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It has been an absolute delight to work with you throughout your esteemed tenure here at WRI. You are a wellspring of knowledge and inspiration, and your rugged independence will serve you well in your next role, which as I understand it will entail GSing for the US at USGS. Looking forward to hearing all about it as your promising career progresses and as you embark on this next journey.

Best of luck,
Alex

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Having a very fun and restful time in Three Ridges!!

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You're the best foster boss of all times

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You're the best foster boss of all times

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Amelia, it is crazy to think that we haven't actually met in person (yet), because you have been such an important person for me during my time in WRI. I will always be grateful for your patience and kindness, and because you and the folks at the data team always made me feel welcomed to RW. I will miss you a lot but I'm happy for the next step in your career. If you ever visit Mexico please let me know. Hasta pronto!

Eduardo

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Having now had the chance to work with you not once but twice, I feel well qualified to say what an awesome coworker you are. You and a bad attitude go together like chocolate and hummus, which is to say not at all. I've always envied your ability to happily navigate rough waters and your new gig feels extremely fitting! A huge congratulations and thank you for everything you've gone for RW and WRI, and I'll plan to buy a drink for you sometime soon. Good luck!!
- Carolyn

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Hey Amelia,

Above all else, congratulations on your new job! It's absolutely great that you are pursuing the topics and work that mean the most to you. Plus USGS sounds really good. We all look forward to a year or two from now when you can host all your old RW colleagues in your Hawaiian or Puerto Rican villa.

You consistently bring a positive attitude to the workplace and your interactions, and always keep an even keel. Along with being quick to laugh or see the humor in a situation, it's made you a great person to work with. Don't let the glitz and glamor of a government job change you too much.

Peter

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Hi Amelia, Congratulations on your new role. It sounds like a terrific opportunity for you to join two of your key passions - water and data. You have been a fantastic team lead and colleague at RW. When we have seen challenges you have always been there with analytical insights and well thought out solutions. As Data Team Lead you have managed and mentored colleagues, provided opportunities for growth and considered how team members could enjoy a balanced set of projects and tasks. Thank you for going above and beyond and for always thinking about how we could make the RW team thrive. I am certain that you will enjoy your time at USGS. - Anders

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I know we only worked together for 6 months and never met in person, but I feel like I have known you for so long. Its really a testament to just how welcoming, friendly, and open you have been to me and the RW team :) Beyond that you are capable, talented, driven and a girl-boss. I feel lucky to have had you as a coworker, friend, and mentor during my time here. I will miss swapping Peace Corps stories and going on virtual plant tours, but I am so excited for you to start your new role in water management with USGS (terabytes of data here you come!!) Lookin forward to keeping in touch. (And traveling together? plz)
- Rachel

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Amelia, it was such a pleasure getting to know you and work with you.  Thank you for teaching me so much about your work and the work of the data team.  Your new team at USGS will certainly benefit from your knowledge and leadership skills.

Best of luck in your new adventure!
Nina

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Amelia, you have been an awesome manager, a wonderful teammate, and a very good friend. I feel very lucky that it was you who guided me through my journey at WRI since last July. You were so helpful and supportive ever since we met (virtually) in that phone interview, and I am incredibly grateful for everything you have done for me. The way you work has inspired me in a lot of ways. And thanks to you, I have learned a ton first as an intern and then as a full-time.
Good luck on your next adventure! I am sure your new team at USGS will be constantly amazed by you and thank themselves for hiring you. And I look forward to hanging out with you soon!
-Yujing

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Amelia! I know we never met in person, because there was this pandemic, and also an Ocean- But you're incredible. You've always been immensely knowledgeable and insightful on every project I've come to you for help with. I'm going to miss your advice, your wild travel stories, and your irrepressible smile.
Best of luck with this next chapter! I'm sure you'll absolutely smash it :)
Becky xx

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Throwback to when Amelia pet a baby manatee's belly

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Amelia, it has been a pleasure to get to know you, and work with you.
Thanks for your support, patience, and ongoing will to help.
I'm sure that your next professional experience will be great, and your new team will be very lucky to have you!

