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Castle Rock, Co, Us

Athletic Director for three K-8 charter schools. Manages 56 coaches across 10 sports at all three campuses.

Colorado

Colorado Educator Licensed in Math and Social Studies. Teach middle school math classes and join Mental Health team as an Interventionist assisting with executive functioning, social/emotional support and learning strategies. Athletic Director overseeing sports programs for all 3 American Academy campuses.

Denver, Colorado

Privileged to have lead a broad team of 270 professionals, including physicians and medical technicians, human resource specialists, and education and testing experts. Our territory covered 7 states across the Mountain Time Zone. We ensured those seeking to join all branches of the Armed Forces are medically, academically, and administratively qualified and help ensure they are best matched to careers that meet their abilities. Our team turned around a failing organization to surpass all inspection criteria and become the highest rated organizational climate in the Western region. Our organization was selected to help prepare other failing organizations for Inspector General inspections as well as climate improvement plans.

Trained senior executives to build their diverse teams into one cohesive organization. Facilitated discussions on strategic level planning. Travelled globally to 18 separate organizations to train and coach teams of senior managers to bring their multinational workforce into one unified team. Helped these diverse teams find common language and implement sound doctrine based management principles. Authored academic lessons on insights and best practices for joint support operations.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Led, mentored, counseled and advised 114 U.S. Air Force academy cadets. Oversaw training and enrichment programs. Provided career counseling. Conducted 500 individualized mentoring sessions. Won Group 2012 outstanding Academy Educator Award.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Waimanalo, Hawaii

Managed all operations and a staff of 105 personnel as the the Installation Commander for Bellows AFS Hawaii serving over 500,000 guests annually. Included all recreation, fitness, sports, lodging, finance, and all supported functions to maintain the base. Managed $2.6M budget and $5.2M in assets.

San Antonio, Texas

Managed sports and fitness programs for 13 separate installations and their communities across 7 states

Bachelor Of Science, Behavioral Sciences

Master’S Degree, Leadership And Counseling

Master’S Degree, Education And Curriculum Development, 4.0

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor