SSG Gordon Parker Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program

WA-licensed real estate broker and home inspector with over 2,500 home tours, inspections, and walkthrough orientations as an agent and over 200 home inspections as the primary inspector

Real Estate professional; passionate, experienced, skilled relationship builder & communicator. Adept at developing and leading diverse teams of professionals of varying skills and abilities. Dedicated to customer satisfaction.Specialties: real estate, social media marketing, media relations, media training, mentoring, networking, public speaking, strategic planning, editing, fundraising, instruction, sales

Demystify social media; teach & mentor small business owners while demonstrating how to integrate it into existing customer engagement strategy.

Writer, photographer and publisher of unit newsletter distributed through email and the web. Administrator for unit Facebook page. Media escort in combat environment.

Developing and executing strategic communications campaigns

Developed and implemented strategic customer engagement campaign; facilitated daily social media operations.

Responsible for wide variety of projects to include overseeing plant remodel and construction, improving distribution procedures and production methods, daily order soliciting and production coordination.Completed remodeling of scullery and hot kitchen areas on budget and ahead of schedule. Developed and implemented systems which increased efficiency in ordering & production scheduling and product delivery / distribution.

Responsible for locating and acquiring vehicles for Car Buy Choice customers. Built and maintained relationships with partner dealers, wholesalers and rental companies. Identified new sources of inventory. Refined search procedures and products to a formal system. Increased sales volume by25% through improved search procedures allowing sales team to work more efficiently with more customers.

Assisted in preparation of cost estimates, bid specifications and scopes of work. Acted to resolve contract, invoice and purchase order discrepancies. Prepared bid spreads, contracts, subcontract change orders and purchase orders.Successful in reducing purchase order processing time by 35%. Reconciled over $100,000 in outstanding invoices and purchase order requests and brought 2 accounts into 30-day billing compliance. Recovered over $35,000 in unpaid general liability insurance premiums.

Responsible for home construction from drywall installation to job completion. Schedule, direct and supervise subcontractors. Prepare home for final inspection. Coordinate and conduct homeowner walkthrough to assure customer satisfaction. Awarded for closing 3 phases before production deadline, 2nd Quarter 2005. Successful in reducing repair expenditures by 25% while increasing customer satisfaction survey results. Developed strategy for reducing inventory costs by 15%.

Responsible for communicating Army policy to military and civilian communities. Supervised 8 personnel in gathering data and producing information for print, radio and television to ensure timely communication of Army events. Lead planner, supervisor for off-post community relations events. Budget development and oversight. Successfully produced 8 news items that aired worldwide on American Forces Radio and Television Service. Principal media contact following fatal training accident. Maintained and modernized equipment while consistently staying below budget. Prepared team for deployment to Afghanistan.

Managed and supervised the Army's premier media training team. Directly supervised 7 personnel responsible for the production, editing, and quality control of all video, print, and web-based products of the fictional CNN-like 'International News Network' (INN). 'INN' was used for media-interaction training in a real-world training scenario used by approximately 5,000 personnel monthly. Conducted media relations training and provided direct after-exercise feedback to 200 employees, 60 managers, and 30 executive managers.Created public affairs training guide for monthly exercises. Expanded and improved quality of training from 2-3 senior leader events to 10-12 soldier to senior leader events per monthly training cycle. Converted existing building to a TV studio, saving 'INN' $700,000 (cost of new building). Coordinated donation of $50,000 of audio-visual equipment.

Instructor and mentor for an Army officer-training group of 124 military students and 6 staff. Directly supervised 4 personnel responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all training events.Represented ROTC unit at quarterly on- and off-campus speaking events. Developed, published and maintained ROTC web site. Successful in reducing annual training costs by 25% and increasing profits of annual fundraising events by 15%. Developed and implemented syllabi and training plans for freshmen and sophomore students.