Facilitate strategic, business, and operational planning for system-wide, health-profession programs (clinical & allied health). Manage complex functions across the complete development life cycle. Cultivate cross-functional partnerships that accelerate impactful professional development practices and expand academic offerings. Drive workforce strategy in collaboration with HR. Lead initiatives that increase career options for underserved populations. Identify and recommend new opportunities based on sound business and talent assumptions and ROI prospects. Ensure alignment between all stakeholders and organizational strategy and mission.

Directed strategic partnerships for new outreach and telemedicine initiatives. Engaged in extensive physician outreach and maintained positive relationships across service lines. Built market presence throughout Montana. Identified and executed development opportunities, including Community Connect (Epic expansion). Negotiated contracts with external partners. Managed Western Montana Nursing Network to advance general and rural nursing and planned annual Critical Access Hospital Summit to educate rural hospital governance boards.

Led all grant activities for Western Montana region. Directed research and requirements-compliant writing. Managed awards, monitoring active grants portfolio. Administered budgets. Collaborated with local, state, and federal government offices. Directed St. Patrick House program as supervisor.

Teach graduate-level grant writing course.

Oversaw wide array of business activities for $300k nonprofit, from operations to fundraising to budgetary management. Directed 14 staff members. Led HR and people functions, including recruiting, onboarding, and volunteer mobilization.