Chris Madden Email & Phone Number

• Engage visitors to enhance their experience of Central Park
• Educate visitors about the Park’s history, ecology, design, cultural significance, and respectful use of the Park
• Monitor trails, landscapes, and other Park areas to provide assistance to visitors
• Support Conservancy public programs by leading or helping to lead public education programs and recreation opportunities
• Represent and promote the Conservancy and its mission to restore, manage and enhance Central Park in partnership with the public

• Hired to implement a new strategic vision for not simply greeting but engaging visitors, especially casual and first-time visitors, in the Nature Center’s mission
• Developed new ways to introduce visitors to Nature Center program, improving the visitor-experience and helping generate more return-visits and regular visitors
• Worked with Education Director and Visitor Experience manager to develop both planned and spontaneous/opportunistic hands-on educational experiences
• Brainstormed and helped plan curricular innovations to extend reach of education programs to new age-groups and audiences

New York City

• Used my experience and knowledge of outdoor life, especially in and around New York, to help find ideal outdoor-adventure solutions for a diverse clientele of local, national and international customers
• As lead apparel-outfitter, developed and shared my expertise in fibers, fabrics and materials to raise the bar for all outfitters regarding technical understanding and product-performance expectations
• As accomplished outdoors-generalist, collaborated across departments and disciplines to outfit everything from day-hikes to multi-continent excursions

Strategic marketing consultant to agencies and clients, including RTC-Relationship Marketing

Responsible for converting new-car owners with trial subscriptions to paying subscribers.

Led integrated accounts for various clients, including Met Life, Office Depot and Gannett Newspapers. Achieved retention and acquisition successes with efforts across many channels, disciplines and media.

Strategic marketing consultant to agencies and clients, including Sharp USA

Recruited to lead repositioning of Grey Direct to new-business prospects, search-consultants and both the digital and the direct marketing-services industry

Responsible, with Creative, Media and Production Directors, for one-third of flagship New York office

Progressed through many account-management and business-development positions during nearly a decade of growth and promotions

New York, NY

Direct- and database-marketing account manager