LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Critical Leadership Skills:

Empathy, Winning Over Others (WOO), Communication, Love,
Compassion, Understanding, Openness, Inclusive Practices

FOUNDER OF 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT

Composed business plan and raised capital funds leading to the establishment of a 501(c)(3) public charity that currently serves approximately 10,000 families per year.

Strategic and operational responsibility of building organization, staff and volunteers.

BELIEVER IN RADICAL HOSPITALITY

Excelling at working with every kind of person, I have personally worked with all ages, all races, all creeds, and all skill levels.

Dedicated to serving those from all backgrounds, I believe in radical hospitality and social equity.

Doing the most good for the most people, my theory: the best leaders are strongest at serving.

FOUNDER OF SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
& LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

Creator and coordinator of all aspects of business including strategic planning, board and committee development, direction of mission.

Planner and manager of budgets up to $2,500,000.

Servant leaer with with over 20 years of management experience.

Fund raiser and relationahip culitivator individual donors

corporations

foundations.

Manager of annual giving and capital campaigns.

PROVIDER OF NEXT LEVEL SERVICE

Through years of experience in the service industry as a restaurant and hotel manager and more, I have mastered the art of the concierge.

I practice that art through Lodge at Pine Lake, a destination for locals and tourists alike in Southwestern Illinois families getting bdesigned to help families get back to nature. This get-a-way actively improves agri-tourism in the region and does it through community partnerships.

TRAINER ON GREEN MANAGEMENT TOOLS

Invent a paperless workflow process.

Co-designed a system utilizing app-based Microsoft Flow and Planner to create consistency across all departments and platforms with the IT department.

THREE STAGE WORKFLOW:

1. Organization-Wide Content Calendar

2. Production Schedule for Big Projects

3. Work Order for Projects

Organize green courses and events utilizing Google:

Hosted entire courses in the cloud

events for thousands of families in the cloud.

Organized conferences and festivals entirely in the Google Workspace.

SERVANT LEADER; TEAM LEADER

I possess over 20 years of management experience. In my career I have been personally responsible for staffing up to 150 employees, supporting thousands of volunteers/members, and working with a melange of local, regional, and national sponsors in service to the mission.

EDUCATOR & LIFELONG STUDENT

I understand the "why" behind the importance of education and look to theorists such as Paulo Friere for inspiration. I possess over 15 years of teaching experience in many different types of classrooms including hybrid and elearning environments. I have also always been interested in continuing my education. I am an eternal student. Check out an account of my successes on my teaching and learning page.