Derek Landrum Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Greater New Orleans Area

Provide overall management for the Plaquemines Parish 4-H program and operationsMange a team of twelve volunteer 4-H club leaders - schedule meetings, workshops, and field trips, collect dues and member enrollments, and connect members with 4-H opportunities at the parish, regional, and state levelUsing the ISOTURE model for volunteer management, recruit and onboard new volunteers, fit their interest to organizational goals, and ensure volunteer recognitionDevelop and prepare curriculum for 11 monthly 4-H club meetings, implementing and facilitating educational activities to 4-H club members that are tied into Louisiana Student StandardsDevelop content for Plaquemines Parish 4-H social media and update the Plaquemines LSU AgCenter webpage using content management software. Manage our marketing and outreach, including developing fliers, a monthly newsletter, and creation of marketing materialsPlan and implement parish-wide 4-H events, including community events and the annual Cookery Contest, which involves over a dozen volunteers, over 100 youth participants, and variety of community partnersCollaborate with community partners on educational programming opportunities Develop, process, and interpret event evaluations for our workshops and camp outs, results from which are used in our annual reporting to local, state, and federal entitiesMaintain inventory of program supplies and procure new supplies as necessaryMember of the Louisiana Land Grant Universities “Coming Together for Racial Understanding” train-the-trainer team. We conducted trainings using the Everyday Democracy Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation Curriculum. Overall, we trained 20 university faculty on how to navigate and delivery programming on difficult conversations about race and racism.

Houma, Louisiana

Planned and conducted research projects on sugar cane, summer squash, and greenhouse vegetable seedlings. I analyzed data for publications, contributed to such publications as posters, abstracts, and journal articles.Field duties included harvesting sugar cane, planting and harvesting squash field experiments, working in greenhouse on seed seedling growth experiments, and growing cover crops in raised beds.Lab duties included designing and implementing project measuring seed germination in growth chambers.Delivered presentations about on-going research to a variety of audiences including school age youth, industry professionals, and academic partners.Coordinated research projects with industry and academic research partners.Responsible for general equipment facilities maintenance. Responsible for using hand and power tools to repair equipment. Trained in forklift, tractor with front end loader, and 4x4 truck use.

Assateague Island National Seashore

Monitored nesting and fledging habits of Piping Plovers and implemented Endangered Species Act Protection Plan. Tracked bird location and nest locations on 14 miles of barrier island.Recorded data about brood survival.Installed nest enclosures to protect nesting birds from disturbance.Set up barriers and signs to warn guest and keep them away from bird habitat.Communicated importance of endangered species protection to park visitors.

Long Lake, New York

Constructed and maintained hiking trails in backcountry areas of the Adirondacks. This included felling trees, constructing trail features like water bars, timber bridges, stone staircases, etc.Wilderness Advanced First Aid Certified and Conservation Field Specialist Certification

Masters Of Science, Agriculture Extension And Education, 4.26

Bachelors Of Science, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, 3.5 (Cum Laude)