Wayne H. Turner Email & Phone Number

Jackson, WY, US

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Guiding nonprofit organizations through moments of change. Providing strategic management and fundraising counsel to accelerate, increase, and achieve impact at the intersection of environment, economics, and community.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Startup nonprofit dedicated to engaging, inspiring, and creating educational opportunities for Utah’s Pre-K through 12th grade students, teachers, families, scientists, professionals, entrepreneurs, and visitors. Building first-of-its-kind residential, pIace-based educational center in Utah's Wasatch Range. Increasing Utahn's understanding and appreciation.

United Kingdom

Social-impact technology company focused on designing, developing, and delivering affordable Internet of Things (IoT) sensor technology to smallholder farms - worldwide. Worked extensively with family-scale shrimp farms in Bangladesh to employ company's technology to improve shrimp pond water quality, increase farm production, and increase farmer.

Kiganza, Tanzania

Co-founded the Gombe School of Environment & Society - adjacent to Gombe Stream National Park (Tanzania). Served as treasurer to US-based fundraising organization. Advised Tanzanian administrative and teaching teams on fundraising, strategic program development, personnel management, and facilities construction. Chosen by global governing board of.

Olivebridge, New York

Led residential environmental education and arts center focused on “Teaching, inspiring and building community through shared experiences in nature, history, and the arts.” Managed complete institutional turn-around (program, finances, culture, and facilities) during $7.5 million capital campaign to build new, sustainably-designed residential campus.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Designed, led, and executed fundraising strategy to secure $40 million to establish new programs and 77,000 square feet of facilities. Campaign enabled threefold operational growth in revenue over four years: $3 to $10 million significantly extending the programmatic reach of the Schools. Secured $2.1 million annually in philanthropic support during.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Led major program area focused on “Engaging teachers, parents and organizational leaders in professional development that integrates educational excellence, innovation, leadership, and place.” Developed and designed pedagogically appropriate and content-rich programming with global reach e.g. Bhutan. Awarded $1 million grant from National Forum on Children.

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Secured $1 million in start-up financing for commercial-scale shellfish production facility (hatchery). Bridged biological specifications with state-of-the-art engineering techniques to design, construct, and operate a technically complex facility, among the largest in the United States (approximately 1 acre on land and in sea). Formed strategic alliance.

Westport, Massachusetts

Branded the blue-eyed bay scallop as icon for harnessing community action to curb point/non-point pollution. Established 501(c)(3) nonprofit to lead a community effort: Bay Scallop Restoration Project. Developed and led watershed-centric educational efforts to engage K-12 students, teachers, schools, 5 towns spanning two states (MA and RI) to focus on the.

Westport, Massachusetts

Created shellfish marketing division as part of existing vegetable farmers' marketing cooperative. Secured $75,000 in working capital to organize 22 commercial member fishermen. Managed processing, packaging, and marketing of six tons of trademarked “Heritage Coast” bay scallops. Proved principle of local economics: “new pick-­up truck phenomenon” (feel.

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: Outing ClubParticipated in a diverse and broad education while majoring in biology. Developing strong interests.

Education record

Between Junior and Senior year, I represented Bishop Connolly High School in the 6-week summer High School Field Ecology program at Teton.