Joshua Stringer Email & Phone Number

Durham, NH, US

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

A field supervisor managing the operations of one visitor center & three contact stations to provide professional year round services for over 2 million visitors each year. Directly supervise eight(8) park rangers as well as up to 20 park volunteers. Leads day to day operations across the park, synchronizing efforts between divisions and internal.

Big Thicket National Preserve

Centennial Coordinator at Big Thicket National Preserve (BITH) leading a cross-divisional staff committee to identify, organize, and execute all preserve efforts related to the National Park Service Centennial. Works independently and as a member of a collaborative team directly for the Chief, Interpretation and Education. Develops activities & events.

Concord & Lowell, MA

• Volunteer Park Ranger in Interpretation & Education Division providing informal historical interpretation and general park operations support to ensure a quality educational experience for all visitors. Effectively.
• Professionally facilitated visitor behavior to protect limited resources and to gain friendly compliance with the park safety rules
• Consistently encouraged visitors to respect and/or develop a sense of stewardship for park resources and protect them for the enjoyment of all visitors
• Supported development of non-personal media (i.e exhibits & publications) to provide park events information to the public
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate in cooperative planning efforts with other park leaders, partners, and community groups
• Proudly served as a representative of the National Park Service and American citizen ambassador during all interactions with park visitors to provide courteous customer support

Durham, NH

• Commander, ROTC department chair, and senior ROTC professor at the University of New Hampshire; Supervised, managed, and led a staff of 14 Soldiers, Army contractors, and Department of the Army Civilians at 8.
• As primary University faculty, interfaced daily with University support offices, professors, and administration at all levels to ensure academic, athletic, and leadership success for every Cadet
• Instructor, teacher, and mentor for over 25 senior Cadets each academic year; Created an organizational climate and classroom environment conducive to student learning, development, and growth
• Confident public speaker, routinely addressing audiences exceeding 300 members including parents, faculty, administrators, and veterans; Represented ROTC and the Army at all ceremonies and events
• Extended influence outside the organization; Developed and nurtured strong professional relationships with other military and civilian agencies throughout local communities and New England
• Demonstrated fiscal reliability and stewardship of allocated funding; Managed and executed a program operating budget exceeding $500,000 annually

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

• Operation Officer of an Engineer Brigade consisting of nine(9) battalions and 4600 Soldiers located in three different states. Responsible for synchronizing the operations, plans, training, readiness, and force.
• Selected above peers and senior officers due to demonstrated leadership potential, work ethic, and organizational skills to serve in a demanding senior leader position as the unit operations officer
• Supervised, managed, and led the largest and most senior staff within the headquarters consisting of over 35 personnel including 10 upper level organizational level leaders
• Synchronized the operations, plans, training, deployment readiness, and force modernization of over 4600 Soldiers in 9 geographically dispersed subordinate organizations across 3 States
• Confidently developed the unit 2-3 year deployment plan in support of operations in OIF/OEF; Demonstrated a strategic vision to meet the needs of combat commanders, a willingness to accept responsibility, and.
• Planned, resourced, and executed 2 successful 400 Soldier certification training exercises to confirm Army readiness standards were met prior to the units deployments to Afghanistan

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

• Brigade Plans Officer in a joint engineer brigade headquarters task organized with over 3,000 Soldiers, Airman, and Sailors while deployed in support of Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) during OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently at the strategic & operational levels of Army staff to manage engineer support across multiple commands in an austere and unpredictable environment to safely and.
• Selected to lead the effort to train, coach, and mentor our replacing unit during their pre-mobilization certification exercise in Wisconsin; Commended by their commander as an invaluable team for their pre-deployment.
• Served as lead planner and Officer in Charge of a 450 Soldier Engineer Battalion (Construction) Certification Exercise prior to their deployment in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
• Evaluated as “best of seven Majors on my staff” and, in a different rating the “best of 2” by the Brigade Commander

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Secondary Education And Teaching

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public Policy Administration