Playing a vital role in pushing committee work forward at this national non-profit organization, our focus is on the growth and development of youth through the adventures of sail training.www.tallshipscan.org

As HR Lead, People and Development at this family-owned and operated business, I'm committed to supporting, maintaining and growing the dedicated and fabulous teams at Weagant Farm Supplies (Brockville) & Topline Trailer & Equipment Sales (Winchester).

I coordinated various events including an anniversary celebration, the AGM, volunteer recognition programs and a children's summer programs within tight budgetary constraints. Partnering with local agencies and community groups I led the Riverdale Community Development Institute and the staff/co-op students on 14 community development projects to build community capacity for addressing poverty and environmental issues. Key Achievements:- Created and submitted 3 funding proposals to secure 80K in grants to support programs as well as ensuring program goal completion within strict budget/funding restrictions.- Recruited, coached and supervised 6 staff for conducting research and managing production and marketing of the community-based Employment Assistance Directory.

As the Membership Development Manager I was responsible for membership from coast-to-coast:Key Achievements:• With the CEO, developed annual membership goals to increase revenue • Increased student membership 28% and professional membership 12% year-over-year • Represented the association by presenting to consumers, agents and industry CEO’s• With great attention to detail, completed all renewals and new member registrations• Supervised the “stuffers”: the great part-time people who helped with mail campaigns• With the Business Development Manager, established relationships with corporate partners to provide relevant member benefits

The SLPC is a network of 6 Campgrounds, Upper Canada Village and Fort Henry. My role was to organize, implement and evaluate the Parks recreation program including; sport and recreation, special events and customer service issue resolution.• With the manager, prepared and monitored the special event & recreation budget• Completed front line deposits and compiled all necessary reports• Supervised a student hired to develop a music festival destination event• Secured volunteers and negotiated good sponsorship for programs and events • Assisted with all student hiring and led pre-season recreation programmer training• Supervised a staff of 17 gate staff dealing with road-weary travellers • Trained staff to use a new system to complete over 15,000 campsite reservations/year• Created and supervised all special events and recreation programming craft programs, concerts, basketball & volleyball tournaments, murder mysteries, dog shows, etc.