Leader of a diverse team of development professionals located throughout the United States and Canada promoting the Gold Standard in evidence-based suicide prevention training. LivingWorks Education's 90 minute Start online training, its 4-hour in-person SafeTALK, training, and its in-depth, two-day ASIST training have been helping people all over the world create suicide safer communities for more than 40 years.

Key member of the Leadership Team for Engage with® Skills Training Programs, a subsidiary of the Mental Health Association of Maryland. Primary responsibility is the development, implementation, and sale of the innovative and immersive online Engage with® Older Adults Skills Training Program product line. The organizational mission of the enterprise is to help enrich the lives of older adults and those who support them by improving continuity of care through cutting-edge training methods.Accomplishments• Developed and implemented sales and marketing plan, sales pipeline, and product pricing in the field of long-term care .• Recruited and supervised a high-performing marketing team that developed an Active Campaign and Salesforce database, created sales collateral, created social media content, SEO, and redesigned website.• Developed and implemented professional conference marketing strategy for national long-term care professional meetings and exhibiting opportunities. Staffed exhibit and met with hundreds of customers.• Drove product sales pipeline, conducted product demos, prepared sales proposals, and negotiated contracts for new business nationwide.• Developed new partnerships and leveraged existing private sector and non-profit relationships to expand access to customer groups and build brand awareness.• Co-authored government workforce development grants and managed grant deliverables in long-term care. Developed outcomes instrument and evaluated staff turnover, resident satisfaction, and decrease in pharmaceutical restraint.• Represented the organization at various workforce development coalition meetings at the local and state level. Mined this network for customers and grant opportunities.

Contract with the Mental Health Association of Maryland. Primary responsibility is to assist with development, implementation, and sale of the innovative and immersive online Engage with® Skills Training solutions product line. In addition, managed various projects relating to the redesign of Mental Health First Aid Maryland program.Accomplishments• Authored a comprehensive business plan for the Mental Health First Aid Maryland program that included market analysis, strategy, and financial projections. Plan led to a doubling of fee-for-service program revenue in 18 months.• Re-designed the train-the-trainer model for Mental Health First Aid Maryland. Recruited, evaluated, and trained new master-trainer contractors from personal network.• Acted as liaison between Mental Health First Aid USA and Mental Health First Aid Maryland to bring State level program up to National standard.• Key team member in the redesign on the Engage with Older Adults in-person skills training to an online, synchronous product during COVID lockdown.• Developed and implemented sales and marketing plan for Engage with Older Adults Skills Training Programs that led to my permanent hire as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).• Managed sales pipeline, conducted product demos, prepared, and negotiated contracts.

Founder and head of consulting firm focused on product development, in-person and online training, leadership development, coaching, partnerships and organizational growth in the long-term care, behavioral health, public safety, education, non-profit, corporate and government spaces. * Contributor and reviewer for the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) International Best Practice Guide, 2019.

Certified to teach "train-the-trainer" instructor certification courses in the Mental Health First Aid USA curriculum. Conducted in-depth group and individual coaching. Mental Health First Aid USA [MHFA] is an interactive public education program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.Special Focus on Law Enforcement, Corrections, and various leadership groups.

Selected List of Media and Speaking Experience:*co-author "When Less (Force) Is More: De-escalation Strategies to Achieve Officer Objectives and Simultaneously Reduce the Use of Force", Police Chief Magazine, April 2017. (link below)*Dr. Oz Show - February 17, 2016 & May, 2016*Yes.com, May, 2016*Employee Assistance Professionals Association Annual Conference, October 2014*The Anna Grace Foundation Inaugural Conference, Newtown, CT, December 2013*2014 - interviewed and/or quoted for stories on Mental Health First Aid: Boston Globe, Police Chief Magazine, Denver Post*2014 - Developed and Conducted House Congressional Briefing on Public Safety and Mental Health First Aid•National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Mental Health and Addictions Conference, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016•International Crisis Intervention Team [CIT] Conference, San Antonio, 2010•American Congress of Corrections Conference, Chicago, IL, 2010*Alexandria Virginia Small Business Development Center - Mental Illness in the workplace: "How to protect yourself and how to help" - March 2011*WHYY NPR Radio Philadelphia - interview on Mental Health First Aid*NBC4 Washington, DC - TV segment with interview on Mental Health First Aid USA*ABC News - segment on Mental Health First Aid*WAMU NPR Radio - "The Kojo Nnamdi Show", July, 2011*International Crisis Intervention Team Conference, Virginia Beach, September, 2011*NPR Morning Edition, October 10, 2011*ABC News Digital, October 18, 2011*NPR "Talk of the Nation", October 18, 2011*Employee Assistance Professionals Association [EAPA], Denver, October 2011*USA Today, 3-12-2012*Disability Management Employer Coalition annual conference highlight session speaker, July, 2012*January 2013: scores of short radio interviews after President Obama endorsed Mental Health First Aid

