Announcing ACR's New Executive Director, Jenn Evans!

 Austin Creative Reuse is thrilled to announce the hiring of Jenn Evans as our Executive Director!  A graduate of Duke University’s Environmental Science & Policy Program and the University of Chicago Law School, Jenn currently works as a contractor for ACR coordinating volunteer projects with the Junior League of Austin.  Her position was financed through a Community Project Grant from the Junior League of Austin.   For the last four years, Jenn has been extensively involved in ACR as a volunteer and board member.  As a board member, Jenn led ACR’s sustainability initiatives, which focus on furthering ACR’s conservation mission by implementing our Sustainability Policy, supporting our zero waste goals and maintaining our status as a platinum-level Austin Green Business Leader. Previously, Jenn had been the Deputy Director of Austin nonprofit Families in Nature and an environmental law associate at the global law firm Allen & Overy LLP.  She sits on Austin ISD’s Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee and is active in the Cities Connecting Children to Nature Initiative from the National League of Cities.  She also founded Nature Playdate, a nature community for Austin families, and is active in several other local environmental and community groups.  Jenn spent much of her childhood traveling up and down the east coast from Canada to Florida in the back of her parents’ baby blue 1970s Econoline camper van.  While it might have been frowned upon by today’s standards (there were no seats in the back of that van, let alone seat belts!), her fond memories of days on the beach, hikes in the woods and nights spent around the campfire started her down a path toward environmental stewardship that she now hopes to instill in her own children and share with her community. “I am delighted for the opportunity to take on this new role with ACR,” says Evans.  “The support of our community has always been tremendous, and no less during the challenges of the last five months.  With the re-opening of our new center in Windsor Park, ACR is poised to create a vibrant community space where all members of our community can come together to explore, conserve and create.”We are excited to have Jenn join our staff.  While this has been a trying time for all businesses and especially nonprofits, having a solid leadership team will help us ensure our success.   "ACR is in an opportunistic time and we need an amazing leadership team to steer the ship through these waters,” says ACR’s Center Manager, Jen Mack.  “I look forward to working more closely with Jenn on planning future programming, activating the center and getting the word out about ACR in new and innovative ways." When she’s not out promoting the beauty of creative reuse, Jenn can be found chasing around her three wild kids and working on their old camper van with her husband, Kelly.  She digs travel, the ocean, cool mountain breezes and admiring the creativity of all the folks who pass through the doors at ACR. Please feel free to contact Jenn with any questions or notes of congratulations! execdirector@austincreativereuse.org