Current Community Engagement:President, Kishwaukee College Foundation Board Areas of Law Practice:• structuring and negotiation of business acquisitions and secured transactions; organizing partnerships and limited liability entities; buy-sell and gifting plans to support separations of ownership and business succession plans; litigation in related areas• commercial contracts; review of borrower ownership structures, loan agreements, mortgages and security agreements for commercial lenders; representation of creditors in business bankruptcy transactions; mechanics lien defense and foreclosures• commercial and residential real estate transactions; negotiation of inter-governmental agreements, real estate annexations, development agreements, zoning and special use permitting• estate planning, wills, trusts, health care planning, probate and trust administration • representation of public boards and commissions; policy development and policy governance implementation;legislative advocacy for business and municipal clients at state and federal levels; organization of nonprofit corporations, 501(c)(3) applications, tax appeals and administrative hearings

Board President

Leadership, Management and Counsel as Chief Operating Officer of regional manufacturing company of approximately 200 employees headquartered in home community and operating in three Midwestern states• establishing management review systems across working groups, enhancing plant performance metrics and implementing metric-based convergent goals• expanding production capacity, standardizing production planning and improving production progress visibility in support of customer service• ISO9001 and AS9100 certifications, root cause and corrective action training and assessment improvements and reduction of year-over-year product returns • managing outside counsel in product claim litigation and facilities acquisition; managing customer and vendor contracting and dispute resolutions

Leadership and Management• advancing mission-driven service agency to high performer status and gaining industry recognition for operational excellence while diversifying and increasing revenue sources• strategic and annual planning to transition from government program system to asset management business model • workplace culture development centered on teams, individual accountability, performance metrics, continuous improvement and succession planning• procurement policy development, 20-year facility needs assessments, 5-year funding forecasts and work plans, construction bidding and contracting • collaboration with University of Illinois on pilot program to make federal funding available for public building energy efficiency improvements

Select Practice Elements:• structuring and negotiation of business acquisitions and secured transactions in multiple states; organizing partnerships and limited liability entities; buy-sell and gifting plans to support separations of ownership and business succession plans; litigation in related areas• review of borrower ownership structures, loan agreements, mortgages and security agreements forcommercial lenders; representation of creditors in business bankruptcy transactions; mechanics lien defense and foreclosures• negotiation of inter-governmental agreements, real estate annexations, development agreements and special use permits; legislative advocacy for business and municipal clients at state and federal levels• representation of public boards and commissions; policy development and policy governance implementation; organization of nonprofit corporations, 501(c)(3) applications, tax appeals and administrative hearings; negotiation of public financing agreements for real estate development