Best,
Sergio

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This one week of knowing you has been so enlightening! But seriously, working on the 7th floor with you on the RW data team was a real time of growth. Your insight and advice for both work and grad school were invaluable. I feel fortunate to have collaborated with you on both data analysis and management. You're gonna do amazing water work at the USGS! Please come visit the west coast again, and don't forget your bug net.

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Remember that time we went out to Shenandoah and WV every weekend to see the peak colors???

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What a long and crazy ride it's been!! I can't believe 3 years have gone by of us working together. I bet you didn't expect your young and peppy coworker to latch herself on to you to go hiking all of the time. You've been one of my favorite parts of working at WRI, and it goes without saying that I'm going to miss being able to slack you at any time of the day to share my dumb jokes and gifs. You've been such a wonderful mentor to our new DT members, and Resource Watch would crumble without your diligence in documentation. My only solace is that you'll be in DC at least for the foreseeable future, so you can't get me out of your life completely!!! Here's to many more hiking, kayaking, and wine-ing trips in the future :D

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Congratulations on your new role! USGS is incredibly lucky to have you. I'm so grateful to have be able to work with you. I appreciate your dedication, logical brain, and patience. No one else could have created an entire new analytical tool in two weeks to make sure I could fulfill a promise. You've been nothing but fun, supportive, and generous with your feedback and insights. When you aren't being grumpy and confused by my thought process ;). I'll miss being able to message you on Teams because now I need to text you when I have random thoughts. Thank you for being an incredible friend and colleague. You're going to crush it!

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Your knowledge about GIS, and perspectives on data accuracy, intended use, etc. have been so helpful. Your insights will be difficult to replace, especially with someone as helpful and easy to work with as yourself! I am sure you'll continue your great work in this new chapter, and I wish you all the best there! I hope our paths will cross again.

Best wishes,
Gregory

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Amelia, It was great knowing you and working with you through SCL. You are such a talent and wonderful to work with. We will miss you. Congratulations and wish you the best in your next chapter. - Mengpin

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Ameliaaaa I really wish we'd had more time to hang out in person and it feels like an era is ending BUT I'm so incredibly excited that you're taking this next step that sounds so perfect for you and I know you're going to do great!! Hopefully we can hang out again before one of us leaves the DMV :)

Hugs,
Hillary

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I only worked with you for a short time during my internship, but I learned a ton about writing scripts, problem solving, and project management from you. I appreciated your patience as you trained me and how you were always willing to help. It's very clear that you had a tremendous impact on everyone at WRI and you'll surely be missed! Best of luck at USGS!

-Jason

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You have been such a great part of the team; always helpful and eager to help me with my pesky ops questions! Your new job and organization sounds awesome and I wish you all the luck and success :) - Kritika

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Hi Amelia! It was great getting to know you via our work in the SCL and I wish we had more time to hang out!
I wish you all the best in this amazing and exciting next chapter!
Best!!!
Leo Vigna

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It's been fantastic to work with you at WRI for the past few years.  You brought new insights and innovation to everything we do, and I hope we can be teammates again in the future! USGS is so lucky to have you!
-Liz

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Amelia, I'm very grateful to have you as my supervisor for my first real job! You have always been super supportive, fun, patient, and inspiring. Since I joined the team, I have benefited and learned so much from your efforts to make the data team more organized and better documented. I'll miss you every time I search through those helpful documentations for answers. Hope we have more chances to hang out in DC soon! Wish you all the best at USGS!
-Tori

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Dear Amelia! It was great working with you. I will miss you smart thoughts and solutions you brought to our meetings. USGS can be happy to have a new enthusiastic colleague. Hope we can stay in contact and maybe we cross paths again in the future!
Johannes

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Amelia,
Congrats on the new gig! You've been such a wonderful coworker and I'll miss our ongoing tally of how many times people have mixed us up. Glad we're friends out in the real world, but I'll miss seeing you around professionally.
-Emilia

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I'm sure you'll do gret at your new job, it was a pleasure to work with you! Thank you for all your help and good disposition, it's always nice to find hard working people that are also willing to engage with others :) Have fun and take care!
- Sam L

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Amelia, first of all congratulations! Your new role sounds interesting.
But we will miss you and your insights, problem solving, attention to detail, not to mention the ability to manage meetings with different personalities: all the skills that made you such a great RDI colleague and that you will surely take with you throughout your career. Best of luck!
Laura MV