Brent Ritzel, Mpa Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, US

Facilitating the acquisition of residential and commercial solar PV throughout Southern Illinois.

• Advanced Renewable Energy Systems development company and international patent holder.
• Responsible for reviewing and editing all company documents for political / corporate / public consumption, and fact checking all scientific and fiscal data.
• Researched and wrote Equitech International, LLC Executive Summary “A Comprehensive National Energy Policy. Based On Integrated & Advanced Renewable Energy Systems and Citizen Cooperative Land Ownership” that was.
• Designed and wrote “The E-Macrosystem: Renewable Energy from Regenerative Resources,” a proposal for the People of the Republic of Haiti. Presented paper to United Nations leading staff from UNDP, UNDESA and UNEP on.

Drawing on twenty years of hands-on entrepreneurial experience to bring expertise in public relations, marketing, sales, business plan research & development, educational / curriculum development, letter of inquiry / grant proposal writing, event organization and community building to a number of companies in a variety of industries.Have worked with Inka.

Carbondale, IL, US

• Responsible for housing the political papers of several significant local, regional, state and national politicians, as well as the records of several regional governmental and political advocacy organizations.
• Organized, preserved and cataloged archives of the Southern Illinois Mayors Association [SIMA] and the Charles Klotzer Independent Press Collection.

Led a Board of eleven Directors of The Fuller Dome [RBF Dome NFP] to preserve the original dome home of R. Buckminster & Anne Hewlett Fuller in Carbondale, IL. Building is currently on National Historic Registry. Researched and wrote grant for National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures Grant and was awarded $125,000 federal matching grant for.

• Responsible for overseeing employees, developing job descriptions, creating employee handbook, facilitating firing and hiring decisions, and for daily bookkeeping, including tracking all debits and assets.
• Designed start-up business plan and interior remodeling site plan.
• Created and implemented comprehensive regional marketing campaign that included professional website, social networking, and radio, television and print advertising.

• Guided the operations and vision of a multi-media company that creates innovative non-sports trading cards for fast growth niche markets.
• Assisted in raising $360,000 in debt financing and commitments for more than $800,000 in private equity investor financing to fund World Leaderz Inc.
• Responsible for product development, art direction and graphic design of product prototypes, in addition to writing, copywriting and editing of product samples.
• Responsible for researching and writing 140 page Business Plan, including conducting all market research and analysis, business modeling, focus groups, and financial projections. Uniquely combined non-sports trading.

• Provided dozens of mortgage clients with optimum loan packages to meet the specific needs of their budget, lifestyle, savings and investment goals.
• Designed and implemented Mortgage Broker and Loan Officer University curriculum, educating and training 90 loan officers concerning mortgage products, sales and marketing techniques, principles of loan processing, and.
• Presented with “Spirit of the Lion” and “Independent Business Owner of the Year” Awards for being company’s top sales professional and top trainer for the 2006 calendar year.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Created, designed and taught course on the self-publishing of independent literary works.
• Assisted students in writing, editing, designing, publishing and distributing their self- published literary works.

Organized and hosted more than thirty reading events, workshops, panel discussions and conferences throughout the Midwest.

• Founded and developed Zine Guide 1/1997. This index, with a total of six volumes, was established as the world’s definitive resource for independent and underground publications.
• Founded and developed Tail Spins Magazine 7/1992. This magazine, which ceased publication after thirty-four issues, was known music industry-wide. Covering insurgent music and culture, Tail Spins included investigative.
• Responsible for business management / development, sales, marketing, production and editing for both publications.
• Developed advertising sales methodology, including system for prospecting new leads and flexible communications strategy. Responsible for raising $1.7 million in advertising revenue.
• Trained advertising sales staff on all aspects of ad sales, including lead prospecting, optimum written and verbal communications, effective sales closing strategies and customer service.

Developed and managed two record labels. Signed fifteen bands and produced over thirty releases during six-year period. Coordinated and supervised mastering, production, distribution and promotion for all 7”, cassette and CD releases.

San Francisco, US

• Provided Chicago-based project management for CD compilation that benefited Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. Solicited and acquired songs from recognized Midwestern alternative rock bands (including Seam, The.
• Managed the anti-handgun violence CD’s mastering process, including audio equalization and sequencing.

Planned and implemented educational recording industry events, including speakers, workshops and panels. Booked 140 bands into twenty Chicago-area clubs for two nights of showcases. Organized event’s compilation CD consisting of eighteen bands that appeared in the showcases, including Veruca Salt's first ever song to appear on a CD.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Designed research methodologies and assessment verification for specific philosophical questions.
• Developed summarization protocol for strategic analysis of philosophical texts and articles.
• Substitute taught philosophy courses for Dr. Hans Seigfried in the Philosophy Department, including courses on the Philosophy of Science and Friedrich Nietzsche.

• Coordination and co-leadership of therapeutic groups.
• Responsible for the overall operations of the Psych Care unit: milieu management, crisis intervention, parent/therapist conferences, activity therapy, and staffings.

Bachelor Of Arts, Philosophy, With Concentrated Coursework In Psychology, Physics, Mathematics

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Public Administration

Graduate Fellowship, Philosophy

High School Diploma