Innovative, creative, and technologically savvy educational curriculum designer familiar with current trends in education, educational technology, and educational policy. Managed planning and development of educational curricula and online learning tools. Revamped aging program components to appeal to today’s technologically savvy learners. Skill and experience conceiving, designing, writing, assessing, and implementing new educational curricula and complementary learning technologies.- Developed and led train-the-trainer programs. Designed and led 1-7 day teacher professional development workshops. Planned and coordinated international science and teaching conferences in South Africa, Canada, and United States.- Designed a student collaboration and learning environment which utilizes online social networking tools that capture student interest and supports collaboration between students, teachers, and scientists from around the world.- Conceived and designed an innovative framework that guides teacher and learners through the process of scientific inquiry and research.- Coordinated four National Science Foundation funded Earth System Science Projects. Assisted with design and integration of innovative new educational technology tools including design of new GIS visualization and analysis tools, student-scientist research forums, online scientific report writer, and online peer review interface. - Initiated and developed a new website to support teaching and learning about climate science as means to keep expanding new offerings despite reductions in programmer assistance.- Developed inquiry-based and hands-on Earth system science learning activities and investigations focusing on climate, climate change, weather, watersheds, land use change, phenology, deep-ocean ecology, carbon cycling, environmental science, data analysis and visualization, GIS, and the process of science.

- Co-Principle Investigator for NASA’s Student Involvement Program responsible for overall project management, curriculum development, program evaluation, outreach, subcontractor coordination, and communication. Modernized program materials and curricula making them more pedagogically sound and interesting for students.- Designed and developed curriculum for NASA’s International Space Station EarthKAM program. Developed and wrote inquiry-based Earth system science, environmental science, geography, and technology curricula. Developed teacher training programs and instructed teacher professional development workshops. - Energized EarthKAM media, outreach, and promotional efforts resulting in major increase in school participation.- Conceived and developed a series of inquiry-based investigations and online, interactive visualizations focusing on the atmosphere, meteorology, climate, and climate change for a large companion website associated with a leading market share Earth science textbook. Assisted developing a comprehensive set of investigations specifically tailored to urban setting which filled a new market. This project included working with a large multi-disciplinary team, located in diapered locations, under tight development and testing deadlines.- Designed and wrote a month-long, capstone level Earth system suite of investigations that uses student field data, real-time and archived climate data, and experimental data to study Earth system processes involved in hurricanes and climate change. - Conducted a meta-analysis of all fifty state’s K-12 Earth science standards to assess the degree to which these standards incorporate modern revolutionary Earth system science approaches.

High profile director responsible for all aspects of organizational management, program implementation, grant writing, and fundraising for a 50,000-member regional environmental advocacy organization. Designed and implemented environmental protection advocacy campaigns that included national public outreach initiatives, advertising, and editorial media cultivation.- Designed, organized, and led a highly successful national paid media and editorial campaign intended to garner public support for Presidential designation of new National Monuments in 2000, which generated hundreds of national media articles and tens of thousands of letters of support. - Developed a reputation with local, regional, and national media as a reliable and articulate source of information on environmental issues resulting in many public speaking, television, radio, and public forum speaking engagements. - Generated funding from foundation grants, individuals, and corporate donations at the rate of $250 - $425K annually. Diversified funding sources.

Leadership and oversight of academic matters, academic program fiscal management, and academic program fund raising. Supervised the implementation and evaluation of the school’s entire academic program. Hired, mentored, supervised, and evaluated 20-24 faculty members.- Earth Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Biology, AP Biology, Algebra I, and technology teacher. Science Department Chair and boys Dorm Head.- Conceived, designed, and led an annual 16-day Grand Canyon natural and cultural history field study program. Designed and taught field study coursed focusing on the natural and cultural history of the American southwest; two-week intensive courses on wilderness awareness and color photography.- Technology administrator responsible for technology planning and implementation, teacher professional development to support technology use in teaching and campus-wide network administration.