Brian Kutsch Email & Phone Number

Little Rock, AR, US

Maumelle, Arkansas, United States

• Responsible for rapidly expanding an extensive national network of educational decision-makers to participate in Army Education Outreach Programs (AEOP) and managing the eCYBERMISSION volunteer recruitment coordinator
• Expertly craft standards-aligned collaborations with superintendents and school district personnel across the country, reaching millions of students with a focus on underserved student communities
• Create innovative and highly technical presentations for collaborative meetings and large conferences that develop relationships between educational organizations and the AEOP
• Utilize AI and other advanced software programs to create innovative solutions and highly efficient processes
• Member of the product development process team for the National Science Teaching Association

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

• Helped K-12 schools excel at branding, marketing, messaging and communications
• Assisted with the coordination of marketing, registration, preparation and implementation of conferences for school superintendents and communications directors
• Built and managed the registration system used for the conferences

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

• Senior level position responsible for youth and adult education programming, teen and adult volunteers
• Annual departmental gross revenue increased more than 100% within first two years
• Redesigned camp program has generated 12 times as much revenue and seven times as many registrations compared to the year prior to my arrival
• Successfully launched the Zoo's first menu of virtual education programming
• Developed programming focused on diversity/inclusion and scholarship services
• Produced and launched a multi-organization, collaborative field trip program ensuring that all 1,800+ third grade students in the Little Rock School District would visit the Zoo on an annual basis

• Coordinated youth and adult educational programming totaling roughly 36,000-42,000 visitors annually as a senior level staff member
• Department attendance reached a record level in 2017, 95% above 2012
• Improved department revenue approximately fivefold since arriving and implemented programs that have attracted up to $300,000 per year in donations/sponsorships
• Assisted with planning and opening of $32 million conservatory opening and planning for redesigned children’s garden
• Supervise volunteer program totaling 30,000+ hours per year and set the record for total annual hours
• Created innovative summer camp program generating roughly $50,000 per year

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Increased education department gross revenue 29% in 2011 to the highest point ever at roughly $400,000 and set the department on track to break the record again in 2012
• The increase in program popularity mentioned above attracted a $30,000 per year sponsor
• Significantly upgraded detailed budget management system
• Managed permanent full-time and part-time staff, more than 30 seasonal personnel, including volunteer services
• Managed the annual budget, assisted with grant application and management, focused on diversity/inclusion and scholarship services for classes, ZooSchool program, nightlife programs, scout programs, special events and.
• Assisted with securing a $250,000 Institute of Museum and Library Sciences grant

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Developed unique and effective programs for teens and adults leading to the biggest annual hour increase and the highest annual hours total (nearly 50,000 hours) in the zoo’s history
• Created an innovative teen leadership academy that allowed participants to attend a business management course at UAB for free
• Organized and recruited volunteers for special events requiring coverage of up to 1,500 volunteer slots
• Managed or assisted with all aspects of on-boarding, training, teen and adult volunteer programming and budget maintenance
• Implemented the first online volunteer management and communication system for the zoo
• Improved advertising and on-boarding leading to the biggest increase in interns in the zoo’s history

Garden City, Kansas, United States

• Scheduled, staffed and taught on and off-site programs covering a variety of curricula for grades K-12
• Designed all permanent exhibit signs, graphics for large-scale event advertisements, and many Zoo brochures

Cibola, Arizona, United States

• Student Conservation Association – 12-Month Internship
• Developed and taught environmental education curricula, managed activities of all work-camper volunteers and public use activities, fishing, visitor use, and habitat maintenance
• Researched and aided in writing the refuge’s ten-year narrative

• Marketed, scheduled, and taught all aspects of the training department, and managed the sales of training courses

Homer, Alaska, United States

• Student Conservation Association – Six-Month Internship
• Developed and taught multiple conservation education curricula and assisted with management of the volunteer team

Animal Science, Animal Science

High School Diploma, Emphasis In Science