Responsible for membership advocacy with the state legislature and executive branch agencies over a broad set of issues including economic development, transportation, environmental concerns, governance, land use, trade, and public works. Set policy through collaborative outreach, actively soliciting input and communicating both strategic and tactical actions to stakeholders. Comprehensive meeting plannning and execution geared towards not just educating and informing members but creating opportunities for legislative participation designed to both increase member engagement and create legislative champions.

Oversaw the state of Washington’s freight rail assets including a 397-mile rail system, and multiple rail car programs. Freight rail policy lead with regular interaction with the Governor’s staff, Legislators, and multiple constituencies seeking to influence policy on controversial issues. Planning leader with responsibility for shareholder engagement, public outreach and effective “quiet” advocacy building trust with all stakeholders. Diligent researcher with the capacity to execute and effectively communicate subject matter expertise designed to educate and inform.

Term-limited consultant tasked with overseeing critical functions related to two new product launches. Evaluated partner facilities and recommended process improvements enabling sustainable, cost-effective product development.

• Charged with innovating and improving coordination of 37 business units logistic and supply chain processes involving multimodal transportation and storage - saving over $3.7 million with projects completed in 2011.• Expert negotiator experienced with multi-million dollar, negotiations with outside manufacturers and 3PL vendors with annual spend up of $20 million globally• Conceived and implemented a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management program that segmented and leveraged global spend in addition to effectively escalating and resolving service issues • Project Manager for streamlining end-to-end improvement in inbound and outbound commodity supply chains and seek out suppliers with innovative solutions and develop capabilities to meet business needs• Led cross-functional (Law, QA, Planning, Transportation, etc.) subject matter experts that identified barriers to success, established a plan to resolve and implement cost savings changes• Responsible for developing a Strategy for North American bulk storage and rail to truck and vessel to rail trans-loading of food, feed and non-food grade commodities for all Business Units. • Process honoring and experienced with enabling a culture of continuous improvement; including gathering, validating and communicating requirements, documenting processes/workflows, and developing specifications for production, systems or supply chain improvements• International travel to meet with internal business unit stakeholders to solicit their input in creation of a global supply chain strategy as well as maintain global supplier relationships.• Oversaw site selection, lease negotiations and instrumental in improving the decision-making process and implementation of a strategy for real estate purchases• Member of our internal diversity counsel; featured speaker at the 2010 awareness forum