I head up MMA’s workforce solutions efforts, helping manufacturers across Michigan overcome their talent attraction, retention, and development challenges.I have over 30 years experience in building and managing successful organizations, training programs, and partnerships. Diverse background includes past experience as a mainframe system computer operator, professional proofreader, technical writer for a Fortune 100 company, editor/publisher of a newsstand-distributed magazine, online community manager for multiple sites on America Online, VP of Strategic Development for an independent national Internet Service Provider, and president of a regional nonprofit trade manufacturers trade association. I have coordinated and managed organizations of up to 220 employees and volunteers, and have designed and supervised training programs, including online "distance learning" programs, for audiences ranging from creative writers to computer programmers to manufacturing skilled tradespersons.
Listed skills include Nonprofits, Program Management, Public Speaking, Marketing Strategy, and 25 others.