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• Manage the $54M budget, all accounting, revenue and federal and city financial reporting. • Supervise $10M in annual procurements on consulting services, IT, and basic office needs. • Chief Financial Officer of the Theater Subdistrict Council LDC, a NY State Public Authority. • Leading the development of apps to enable Paperless Filing of land use applications, to automate environmental reviews, and to create application maps without special software. • Using data, solve organizational challenges through targeted improvement projects. • Design and coordinate an employee “training academy” to speed on-boarding. • Ensure human resources are targeted to the right teams and skills are aligned with needs. • Manage 5 facilities for 350 employees, including public meeting spaces, safety inspections, repairs, supplies and fleet services.

• Used lean and six-sigma approaches to design and implement NYC’s Pre-Certification application process through BluePRint, reducing steps by 40% and achieving a 70% success rate in year one. • Led a team of 15 to plan for and build an interim project tracking system developed in 6 months.• Developed 15 standard operating procedures, 20 quick reference cards, and 3 day-long training modules to train 200 planners on the process; utilizing on-going engagement to drive buy-in.• Led cross-functional teams to create 50 application standards and an online Applicant Portal.• Organized and facilitated regular outreach to a revolving group of 30 applicant representatives.

• Brooklyn Borough Office Community Planner.• Led major planning studies in Bed-Stuy, Flatbush and Borough Park Brooklyn; facilitating public workshops, negotiating with stakeholders, and preparing Land Use and Environmental Reviews. • Reviewed land use and environmental applications for completeness – negotiating with applicants and other agencies to improve proposals from a planning and design point-of-view.

• Designed mixed-use development projects around the country; creating master plans and seeking public approvals.• Analyzed market conditions for housing, retail and office uses, along with development controls. • Wrote and illustrated binding design guidelines i in various parts of the U.S.

• Created the non-profit Cincinnati Food Congress, an organization advocating sustainable food policies• Planned a national conference on commercial revitalization