Christopher Ross Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, Us

As the President of Compass Housing Alliance, I lead a dedicated team committed to providing emergency services, shelter, and affordable housing to the region’s housing insecure population. My role involves strategic planning, organizational leadership, and community engagement to further our mission of ensuring everyone in our community has a safe place to call home. I oversee the development, management, and ownership of low-income housing, fostering an environment of support, respect, and dignity for all individuals and families we serve. My responsibilities include:* Leading the organization with a vision for growth and sustainability.* Collaborating with local governments, partner agencies, and community stakeholders.* Ensuring the delivery of high-quality services and programs.* Advocating for policies and initiatives that address homelessness and housing instability.* Managing financial resources and fundraising efforts to support our mission.About Compass Housing AllianceCompass Housing Alliance has been serving people in need with affordable housing and emergency services programs for over 100 years. Our mission is to develop and provide essential services, shelter, and affordable housing so that everyone in our community has a safe place to call home. We strive to create an environment where each person who enters any of our programs experiences stability, growth, and community. With a focus on dignity and respect, we offer support to individuals and families, helping them transition from homelessness to permanent housing. Our work touches the lives of

Bellevue, Wa, Us

I headed a state-of-the-art 60,000 square foot shelter, which included a teaching veterinarian clinic, intake support, shelter care, adoption center, behavioral programming, mobile adoption and transport vehicles, educational programs, community support programs, and additional services. Alongside overseeing eight direct reports and managing a team of 120 full-time employees, I also provided guidance to over 2,500 active volunteers. Furthermore, I oversaw the beginning stages of union formation and facilitated the initial steps of collective bargaining.Key Achievements:● Achieved a 25% increase in community outreach programs and expanded beneficiary reach by 10% through designing and implementing an agency vision and 5-year strategy.● Managed a $15 million annual operating budget, overseeing 20 profit and loss statements.● Initiated and successfully cultivated donor relationships, resulting in over $2 million in new contributions.● Realized a 16% annual growth in donations.● Distributed 1 million meals annually through the Pet Foodbank.

Seattle, Washington, Us

In this role, I oversaw the management of a $150 million portfolio, which included housing operations encompassing over 600 units, as well as finance, human resources, contract and compliance, facilities, information technology, donor development, and marketing/communications. Drawing upon my extensive business experience, I provided executive-level support to the CEO and board through organizational leadership and relationship building. Additionally, I provided direct supervision to 8 team members and managed a staff of 170 full-time employees, along with 40 relief staff members.Key Achievements:● Managed an annual operating budget of $18 million, overseeing 23 profit and loss statements across 7 LLCs.● Successfully navigated government contracts and ensure compliance for city, county, and state entities, with a combined value exceeding $8 million annually.

Seattle, Washington, Us

As the CoS I help the CEO make and execute great decisions. in this role, I serve as an analyst, strategist, consultant, implementer and decision framer as well as a senior project manager, change agent, and coach for the CEO. I leverage my broad business acumen in organizational leadership, and relationship building while to providing anticipatory executive level support to the CEO. As the CoS, I have several direct reports, lead tactical day-to-day needs, plus act as a strategic advisor and leader providing coverage and context to the organization

Seattle, Wa, Us

As a co-founder and partner in the business, I took on leadership responsibilities and worked closely with clients from corporate, public, and nonprofit sectors, concentrating on business strategy, planning, and execution. I managed a wide range of traditional and digital marketing services to strengthen clients' messaging and brand presence. Additionally, I conducted analysis, research, and developed key messaging and marketing strategies, presenting them to stakeholders. I also led project management initiatives for content creation, experiential marketing, social media campaigns, and analytics.

Seattle, Washington, Us

I collaborated with the founder to create the leading co-working space in the region, dedicated to empowering women and their supporters. I oversaw the initial real estate planning, selection, design, and physical manifestation of the brand, laying the foundation for future locations throughout the United States. Additionally, I developed and negotiated key strategic partnerships and alliances, while also managing negotiations for acquiring new sites.

