- Assisted small national non-profit transitioning its administrative functions from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Madison, Wisconsin. - Provided support for project directors with grant proposals, submissions and contracts for federal and non-federal grants. - Managed vendor relations, benefits administration and evaluating insurance options. - Coordinated multi-state offices and employees. - Worked with Executive Director on fundraising plan and implementation. Managed member relations through communications and donor database management.

- Provided leadership and support for all financial and administrative activities. Served as member of the management team and sounding board for the Director. - Worked closely with faculty and academic staff to support the Survey’s program areas and to effectively manage the approximately $2.5 million budget comprised of state General Purpose Revenue and extramural support funds, including Federal grants and contracts. Collaborated with faculty and academic staff in the development of proposals and management of budgets for all grants and contracts. - Oversaw purchasing, payroll, travel expenditures and acquisition of capital equipment and maintenance, while following University rules and regulations. - Built successful working relationships with faculty, staff, students, vendors and UW-Extension business offices and human resources offices to facilitate strong, effective operations. - Facilitated all hiring and served as key point of contact for all personnel-related issues affecting department’s staff, including permanent hires, students and temporary seasonal workers. - Served as UW-Extension representative to the Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN) board, and also served on the “pre-board” group, which worked on the articles of incorporation and bylaws for the MUFN governing body.

- Managed all aspects of operations—financial budgeting and reporting to the board, accounting functions, grant management, human resources and benefits, donor database management, system administration, vendor negotiation and selection, and event planning. - Assisted Development Director with all donor appeals and events. - Edited quarterly newsletter, grant applications, press releases and donor appeals. - Streamlined office operations and reduced costs while maintaining fiscal health of the organization and advancing the mission. - Served on board of directors and executive committee of Community Shares of Wisconsin as part of agency membership. - Improved productivity, ease of access to files and email, backup systems, remote access, system stability, and security by redesigning and implementing new computer network.

- Established strategic direction for a rapidly growing technology services firm specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) as a member of the management team. - Performed system analyses for clients including needs assessments targeting business processes and information flow. - Guided technology implementation programs encompassing hardware/software/ networking for the firm and its clients. Provided technical support and troubleshooting on all systems.- Designed GIS user interfaces and data automation procedures. - Conducted business geographic analysis for site selection, routing and branch office analysis.

- Developed and implemented systems for clients using Execucom's software IFPS (Interactive Financial Planning System), a budgeting system that operated under various environments on mainframe and personal computers. - Taught seminars in model building, database construction, and data manipulation as well as assisted in the development and revision of courses.

- Responsible for developing and implementing the Department's Asset Management Plan including coordination of a statewide master planning project and ground leasing of surplus Department land. - Worked with executive staff and the Texas Board of Mental Health Mental Retardation; and as Department liaison with other state agencies, consultants and the public.- Conducted forward-looking analyses of: budget, employment and service delivery trends; organization structure; and economies of scale.