Chris Cable Email & Phone Number

Northwest

I consult for Informal Learning Institutions and Science Centers and write capital and operating grants. Recent clients include the Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, where I assisted with planning for and presented on the Great American Eclipse across numerous US states along the elcipse's path of totality; the Indigenous Education Institute, where I was the principal grant writer for two of their NSF grant proposals; the Discovery Center of Idaho, where I assisted in analyzing grant opportunities ; and overseas planning services in Kuwait helping convert an old Palace into a Museum.

Durango, Co

Led a hands-on, inquiry-based science center for all ages in rural Colorado that featured exhibits, workshops, science programs, special events, demonstrations, summer and holiday camps, and regional outreach services, including to local and regional Indigenous populations.

Spokane, Wa

Planned, organized, and hired the initial management team to design and build a new interactive Science Center in eastern Washington State.

Anchorage, Ak

Led a hands-on, inquiry-based Science Center in Alaska that featured exhibits, programs and demonstrations, camps, and statewide outreach services that served 125 rural, largely Indigenous villages and was funded by the National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US Dept. of Education, National Science Foundation, NASA, NOAA, Institute of Museum and Library Services, the AK Federation of Natives, Murdock Charitable Trust, and numerous corporations. Successfully merged the Imaginarium with the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center in its $100M expansion.