Support the overall strategy and growth of Kiva Oregon, the first rural-focused Kiva U.S. Hub in the nation. Leverage partnerships with local governments, foundations, and others to create managed lending accounts supporting businesses denied capital access. Create partnerships with other organizations, offering technical assistance and business support to become Kiva U.S. Trustees and grow the impact of Kiva Oregon.

As said in The Alchemist by Paul Coelho, “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” For the last 6 years, I've spent a good amount of my time advocating and mentoring entrepreneurs, change agents, risk takers, and small businesses whose goals have been to change the world or at least a part of it.I've sought out ways to amplify my efforts through the many friends and colleagues I've met along the way. Age has fortunately added wisdom which has informed my view of enterprise. No longer content to help build good businesses, I now aspire to build businesses that do good. This has resulted in Foundry Collective, a new nonprofit endeavor.Foundry Collective's nonprofit mission is to help rural communities develop strong, vibrant, and creative entrepreneurial ecosystems that contribute to improved prosperity and enjoyment of life. Come along and help me make change!

I provide brand consulting and digital and social marketing strategy to small and mid-sized businesses, both B2B and B2C, and to non-profit organizations of all sizes. I work to ensure your brand message is communicated clearly and consistently. I also provide guidance in assessing how to integrate a digital and social marketing strategy within your current marketing strategy, teaching you how to leverage social tools effectively and create best practices for you to engage your customers with high value, conversational marketing.Strategy plans can include both strategic and tactical components.Learn how to: ~Develop social media campaigns that yield maximum ROIs. ~Assess Adwords, Facebook and other internet marketing strategies. ~Create compelling content for your website blog that engages customers. ~Conceptualize, design, create, and manage content and social media campaigns that generate buzz through viral marketing initiatives and create ongoing conversations with your target audience and key influencers. ~Understand analytics, metrics and ROI returns on your marketing campaigns to measure the impact of your social media campaigns. Google analytics can be your friend. ~Discover creative new ways to acquire customers through marketing campaigns and partnerships. ~Understand how email marketing campaigns tied to coordinated social media efforts and excellent content can drive traffic to your website. ~Evaluate if your brand message is consistent and resonates with your target audience and if the UX (user experience) on your website is helping or hindering your efforts.Social Media and blog platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Google+, WordPress, and Tumblr.

Carts and Tools Supply, Inc. (CTS) designs, manufactures, and sells affordable, commercial quality tools scaled to the needs of small farmers and serious gardeners. The designs support human labor while increasing productivity and profitability of those who provide local food to families.

Madison Ave. Collective is a talented group of freelancers, consultants and professional contractors—creatives, guides and geeks—all under one roof. But we share much more than just an office space. We also share ideas, business experiences, and a common belief that two (or more) heads are usually better than one.

Responsible for business development and marketing strategy for this 4 year-old pre-IPO internet business. Implemented social media outreach, strategic e-mail campaigns, wrote web and blog copy, PR and webinars.

MyRetailCareer.net provides career counseling for retail executives including resume enhancement, interviewing strategy and executive career coaching.

Retail Placement Solutions, a MRINetwork affiliate, is a boutique recruitment firm specializing in retail and wholesale executive recruitment. While at Retail Placement Solutions I developed strong business relationships with retail and wholesale businesses both large and small, recruited in the central merchandising arena, managed a staff of recruiters, project coordinators and internet researchers and coordinated a rebranding effort to Retail Placement Solutions from Management Recruiters of Sparta, NJ.

Citibank sought out experience retail managers while launching a business initiative designed to transform their retail bank customer experience. I was involved in the implementation of a relationship banking program designed to increase banking product sales and customer service satisfaction.