Director of the Public Education department of a large behavioral health association of 3000 institutional members with primary responsibility for managing and growing the Mental Health First Aid USA (MHFA) Program–a public education program in all 50 states, with more than 20,000 instructors around the country, and 2.1 million members of the public trained in 10 years. This evidence-based program has been endorsed by the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, and is partially funded by Congressional appropriation. Personal specialty in public safety, police, corrections, fire and EMS.• Grew the organization’s hosted training products business line that delivers 250 to 300 multi-day courses per year for healthcare, insurance, government, public-safety and non-profit clients. Business is responsible for 45% of department revenue, with more than 30% year-over-year growth.• Co-authored a Public Safety/Mental Health training curriculum and negotiated the endorsement of the International Association for Chiefs of Police (IACP) representing 900,000 sworn police officers and additional non-sworn staff.• Negotiated new business and partnerships with various private sector, association, and government groups including large correctional systems.• Worked closely with advocacy team to achieve $19 million in Congressional funding for the training of secondary education, police, fire/EMS, and the public.• Conducted presentations on Mental Health First Aid for educational and marketing purposes at a variety of professional conferences and meetings. Topic areas: government, child welfare, human resources, employee benefits, law enforcement, corrections, fire/EMS, higher education and veterans affairs.• Trained VIP groups in various industries including c-level executives, government agency heads, and prominent celebrities as part of ongoing partnerships. (Michelle Obama, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, Rep. Patrick Kennedy.)

Director of a rapidly growing department within a large Washington- and London-based trade association with 16,000 corporate members dedicated to providing education, certification, networking and advocacy for the global treasury and finance profession. Accomplishments• Responsible for strategic business planning, budgeting, product development, and daily management of Education & Training at AFP, a department with revenue of $1.5M in 2008/2009, and 4 FTEs.• Developed Education & Training business plan for board approval focusing on product diversification, process flow, and revenue growth for FY 2007–2011.• Developed and managed bespoke executive education programs for clients in various industries, including, but not limited to banking, financial services, energy, and government.• Grew revenue 15% over 2007 levels in 2008• Achieved or exceeded margin targets each year in all three product areas: self-directed learning systems, instructor-led seminars, and custom training solutions. • Served as team leader for pre-conference seminar series at AFP Annual Conference in Los Angeles with an attendance of 6,000 members and guests. • Developed several new multi-day seminar products in the areas of International Cash Management, Advanced Cash Flow Forecasting & Statistical Methods, Electronic Payments Systems, and Bank Relationship Management.• Responsible for issue tracking and subject matter expert recruiting in leadership, treasury, risk management, cross-border liquidity, financial accounting, derivative accounting, and capital budgeting.

Chief Operating Officer of a non-partisan, executive education organization dedicated to the design and delivery of public policy seminars for international and domestic audiences of MBA students, executive MBA students, and senior corporate executives. Accomplishments• Managed the daily operations of a $1.2 million organization with a staff of nine. • Represented the organization at public events and gave numerous speeches for educational and marketing purposes.• Responsible for all local and distance-learning seminar curriculum design for top-level executives, event management, speaker recruitment and development, seminar pricing, customer agreements, hotel and meeting space contracts, vendor relations, and website design. • Worked closely with a board of directors comprised of business school deans, corporate executives, and former members of Congress. • Hired, trained, and supervised an educational staff that delivered twenty-five seminars (3 to 6 days in length) for more than 1,100 participants per year. • Facilitated up to eight seminars for CEO level and VIP groups each year. • Tracked policy issues in areas of international economic development, grassroots advocacy, health care, financial services regulation, biotechnology, foreign affairs, trade, international monetary, budget, appropriations, and tax. • Intimately involved as key member of the management team in all strategic planning, marketing, and business development decisions.

Designed, built and executed public policy seminars for various audiences in Washington, D.C.• Worked closely with business school and corporate clients in designing unique public policy seminars• Responsible for scheduling speakers from the executive branch, Congress, media, academia, and the business community for ten seminars (3 to 6 days in length) per year• Collaborated closely with speakers from government, business, and academia to develop and organize session content• Supervised program coordinators responsible for seminar logistics• Facilitated each session of the seminar, introduced all speakers, and conducted Q & A sessionsManaged seminar budgets and oversaw all vendor bill processing

Taught Advanced Placement American Government, Economics, United States History and World Literature at a public high school. I was also the building representative and district wide collective bargaining representative for the California Teachers Union.In first year teaching I won the district-wide Pleasanton Partners in Education Academic Excellent Award