Mark Hauser Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois

• Education Manager from 2/12 to 2/17Education Coordinator from 9/07 to 2/12
• Conduct Floristic Quality Assessments for project sites.
• Train Wildlife Monitoring Volunteers (bats, osprey, and turtles).
• Lead restoration workdays along the Chicago River.
• Provide guidance for K-12 teachers developing Chicago River classroom curriculum.
• Provide support for 9-12 teachers developing Chicago River service-learning projects.

Itasca, Illinois

• Taught public, school, scout, and family programs to increase environmental awareness.
• Designed and build environmental exhibits and signage for the Discovery Room and grounds.
• Developed brochures and fliers to promote nature center events and to increase public visitation.
• Designed and edited graphics and informational content of the nature center’s website.

Central Park, NYC

• Led public and school tours on natural history and historical topics in Central Park and Manhattan.
• Rescued and aided in the rehabilitation of New York City’s urban wildlife.Associate Urban Park Ranger (Sergeant) from 6/98 to 6/99 and 2/00 to 10/00
• Coordinated an AmeriCorps program for the Parks Department ($340,000 USEPA grant).
• Supervised 19 AmeriCorps Members. Responsible for all training, programming and evaluation.
• Supervised an AmeriCorps restoration team that planted over 7,000 trees between 1998-2000.
• Oversaw all fiscal management, including purchase orders, receiving reports, and statements.Acting Deputy Director from 6/99 to 2/00

Newark, NJ

• Coordinated an USEPA-funded AmeriCorps program ($238,000 grant).
• Supervised 15 AmeriCorps Members. Responsible for all training, programming, and evaluation.
• Organized community outreach efforts to prevent lead and carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Supervised a comprehensive urban stream restoration project, water quality testing and erosion control.
• Reported all program accomplishments to project funders and partners.

Republic Of Mali

• Organized a village-based beekeeping project, with emphasis on self-sufficiency and record-keeping.
• Managed a comprehensive soil conservation project involving tree planting and soil erosion control.
• Planned and implemented a village cooperative tree nursery, for the purposes of reforestation.
• Conducted rural town meetings on wood and soil conservation, and other natural resource topics.
• Educated Malian families in the construction of more efficient wood-burning mud stoves.

Master Of Science (Ms), Natural Resources

Environmental Interpretation Exhibit Design

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Geology/Geography