Seattle, Washington, Us

For nearly 100 years old Compass Housing Alliance provides housing, shelter and support services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the Puget sound region. I am proud to be able to provide my time and passion to help a resolve a serious challenge in our community.

Renton, Wa, Us

I led Artech's strategic planning efforts and long-term business expansion, which encompassed client services. My responsibility was to redefine and enhance the company to guarantee its sustainability and maturity. I took charge of crafting both short-term and long-term strategic plans, ensuring their effective implementation over the designated cycles.Key Achievements:● Implemented a brand experience overhaul, leading to a surge in new client acquisitions.● Attained a significant increase in share valuation, reaching 5.5%, marking the first positive stock valuation after three consecutive years of decline.● Led strategic initiatives resulting in a 33% increase in gross revenues, reaching a historic 38-year peak of $5.3 million.

Seattle, Washington, Us

I led efforts in fund development, public relations/communications, business development, capital development, and alumni relations both domestically and internationally, with a focus on coordinating related activities across global sites. My responsibility included generating leads and boosting enrollments across all university educational programs, targeting individual students, corporations, and business leaders.Key Achievements:● Oversaw 4 departmental budgets and supervised supporting staff, while managing 4 direct reports.● Attained a remarkable 600% increase in engagement through directing Alumni relations efforts over 48 months.● Achieved a monthly impression count of 1.8 million by providing strategic oversight on overall PR/communication and social media strategies.● Managed approximately 200 events and engagement activities annually.● Spearheaded the development, design, and launch of a consolidated new 100,000 sq ft headquarters and main campus.

Established marketing strategy and drove execution to generate leads and enrollments in the U.S, working directly with the agency of record. In this role, I managed the transformation of the marketing plan into cutting-edge multi-media plan with digital focus. Developed and launched major website redesign, new integrated social media campaigns and online advertising campaigns, resulting in 27% increase in online traffic and over 1000% increase in social media activity.I implemented best practices across traditional and digital marketing, inclusive of SEO, SEM, Email, Viral, Social, Print, Promotions, inbound sales, field events, and customer relationships

SOJO was a fusion of 5000 years of tea culture with 21st century retailing to introduce the world to a new way with tea and a new way of doing business. SOJO's aim was to turn an everyday commodity into an experience, in a vast and universally uncontested market. SOJO's model was to become a leading category creator delivering a new way with tea, defining the tea experience with no less than 1000 stores worldwide within a 10-year plan.All systems, processes and intelligence was tailored to meet these two goals.My role in all of this is bringing the brand to life. My scope of responsibilities includes the development of the brand, product assortment, owning the customer experience and the overall operations. I am virtually all things front of the house and customer facing for SOJO. As in any start-up, everyone needs to wear many hats from strategist to utility player, it is all about creating something that is compelling and unique and will successfully differentiate you in the marketplace.

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Formerly called Passage, now DBA - Rally Marketing, the firm was an events promotion company in the emerging field of event marketing. Unlike traditional modes of marketing, TV, radio, print or internet, event marketing is a high-touch experiential medium that leverages human interaction to build a connection with the customer and the brand.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Internal Marketing and Messaging - Responsible for managing the development and deployment of Starbucks engagement experinces and large scale meetings such as annual Leadership Conferences, Open Forums, Town Halls, etc.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Deployed and implemented the world’s largest privately owned Wi-Fi network launching T-Mobile HotSpot in over 4000 Starbucks stores throughout North America.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Managed a team to create a universal modular retail design platform for enterprise-wide (domestic and internationally) use. 2/3's of all stores built were based on this design. Co-developed the operational and financial business case to launch the highly successful Lunch Program in 2000 Starbucks Stores.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Oversaw the “retail” programming of four new prototype retail store platforms for Starbucks providing the business justification for each design from ergonomics, operational layout, workflow programming and product placement.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Direct reported to the Midwest regional vice president and was responsible developing and deploying special projects.