July 21, 2008 5:51 PM
DNCC's Director of Greening experience questioned
The blog redstate.com posted an item today questioning the experience level of Andrea Robinson, director of greening for the Democratic National Convention Committee.
Posted by Eric Erickson - read the post here - it notes a profile done by Jerd Smith of the Rocky that calls Robinson "thirtysomething."
According to Smith, neither Robinson nor the DNCC wanted to give her age out.
But if you read Robinson's profile on the DNCC Website it says she has "more than 25 years in the environmental field." That means she started when she was 13.
Smith reports she did, in fact, start her first environmental non-profit when she was 13 - though that particular job does not show up on Robinson's resume. It also took the DNCC about a month to produce a resume for her when the Rocky requested it. When the resume was finally produced, it actually included her current job title as the Director of Sustainability and Greening for the DNCC.
This is a high-profile position and the DNCC has made no secret about Robinson being the DNCC's first ever Director of Greening. The DNCC recently launched a challenge to all 50 state delegations to commit their delegates to being carbon neutral during the convention - but as of a month ago, only three states had signed up - California, Nevada and Vermont. Damon Jones, spokesman for the DNCC said now there are 37 delegations participating. Robinson is leading that effort.
Robinson, who was born in Orange County, Calif., does list a bachelor's degree in environmental science from the University of California, Santa Barbara on the resume. And her experience listed includes being the the consultant and greening manager for Giants Stadium and Shanghai for the Live Earth concerts in 2007.
What was not included on her resume was a lengthy career as an actress - a fact she nor the DNCC wanted to talk about.
"I'm trying to see what relevance that has. A resume is a summary of people's experience that is relevant to the job. We stand by what's on the bio," Jones said. He also said the DNCC counted Robinson's environmental activism as a teen and that it was work that could legitimately be included in the 25 years touted by the DNCC on the bio. However, that experience was not included on the resume provided to the Rocky.
The acting experience does appear to have at least one link to Robinson, according to her resume. She did 88 episodes of a TV show called "Doc" where she played opposite Billy Ray Cyrus - a show that ran from 2001-2005. On her resume, she lists developing a recycle program that served over 300 people for the show "Doc" and "Sue Thomas F.B. Eye."
To see Robinson's full acting credits - which appear to span from 1995 on an episode of "Baywatch Nights" to 2005 on "Joey" - go here.
Robinson, for her part, declined to comment on why she left the TV career off her resume.
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