Dakota Spear Email and Phone Number

• Recruited, trained, scheduled, and supervised high-volume volunteers for all Kandelia programming, including advisors, tutors, classroom aides, interpreters, community resource support, events assistants, and more• Developed and maintained close working relationships with community partners, students, teachers, school counselors, and all Kandelia teams to monitor volunteer needs and appropriately match volunteers based on preferences, skills, availability, and fit• Collaborated with volunteer managers throughout Seattle to share resources and improve volunteer programs as a member of United Way of King County volunteer manager taskforce• Consulted with University of Washington staff to provide placements, supervision, and evaluations for undergraduate student internships and required volunteer hours

• Managed volunteer program for all youth and family-oriented programming• Independently recruited, interviewed, selected, trained, and supervised over 30 youth (high school) volunteers• Developed and administered all volunteer training, support, and appreciation events and benefits• Managed logistics, protocols, and curricula for all youth and family-oriented programs• Collaborated with team to create and run 32 new virtual (Zoom) summer camp sessions for grades Pre-K to 8• Conducted outreach to develop and maintain partnerships for collaborative programming and guest speakers• Used program feedback and impact reports to draft and propose program changes to team members• Created new standard operating procedures for managing files and partner coordination to increase team efficiency• Active member of the Pacific Science Center Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) committee

• Engaged with guests, provided customer services, interpreted science exhibits, and conducted interactive activities including science demonstrations and planetarium shows attended by 20 to 200 guests• Trained adult and youth volunteers and staff on customer service, guest engagement, and exhibit interpretation• Handled and performed with hazardous materials including liquid nitrogen and hydrogen gas• Scripted and coded live planetarium shows using html and Digitarium software and coding language

• Collaborated with co-teacher and aides to teach environmental education camps and field studies courses at Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center • Adjusted curricula as necessary to suit group needs, including for students with sensory processing disorders, English language learners, and for age-appropriate content• Wrote new curricula and edited existing curricula to suit equity and inclusion guidelines and science standards

• Coordinated the Coexisting with Carnivores program, acting as liaison between Woodland Park Zoo and residents of the City of Issaquah and developing organizational partnerships with Issaquah businesses• Organized, publicized, and ran all events, including community meetings, talks and panels, and open houses • Used asset-based community development methods to engage residents of Issaquah, WA to create community-led solutions to prevent conflict with carnivores• Prepared project reports for managers and funders• Recruited, coordinated, and trained volunteers of all ages for camera trapping research efforts• Developed rigorous and interactive two-day volunteer training for community-led conservation research project

• Engaged public visitors at Seattle beaches to answer questions, teach about beach habitat and organisms, and encourage empathic behavior toward animals• Assisted administrators to coordinates volunteer shifts at the beach and ensure all volunteers had fun and successful shifts

• Planned and managed research project on spider diversity in Indonesian oil palm plantations• Supervised associated field team in Indonesia • Identified spider species collected over four years of field work in Sumatra, Indonesia• Conducted all statistical analysis and prepared articles for publication

• Taught undergraduate Evolution and Behaviour and Animal Biology courses• Supervised safe use of laboratory equipment and techniques, including but not limited to: fume hood use; compound, digital, and electron microscopes; centrifuge; autoclave; mass spectrometer; DNA chromatography; and proper DNA sterilization techniques• Corrected and graded assigned lab reports

• Thoreau Scholar 2014–2015; Howard Hughes Medical Institute research grant 2013; NSF REU grant 2014• Oversaw undergraduate research team studying effects of urbanization and wildfires on arthropods of Southern California• Collaborated with team to study the effects of urbanization on Southern California reptile and amphibian distribution, and the utility of citizen science for collecting viable distributional data• Developed and administered independent research on effects of pollen type on parasitism, development, and survival rates of parasitic wasps in the genus Sapyga• Planned, wrote and conducted all analyses for peer-reviewed, published journal articles• Captured live lizards for measurement and blood collection• Dissected preserved lizard specimens and collected gut content for identification• Cared for White’s Tree Frogs in the Pomona College Department of Biology vivarium

• Teaching Assistant for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology lab sections• Student Mentor and grader for Introductory Genetics and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology• Supervised safe use of laboratory equipment and techniques, including but not limited to: fume hood use; compound, digital, and electron microscopes; centrifuge; autoclave; mass spectrometer; DNA chromatography; and proper DNA sterilization techniques

• Managed Farm affairs, budget, planting and maintenance with other Farm Administrators• Organized and ran workshops and events about organic farming practices• Arranged and led Farm tours for elementary school, high school and college student groups• Scheduled use of the Farm for academic purposes with Pomona College professors • Oversaw improvement projects including outdoor classroom construction, blog development, educational program creation and grant submissions

• Managed ASVO Matapalo sea turtle conservation project with other administrators• Collaborated with staff of researchers to collect data about sea turtle nesting habits and survival rates• Planned and led groups of international volunteers in sea turtle and beach conservation projects• Trained new volunteers in sea turtle conservation techniques, methods and proper handling of animals