - 15 Years

Sean is a Research Analyst in the Rubenstein School's Spatial Analysis Laboratory, where he plays a lead role in applying geospatial technologies to numerous natural resources and conservation-related projects. He has used Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing applications in wildlife habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment, ecological reserve design, conservation lands, forest characterization, and watershed-scale analyses of pollutant loading. Most recently, he has used object-based image analysis (OBIA) techniques in conjunction with high-resolution imagery and LiDAR to map natural resources in a variety of urban and suburban settings, including multiple tree canopy assessments (UTC) for cities and counties in the United States. He is currently using LiDAR and OBIA techniques to automate high-resolution mapping of wetlands in heterogeneous landscapes. Sean received his MS in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from the School in 1998.