Chrissy Word

Experience

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  Butterfly Project NYC

  Oct 2003 - now

  Co-founder and Programs Coordinator

  Butterfly Project is a grass roots, volunteer-led, organization of New Yorkers with a common goal—to promote and assist in the planting and preservation of native plants in urban, public spaces in order to create and strengthen resources for native pollinators. We strive to increase education about native plants while supporting the active participation of people of all ages in local community, school and public gardens. By collaborating with local, city and state organizations, Butterfly Project seeks to advance efforts to sustain and increase habitat suitable for local wildlife. Show less

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  Clearpool Education Center

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Environmental Educator & Development Coordinator

  As environmental educator, I-taught courses in two areas, environment and teambuilding to children in grades 3 – 12 and adults. Classes included gardening and horticulture, forest and aquatic ecology, ornithology, teambuilding initiatives and low-ropes courses. As Development Coordinator, I-researched and wrote grants, -managed relations and funds for individual contributors, foundations and corporate giving plans.

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  Rocking the Boat

  Jun 2007 - Mar 2014

  Director of Public Programs

  Rocking the Boat uses boats to help young people challenged by severe economic, educational, and social disadvantage develop into empowered and responsible adults. Participating during the school-day, after-school, and summer in hands-on wooden boatbuilding and on-water education programs, young people in the South Bronx develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and the skills needed to achieve them. Adam Green launched Rocking the Boat in 1996 as a volunteer project in an East Harlem junior high school. It has since developed into a fully sustainable independent non-profit organization annually serving over 2,500 young people and community members. Kids don't just build boats at Rocking the Boat, boats build kids. Show less

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  City Parks Foundation

  Apr 2014 - now

  As director of CityParks Learn, I -Supervise a staff of 7 full-time educators and administrators;-Oversee all of CP Learn's exciting environmental science/STEM and youth development programs: Coastal Classroom, Green Girls, Learning Gardens, Seeds To Trees and paid high school & college internships;-Collaborate with our marketing, development, finance and HR team on all outputs and matters regarding the CP Learn department;-Manage a departmental budget of over $1 million;-Support the development and stewardship of a career pipeline for our internship alumni;-Train and support the professional development of all staff members on my team;-Build partnerships with a robust host of collegial STEM, Environmental and Scientific as well as Community-based organizations. Show less As Associate Director of Youth Development, I-Developed or refined the program designs, curricula, community-based partnerships and relationships with youth necessary to realize CPF Education's vision for Out-of-School time programming;-Worked closely with key staff to align OST programs with schoolday programs and to integrate media arts and technology into OST instructional time;-Supervised the four physical Learning Gardens, the Coastal Classroom Program and the Green Girls Program. Show less

  • Director of Education

    Sept 2015 - now

  • Associate Director of Youth Development

    Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
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  NYC Pollinator Working Group

  Dec 2017 - now

  Co-Founder & Steering Committee Member

  The NYC Pollinator Working Group networks and collaborates to conserve beneficial pollinating insects and the resources they need to survive. Our members work on a variety of projects that support pollinator habitat in public and private spaces, provide educational outreach on pollinator protection, and develop advocacy programs and policies around pollinator conservation. Our goal is to be a model for creating pollinator sustainability in urban environments.