Chief Marketing Officer

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At the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, one can race a T-rex, challenge friends in robot competitions, explore the astonishing links between dinosaurs and modern-day birds, experience a simulated earthquake, journey through the universe, and test what it means to “be human”. Everything from dinosaurs to DNA to diamonds is packed into five levels of hands-on discovery and adventure to inspire the life-long learner in all of us. The Perot Museum is a place where families can learn together and individuals can take a break from their daily routines to ponder the vast
mysteries of science. Visitors can wander, either to get lost or to find their way, as they discover something new and fascinating. The Museum reminds us that the universe is grander than ourselves, older than we can fathom, and that the world actually revolves around the sun, and not us. It inspires its community through exhibits, marvels, and presentations. It exhilarates and entertains visitors of all ages because, after all, it’s never too late to learn.
The mission of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science is to inspire minds through nature and science. Focusing on its collection-based research, exhibits and educational programs (both on an off-site), the Museum is dedicated to instilling and advancing an understanding of the natural and manmade world in children, families, students, teacher and lifelong learners in the City of Dallas and throughout North Texas. The 180,000 square-foot museum features five floors of public space with 11 exhibit halls including a children’s museum complete with outdoor play space, as well as a Paleo Lab, where fossil preparators work on the latest finds of the Perot Museum’s Paleo team.
The Perot Museum’s vision is to be an extraordinary resource and catalyst for science learning through innovative, highly accessible experiences that broaden understanding of our world and improve community achievement. Last year – fiscal year 2022 – marked the completion of the first remarkable decade of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science — 10 years of inspiring minds to ask more questions, make more discoveries, and experience science and nature in extraordinary ways. Having inspired more than 10 million minds since their inception, the Museum continues to build on its mission as its team delivers STEM learning experiences to all communities, both in the Museum and beyond its walls. Just like its visitors, the Museum, too, has learned a lot in the past 10 years, and its teams are using that knowledge to create learning opportunities that reach a wider audience and achieve more meaningful outcomes. Through constructive dialogue with the communities it serves, the Perot Museum has identified critical needs that the organization is well equipped to meet, and in response, has made great strides to increase access to Museum experiences and activities, advocate for greater STEM support throughout regional schools, and better serve new audiences and visitors. The need for informal STEM learning experiences is greater than ever, and the Perot Museum stands ready to deliver.
The Perot Museum has an annual operating budget of $25MM with approximately 140 staff and nearly 1000 volunteers. The Museum has an endowment of $28MM and just over $36MM in cash and board designated funds. It reaches just over a million people a year with over 100,000 of those served through offsite school programs, community outreach and TECH Truck programming.