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KATHY WAGNER Senior Advisor Kathy Wagner applies 30 years of leadership to her role as a consultant. Her services include strategic planning, education and interpretive programming, organizational development, meeting facilitation, fundraising, grant writing, and evaluation. As Vice President for Conservation and Education at the Philadelphia Zoo, Kathy led her team in developing numerous award- winning programs. She served as Project 0rector/Principal Investigator for three National Science Foundation grants and was the founder and leader of a four -museum collaborative, working with 12 different community partners, Kathy also expanded the Zoo's international conservation program, instituted a sustainability initiative, and developed the Zoo's first botanical collection plan. Her Zoo experience also extended to the area of visitor services and fundraising and development, where as interim Vice President, she managed all individual, corporate, capital, and major gifts functions. Kathy has consulted with zoos, museums, botanical gardens, interpretive centers, and other non- profits throughout the country and has served on community and professional boards, including the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Visitor Studies Association, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Awbury Arboretum Association, Now Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences; Kathy was also founding Chair of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Advisory Board. Kathy would act as a key strategic consultant on this project, tending her expertise in mission focus and conservation education. EDUCATION Master of Arts, Classical Languages Vitlanava University 38 CLR i JANUARY 6, 2017 Current Projects and Completion Dates Rosamond Gifford Zoo Interpretive Planning /1 Jan. 2017 Avaitability for Santa Ana: 80%