Chris Lauf Email & Phone Number

Media, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Managed $4mil suite of education programs reaching 35,000 students nationally as part of Pennsylvania's most visited museum. - Led cross-functional, inter-departmental efforts to rebuild education programs after pandemic layoffs and program cancellations. Raised +$2mil in additional grant funding. - Expanded national program delivery networks reaching 100+ partner organizations in 30 states. Grew local network from 5 to 60+ partner organizations. - Managed creation and delivery of professional development workshops and learning resources for 1,000+ educators. - Managed research and evaluation partners. Developed evaluation tools, metrics and goals to maximize impact and equity. - Member of the Diversity, Equity, Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directed all aspects of educational ranch with $1.5mil annual operating budget, 20+ staff, a 21 acre facility and programs reaching more than 2000 youth annually. - Doubled revenue, increased capacity, created new program offerings - Led participatory process to create of Mission, Vision, and Values statements - Directly supervised all instructor staff, led trainings, and created peer-to-peer mentorship opportunities - Collaborated in three-way partnership with community organizations to create a 100-tree community orchard - Facilitated collaborative decision-making processes, staff meetings, staff trainings, and community meetings - Co-created diversity, equity and inclusion advisory board

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed operations for 21 acre ranch and education programs serving 2000 participants annually. - Managed business operations including budget, program offerings, communications and personnel - Collaborated with land owners, renters, city officials, and neighbors to balance competing land use needs, create land management strategy, and maintain safe operations of educational programming - Created short and long-term land use strategy for maintenance and improvement of historic buildings, gardens, orchards, trails, animal facilities, outdoor classrooms, and horseback riding facilities - Managed staff, contractors, and consultants

San Francisco Bay Area

- Developed and ran new woodshop program for homeschoolers. Program quickly grew into a robust suite of offerings including summer camps and after school classes with $50k revenue. - Created and taught NGSS-aligned middle school science program, ecology-themed summer camps, and tinkering programs. - Taught nature connection, outdoor skills, animal interactions, survival skills, gardening, and wildcrafting programs with youth aged 3-16

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed the day to day maintenance and upkeep of 21 acre ranch, historic buildings, gardens, orchards, outdoor classrooms, animal and horseback riding facilities, trails, and wild spaces.

San Francisco Bay Area

Collaborated with nationally renowned Muslim school to create and teach culturally responsive NGSS-aligned science program for middle-schoolers. The experiential, hands-on, investigative, student-driven curriculum incorporated citizen science projects, science fairs, field work, philosophy of science, and science in society. Trained and mentored two additional teachers as program grew.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Designed and delivered science education programs in the outreach department of Indonesia's national science and technology center. - Delivered museum-wide professional development training in science communication - Collaborated with WHO, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and other stakeholders to design and implement a public health educational initiative to prevent Avian Influenza (H5N1). - Developed and delivered science programs for regional and remote community outreach projects - Trained gallery staff in science communication principles, oral presentation skills, and science performance - Trained local youth in remote villages as volunteer gallery staff while hosting traveling exhibitions

Australia

Garnered $40k sponsorship and in-kind support from the Myer Foundation, the Australian Geographic Foundation, Questacon - Australia's national science and technology center, and Brunton. - Bicycled 3000 miles to share program with 7,957 students at 51 rural, remote, and Indigenous schools - Program explored the science of energy and the power of adventure using story-telling, hands-on workshops, and exciting performances. - Liased with teachers to align program to school curriculum and subject areas of highest need. - Managed trip logistics for remote areas including stretches of more than two weeks between food drops.

Graduate Diploma, Technical And Scientific Communication

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Ecology And Evolutionary Biology