Experience

Monarch Joint Venture

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair of the Board, Monarch Joint Venture

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• ViceChair Board of Directors

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Serving on the Board of Directors for Monarch Joint Venture. Since 2009, the MJV has brought together partners from across the United States in a unified effort to conserve the monarch migration. This diverse partnership ranges from government agencies to NGOs, businesses, and academic institutions that work together to implement science-based conservation actions in the form of education, habitat, and research. These actions are organized in an annually updated Monarch Conservation Implementation Plan, which serves as a framework to guide conservation planning for individuals, partners, or other interested stakeholders nationally.As a leader in monarch conservation, the MJV supports monarch conservation planning and implementation efforts on a broad scale by facilitating information sharing, partnership building, and carrying out identified conservation priorities. We facilitate multiple working groups that focus on things like communications, agriculture, and monitoring. Additionally, the MJV funds our partners to carry out priority actions identified in the Implementation Plan. Beyond this, we provide key and accessible information on monarchs and their conservation to various sectors and the public.To reach our nation’s ambitious monarch and habitat targets, commitment from a diverse set of stakeholders is required. The MJV works to recruit, educate, engage, and inspire to action a broad spectrum of individuals and entities, both partner and non-partner. Show less



Ironweed Consulting

• Western Pennsylvania

• Director Consulting Services

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Providing consulting services for conservation organizations and educational programs with support for program establishment and evaluation; Thelma offers design expertise for landscapes featuring native plants and place-based STEM curricula. Expertise in pollinator-friendly habitats and wildlife-supporting gardens for public and private landscapes. Providing consulting services for conservation organizations and educational programs with support for program establishment and evaluation; Thelma offers design expertise for landscapes featuring native plants and place-based STEM curricula. Expertise in pollinator-friendly habitats and wildlife-supporting gardens for public and private landscapes.



Wildlife Habitat Council

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Conservation Content and Partnerships

  • Jan 2003 - Dec 2019

  As a member of the executive staff of the Wildlife habitat Council, Redick oversaw WHC’s Knowledge Center, specifically responsible for all education and training through the Conservation Academy (reaching more than 10,000 learners from 2015-2019 through public and customized online offerings with a 98% satisfaction rate against learning goals) and coordinated all strategic partnerships with, NGOs and agencies. She was responsible for organizing and implementing the annual Conservation Conference (bringing in over $2 million in revenue from 2015-19 in conjunction with the WHC marketing team) and managing all vendor contracts and content. Redick managed grants, served on the Education Operating Committee of Project Learning Tree 207-2019 and also wrote curriculum for site-based STEM for corporate habitats. In 2019 the USDA/US Forest Service honored Thelma with an award of merit for her “outstanding efforts in leading partnerships” ; Redick was also recognized for more than 15 years of service to the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign’s education task force in 2019 by the Pollinator Partnership. In her prior position at WHC (2003- 2015: Director of Conservation Education and Outreach), Redick oversaw the Corporate Lands for Learning Program, with more than 140 certified programs around the world including the US, Canada, Mexico, Scotland and Indonesia—these sites opened up private lands for public learning. She also organized more than 20 regional education workshops, large and small, for teachers and corporate conservation volunteers, while contributing content to WHC’s annual conference. Show less



(ASSET) Alleghney Schools Science Education and Technology

• Corliss Street, Pittsburgh PA

• Director of Professional Development

  • Nov 1999 - Jan 2003

  Non-profit organization providing inquiry-based science to school districts in Western Pennsylvania Non-profit organization providing inquiry-based science to school districts in Western Pennsylvania



Pittsburgh Civic Garden Center

• Director of Outreach Education

  • Oct 1997 - Nov 1999

  Managed programs to establish school-yard gardens, linked to curricula; provided professional development and curriculum assitance for schools; managed staff, grants. Managed programs to establish school-yard gardens, linked to curricula; provided professional development and curriculum assitance for schools; managed staff, grants.



Rachel Carson Institute, Chatham University

• Program Director

  • 1994 - 1996

  Coordinated adult education programs (naturalist training, ecological landscape design) and summer program for high school students. Managed annual "EcoFest", essay contest. Coordinated adult education programs (naturalist training, ecological landscape design) and summer program for high school students. Managed annual "EcoFest", essay contest.



Phipps Conservatory

• Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Administrations/Education Programs/Public Relations

  • 1989 - 1994

  Supported visitor services and docent program, membership event; developed "Discovery Days" summer program for children Supported visitor services and docent program, membership event; developed "Discovery Days" summer program for children