Chad Mullen is the Business and Community Engagement Manager for Career Connect Southwest, and a Co-Director of Washington LASER. In these roles, Chad works to support career-connected learning and STEM education reform in Washington State. Before joining Career Connect Southwest and LASER, Chad was an elementary classroom teacher for over a decade, a Diversity Coordinator for an independent school system, and a curriculum developer and professional learning provider for an environmental education CBO. He holds a B.S. in elementary education from Bowling Green State University, and he is a certified teacher in K-8 in Washington State. Chad is passionate about authentic community engagement, environmental education, and “green career” pathways, and supporting teachers and administrators to build their own capacities as STEM educators and advocates.