Amy Padolf

Amy Padolf serves as the Director of Education at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden since 2008, where leadership encompasses nationally and internationally renowned science education programs, impacting over 150,000 students annually from pre-kindergarten to doctoral levels. The Fairchild Challenge, an award-winning environmental science initiative, engages over 125,000 PreK-12th grade students through STEM-based, multi-disciplinary programs. Concurrently, Amy Padolf is pursuing a PhD in Teaching and Learning with a focus on STEM Education at Florida International University and works as a consultant for MDB, Inc., developing Community Engagement Strategy for the United States Botanic Garden. Previous roles include Director of Operations at Miami Children's Museum, Traveling Exhibit Education at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, and Director of Education at the National Aviary. Academic credentials consist of an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Duquesne University and a degree from the University of Pittsburgh.