Mary Fitzpatrick Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Serve as main point of contact for guests during their visit to Museum Center.• Collaborate with content experts and fellow team member to develop creative gallery programs and activities that inspired and engaged guests of all backgrounds and abilities.• Oversee production and maintenance of program materials.• Train and mentored fellow Museum Experience Team members, as well as youth and adult volunteers.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Adjunct Natural Science Instructor

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Served as main point of contact for guests during their visit to Museum Center.• Collaborated with content experts and fellow team member to develop creative gallery programs and activities that inspired and engaged guests of all backgrounds and abilities.• Oversaw production and maintenance of program materials.• Trained and mentored fellow Museum Experience Team members, as well as youth and adult volunteers.

World Of Insects

• Acted as host and guide for the World of the Insect building to ensure positive visitor experience with building's animal collection and exhibits.• Engaged members of the public with insects in live animal encounters.• Monitored World of the Insect building public area, focusing on Butterfly Aviary, to ensure compliance with US Department of Agriculture (USDA) permitted insect containment expectations.

Highfield Discovery Garden - Glenwood Gardens

Plan, prepare, research and present interpretive programs for groups of all ages in the Highfield Discovery Garden (HDG) and other venues as needed. Provide information pertaining to Natural/Cultural History in an educational and entertaining manner. Care for program animals. Assist park staff and volunteers with upkeep of Discovery Garden. Assist with operation of Cotswold Visitor Centre and Nature's Niche gift shop including merchandising, customer service, supervising volunteers and use of point of sale system. As co-supervisor of vegetable garden in 2016 and 2017 designed and implemented planting/maintenance/harvesting plan and work flow system for HDG vegetable garden to ensure garden is at peak performance for educational and aesthetic visitor interactions. As Co-chair of Trillium Trail Art Fair 2014 recruit artists, and entertainers, jury artist submissions, oversee set-up and running of the event.

Cincinnati, Oh

Assisted with school outreach programming, and field trips to the observatory campus. Helped facilitate adult astronomy education programs. Conducted history tours of observatory campus for daytime walk-in visitors. Organized and analyzed survey data from public programs and school outreach programs.

Assist in presenting science education programs at various venues including both in class room and after school settings. Assist with Lego WeDo based activities designed to teach 7 – 11 year olds about simple robotics by building models with attached sensors and motors that are plugged into a laptop and activated using drag-and-drop software.

Present education programs to schools, day camps focusing on butterflies both from a scientific and cultural view. Material about butterfly life-cycle includes hooks for explaining the importance of kids having a healthy lifestyle. Also assist where needed in day to day operations of the Butterfly show

Produce pre-bills and invoices for all jobs for a mailing, printing and fulfillment company Keep records of special customer pricing. Process incoming invoices. Maintain Lotus spread sheets used for estimating. Customize, trouble-shoot and maintain pricing and activity codes in Streamline Solution's Printstream billing/estimating/accounting program. Train Sales staff on use of both Lotus and Printstream estimating software. Track paper and office supply usage. Track work flow. Work with Sales staff to produce job estimates. Work with Purchasing Manager to make, and track purchases.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Biology, General

Project Dragonfly's Advanced Inquiry Program Master Plan Focus - Promoting Science Engagement in Adults in Greater Cincinnati.

Ba, Political Science

Certificate, Natural Science, Completed

• Mosquitoes & Ticks 2012 • Fossils