Zach Orner Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Camp Courage North

Minneapolis, Mn

Primary Responsibilities: -Coordinated and facilitated 6 teen pregnancy prevention and service-learning programs in AVID classes at Hopkins West Junior High, Hopkins High School, and Heritage Academy of Science and Technology.-Developed service-learning programming and provided teambuilding initiative facilitation.-Managed complex budgets, and maintained rigorous documentation for federal, county, and organizational sponsors. -Tabled events and advocated at Hennepin County Board meetings on behalf of The Family Partnership. Projects: -Developed partnerships with Tatanka Academy, St. Anthony Park Home, Animal Humane Society, and Alice Smith Elementary School. Supervised fundraisers on behalf of Free the Children, Boys and Girls Club, & H20 for Life.-Coordinated trips with Second Harvest Heartland, Feed My Starving Children, & Science Museum of Minnesota.-Supported Heritage Academy Summer School managed by East Side Neighborhood Services.

St. Louis County, Mn

Primary Responsibilities: -Created and implemented a brand new camping, canoeing, and leadership program for youth ages 12-17, adhered to ACA standards.-Directly supervised 4 staff and took part in supervising a staff of 20+, including: mentorship, training, and evaluation. -Provided behavioral interventions for participants. Coordinated and facilitated camping events and multi–night canoeing expeditions for 15-50 participants. Maintained and developed site-wide trail system.-As Medical Director provided: day-to-day medical care, emergency medical services, risk assessment, and emergency protocol development, for all staff and participants.Projects: -Developed partnerships with the Bear Creek Acres Farm, Raptor Center at the UofM, Vertical Endeavors, Piragis Outfitters, and Vermillion Trails Campground.-Developed climbing program adhered to Climbing Wall Association (CWA) standards, and participated in designing and building a two story climbing wall. -Developed complete outdoor recreation and nature curriculum including: orienteering, canoeing, fire building, shelter building, outdoor cooking, ecology, knot tying, rock climbing, community leadership, and earth stewardship.

Minneapolis, Mn

Primary Responsibilities:-Marketing Assistant responsibilities included: social-media marketing, in-house event planning and implementation, community event management, VIP support and handling, community outreach, client networking, and product display development.-Sales Associate responsibilities included: high-end retail sales, operations management, volunteer supervision, as well as fiber arts tutoring and instruction. Projects and Partnerships:-Arranged support and donations for: Friendship Community Services, The Family Partnership, Project Success, In the Heart of the Beast Theater, multiple local food shelves, and various Twin Cities area public schools. -Developed partnership with Pillsbury House to provide fiber-arts and clothing design programming for their youth programs.-Provided: Lights, sound, logistical, and technical support for Fiber Fest events. Coordination and support for Shop Hop events. Implementation of site specific fiber-arts installation for Powderhorn Arts Fair. Event partnership initiation for Norther Spark Art Festival installation.-Spearheaded arm-knitting events, education, and marketing.

Lehi, Utah, United States

-Wrote and redesigned over 250 pages of academic curriculum including Health, Life Skills, Art, Fitness, and Program Specific courses, all adhered to Utah State Educational Standards.-Production assistant and guide for promotional films project.-Planned and enacted wilderness cleanup service-learning project.

Lehi, Ut & Remotely

Primary Responsibilities: -Worked alternating weeks providing a therapeutic and wilderness living skills program for at-risk adolescents, in Utah's West Desert. -Supervised, trained, and evaluated staff, implemented behavioral interventions, assisted with intakes and discharges, maintained rigorous documentation, applied emergency protocols, provided emergency medical care and medication administration, and coordinated with therapists, parents, and administrators.-Provided instruction in: outdoor cooking and baking, leave no trace principles, shelter building, knot tying, ecology, ethnobotany, indigenous living skills, social–skill development, conflict resolution, and orienteering.

Minneapolis, Mn

Sandy/Molalla, Or

Primary Responsibilities: -Program management and implementation for week long, residential, environmental science experience including: supervision and training of high school student volunteers, design and implementation of environmental science curriculum, application of behavioral interventions, development of recreational and social skills programming, physical site management, and logistical oversight. -Additional special needs support responsibilities included: coordinating with teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals to support students with a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral disabilities, supervising and evaluating college-age volunteer special needs counselors, managing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Individual Behavior Support Plans (IBSPs), designing and implementing adaptive science curriculum, and providing disability support training for staff team. -Significant time spent as a Program Leader and Field Instructor for 4th grade Oregon Trail Experience. Projects: -Created the Brotherhood Project, a partnership with Boys Advocacy and Mentoring (BAM!) offering mentorship, outreach services, and leadership training, to adolescent boys. -In partnership with Metro Services and local farms, developed and implemented, conservation, recycling, and composting programs.-Participated in fundraising and outreach work on behalf of the program.

Milwaukee, Or

Primary Responsibilities: -Provided residential support for adults with a wide range of physical and developmental disabilities. Tasks included: life-skills training, medication and physical therapy administration, rigorous documentation protocols, client advocacy, family outreach, employment mentorship, and crisis intervention.-Significant time spent working in sexual-offender rehabilitation program.Projects: -Developed ongoing partnerships with Oregon humane Society, Free Geek, and Special Olympics Oregon.

Neotsu, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Prescott, Az

Prescott, Az

Prescott, Az

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Portland, Or

Master'S Degree, Nonprofit Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Services

Emphasis in Gender and Sexuality. Indigenous Land-Rights Work with the Maasai of Kenya and the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico. Rigorous.

Facilitator Training Graduate, Teambuilding Facilitation

Sea Kayaking, Leadership, & Wilderness Ethics

Leadership Program Graduate, Youth Leadership & Anti-Oppression Training