Gwendolyn Hearn Email and Phone Number

• Instrumental in the execution of a five-year strategic plan for an organization focused on re-engineering how BIPOC girls from marginalized communities experience STEM through a network of STEM educators that promote access, belonging, and persistence.• Directed five volunteer-led STEM events and projects simultaneously that support mission and youth needs.• Managed a national network of STEM educators and volunteers and deployed best practice in managing entire partner lifecycles from recruitment, onboarding, support and evaluation.• Ran a volunteer program with corporate volunteers, facilitating 25 events in 2022.• Collaborated with fund development team to recruit, train, and manage corporate volunteers to support corporate social responsibility opportunities with an average of 100 volunteers per year from Chevron, Alaska Airlines, Samsung, Dolby, and more.• Worked with partner companies to determine program and volunteer opportunities based on employee interest and skills, partnering with internal communications team to create volunteer recruitment resources and training for employees.• Acted as grant manager for Techbridge Girls STEM events mini-grant program ($30K), developing application, determining awards, writing RFP, creating tracking system, managing all necessary documents, and providing reports.• Edited outreach text and communications to increase engagement of BIPOC girls from marginalized communities. • Created volunteer-focused Role Models Matter training course with a focus on implicit bias, gender, and cultural relativity.• Built strong relationships with event leaders to create a DEI-conscious nationwide network.• Tracked metrics, including number of volunteers trained, demographics of volunteers, demographics of youth served, and number of people engagement to increase BIPOC youth participation, maximize engagement, and make programmatic adjustments.

• Served as project lead for inventory projects, reconciling objects against their accession files, assigning catalog numbers, updating objects’ location, and creating digital surrogates for American Coin collection and Record collection for the United States.• Created and maintained objects databases in collections management software and provided key information to team members.

• Created, marketed, and led in-person and online training and workshops for volunteers to engage youth in engineering activities within an engineering education-focused non-profit.• Crafted marketing copy for emails, social media, and websites to support volunteer recruiting.• Recruited diverse educators and volunteers to join program advisory group for feedback and new ideas.• Managed “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” program, including program outreach and resource development for 1,500+ volunteers from companies such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman, professional societies, and engineering students.• Coordinated and managed national and international volunteer outreach and recruitment for educational IMAX film Dream Big, working with industry partners to source volunteers. • Created tracking database of placement, program evaluation, and professional development opportunities for 600+ volunteers.• Facilitated communication with community partners and diversity council members.• Worked with professional engineering societies to develop program materials and resources with a focus on race, gender-identity, sexual orientation, and disability status to make engineering accessible to historically marginalized groups. • Gathered, analyzed, and reported program metrics to senior staff, including attendance and demographics for events.

• Managed content development for special exhibitions webpage, and facilitated drafting and revision of baseline documents that govern object collection and maintenance for seven area parks.• Processed and cataloged over 5,400 objects for Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Interior Collections. • Represented regional office in assisting local parks with collections inventory and general collections care.

• Identified and acquired digital media on human connections to water to support exhibition on importance of water in life.• Negotiated and tracked contracts and budgets for securing user agreements for media use.

• Researched and evaluated over 100 objects for inclusion in Object Project exhibit using archival and primary sources.

• Facilitated ecology-themed learning excursions for PreK-12 school groups to complement classroom curriculum.• Discussed and performed educational activities focused on North Texas ecosystems; led tours for over 400 children.• Created opportunities for educator engagement with tailored curriculum and resources for outdoor education.

• Educated visitors about the evolution of butterflies and their lifecycle in conjunction with the Partners in Evolution exhibit in the Butterfly Pavilion.

• Designed and delivered a five-hour interpretive natural and cultural history tour to 18,000+ national and international park visitors.

• Presented interactive science and technology-themed tours of visiting Star Wars exhibit to PreK-12 school groups and public to educate visitors on innovative technologies around transportation and civil engineering.• Supervised and coached a team of 15 paid staff and adult and teen volunteers.