Brett Fox Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

I oversee Chaplaincy Services for the 27+ facilities in the Central and Eastern Regions of the NC Department of Adult Corrections. I will be responsible for mentoring, supporting, and guiding chaplains and staff for effective and compassionate care in our prisons.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Freestone Outfitters is an eCommerce corporation that provides outdoor equipment to the fly-fishing segment through our own branded products on the Amazon Selling Platform.• Owned and operated a $150k gross retail sales/ year business on Amazon Selling Platform• Managed all aspects of business operations including maintaining inventory, customer service, product import, product development, and accounting. • Developed social media campaign through Facebook ads for product giveaway garnering over 1000 email subscriptions in 30 days.• Built website and social media presence as consultant for local lawn care business that has grown business year-over-year through high influx of online, phone, and email leads.• Initiated invoicing, online payments, and accounting system using Wave Apps as consultant for local lawn care business to manage 100+ clients.

Butner, Nc

• Emotionally intelligent communicator who engages daily through face to face and written correspondence with prison residents and a multitude of staff providing emotional support, conflict management, grief care, and spiritual counseling, etc. • Worked daily to improve workplace by offering direct feedback to mid-level and upper-level management regarding facility upgrades, mock code operations, resident care, staff needs, and security issues.• Built relationships with internal (case managers, custody staff, psychology, and nursing, etc) and external stakeholders (local religious groups, re-entry organizations, etc.) in order to create a better workplace and provide the best resources to clients in the midst of crisis.• Facilitated multiple annual religious events utilizing local volunteer organizations for up to 200 prison residents and organizing up to 40 volunteers at a time, while navigating the prison policy and procedures for maintaining safety and security. • Developed community relationships to foster volunteer engagement by recruiting local volunteers, training and equipping volunteers, facilitating annual volunteer banquet, and maintaining volunteer database.• Successfully engaged community leaders and grassroots organizers to coordinate a response to the unexpected removal of prison chaplain positions across NC. Through behind-the-scenes political pressure and local media engagement the attempt to remove chaplains was reversed.• Improved client request process for over 300 client communications per month. Reduced administrative work hours responding to written communications allowed for more direct pastoral care to staff and resident population. • Assisted in planning, coordination, and facilitation of 2-day training conference for 50+ NC Prison Chaplains as a member of the NCDPS Chaplaincy Steering Committee.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Brett Fox Photography was a professional photography business primarily providing professional photography services to wedding and portrait clients in the Raleigh-Durham area.I launched the business in the fall of 2011 via word of mouth and social media marketing.I successfully used SEO best practices to rank in the top 5 for relevant local Google search terms.

Chapel Hill, Nc

• Chaplain in the Neuroscience/ Mental Health Constellation• Implement tools of theological reflection and the behavioral sciences in care of persons suffering from mental illness• Lead three spirituality groups per week: Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders, and Crisis• Assess the spiritual and emotional needs of patients, families and staff while developing and implementing a plan of care in order to provide comprehensive support of patients throughout their illnesses and the dying process• Listen reflectively, pray, invite life review, storytelling, and offer end-of-life spiritual care to patients, families, and staff• Provide spiritual and emotional support to care-seekers in a multi-faith, multi-cultural setting• Integrate local faith community and leaders into the spiritual care of patients and families• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of professionals to provide excellent care for patients• Develop and institute a new, dynamic project with grant funding, to encourage emotional and spiritual reflection with families and staff• Engage personal and professional development through individual and group work in Clinical Pastoral Education; focusing on themes including assessment, grief, addiction, behavioral sciences, and theological reflection, culminating in the completion of three units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)• Triage crises and provide comprehensive pastoral care to patients, families and staff.

Butner, Nc

• Provided one-on-one counseling and pastoral care to residents• Planned and implemented ten-week grief care support group• Consistently maintained the unique boundaries appropriate to the dynamics of providing pastoral care in a correctional setting• Prepared and led protestant worship services• Facilitated the implementation of various faith practices (Native American, Wiccan, Islam, Judaism)

Pittsboro, Nc

• Offered presence and support to home-bound and sick parishioners• Conceptualized and implemented multi-church youth ministry alongside four area pastors• Planned and led worship bi-weekly for a congregation of 50-75

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Co-led substance use and psychotic disorders spirituality groups• Provided emotional and spiritual support to patients in a long-term care setting• Embodied excellence in caring for patients and families with dignity• Demonstrated respect for all care seekers, regardless of their spiritual identity• Participated in group and individual CPE learning sessions, culminating in the completion of one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)

Durham, Nc

• Provided excellent service and event coordination in a number to clients in large banquet, wedding, corporate, religious, and university style events. • Assisted with complete event set-up, tear-down, A/V set-up and facilitation, including operating a variety of sound systems, and trouble-shooting computer and network issues.• Served as food and beverage server in banquet and table service events.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Served as lead store manager during opening and closing operations processing cash account• Handled daily customer service needs in a quick-service food restaurant, maintaining proper staffing levels, customer flow, improved processes to restaurant operations and provided training to all new employees.

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv, Pastoral Care

Bs, Psychology