I have a master’s degree in public administration, a bachelor’s in criminal justice, 26 years of law enforcement, and over 20 years of leadership and supervisory experience. In my previous position with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), I supervised a division, bureaus and sections with significant personnel, budgeting, policies and procedural oversight. I had the opportunity to initiate and secure grant funding for the development of programs and addition of personnel. I implemented enumerable initiatives and enhanced existing ones to meet the needs of the agency and the communithy. While expanding various departments and securing additional programs, I further collaborated with community organizations and stakeholders to secure the resources needed to support them.In my capacity as a leader within my organization as part of the command staff, I served in a county-wide high level administrative role for the past six years. My work in this role allowed me to be part of the daily oversight and supervision of many staff throughout multiple units, as well as engage in the development, planning, budgeting and establishment of programs, policies, and procedures within my organization. My participation, coordination and collaboration with government, non-profit, and private sector entities has established positive working relationships to prioritize needed programming and find gaps in services and allocate needed resources to effectively provide prevention and intervention programs to make necessary changes. I am familiar with navigating multiple moving parts for any task or project and oversight for compliance as needed.My experience in emergency management, threat and crisis prevention, preparedness, and response enabled me to assist in enhancing our standardized procedures and threat assessments and recently earned the Collier County Sheriff’s Office the Award of Excellence for our Threat Management Program by the School Safety Advocacy Council and has become a model for law enforcement agencies across the state and the country.As part of the Emergency Command Center I coordinated the staffing, security and oversight to provide for the safety and well-being for all school facilities, staff, students and community members during hurricane emergencies.