Curators are expected to contribute their taxonomic expertise, research programs, and collections leadership to BEACON, and to help leverage it to secure major external funding (NSF, USDA, State of California, and philanthropic sources) and to position CAS as a national and global leader in collections-based genomics and biodiversity monitoring. Participates in a spectrum of activities at CAS that engage diverse audiences in the excitement, process, and importance of scientific discovery, including exhibitions, presentations to non-science audiences, community science programs, Academy transformative education and public floor programs, exhibits, membership programs, and other outreach events.