David Buckingham Email & Phone Number

Big Sky, Montana

Alpine Property Management is a premier protector and enhancer of real property investments in beautiful Big Sky, Montana.Our mature, respectful, skilled, client-focused professional managers provide expert care-taking and curating services for beautiful, valuable homes and properties in our amazing resort community.Expert, professionally trained project managers provide responsive, diligent, exacting management services for Owners Associations from exclusive neighborhoods to ~200 unit condominiums.A growing business - respectful of people, property, client privacy and the environment.

Morro Bay, Ca

• Chief Executive Officer of the beautiful and revitalizing city of Morro Bay during an exciting period of significant realignment to guarantee a sustainable future. Lead staff of 100 to implement Council goals and policies, manage $40M operating budget, facilitate economic development, communicate with the community.• Established City's first-ever strategic planning framework. • Implemented 10-year budget forecasting for sustainable future. • Directed goals / objectives-based budgeting and execution.• Headed community-influenced rewrite of the City's 27-year-old General Plan.• Managed planning and execution phase for 5-year, $100M+ Water Reclamation Facility project.• Led public-private partnership toward building a new $20M aquarium.• Guided public-private partnership to install business-speed fiber network.• Repaired fractured relationships with local and regional partners.• Attracted new businesses, and sectors, to diversify economic base.• Built relationships with critical local, regional and State partners.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Director of Environmental Programs for 150 Army bases and facilities worldwide. Plan, program and oversee execution of the Army's ~ $1.5B annual environmental budget while ensuring the Army maintains compliance with federal and local environmental regulations; monitors and oversee environmental cleanup of ~1000 sites and ensuring exceptional stewardship and conservation of the critical habitat, endangered species, cultural resources and forest / wetlands under US Army control.

Vicenza, Italy

• City Manager, mayor and leader of the 16,000-person US Army base in the city of Vicenza, Italy. 1000 civilian employees, $150M operating budget. Drove on-time/under budget delivery of $350M 29-building facility. Responsible for all city operations, infrastructure and base-wide supporting activities.

Vicenza, Italy

• Senior Operations Executive for the 600-person headquarters that plans, executes and directs all US Army forces, activities and operations in 53 African nations.

Ft. Bragg, Nc

• Chief Executive of a 600-person military unit charged with keeping peace in urban Baghdad while strengthening local governance and training Iraqi security forces.

Ft. Richardson, Ak

• Operations Executive for the 400-person headquarters that plans, executes and directs all US Army bases, units, and training throughout Alaska.

Ft. Richardson, Ak

• Chief Executive of an 800-man unit - trained the individual paratroopers, leaders and staff processes responsible for a successful deployment to Iraq during the “surge.”

Hickam Afb, Hi

• Senior Operations Executive for the 400-person joint command charged with recovering and identifying the remains of fallen and missing US military personnel worldwide.

Baghdad, Iraq

• Managed the office of the Chief Operational Officer and liaised with the offices of the CPA Administrator, CPA Chief Policy Officer and the Commander, US Military Forces Iraq while synchronizing and coordinating international developmental assistance to the Iraqi ministries of Oil, Defence, Interior, Electricity and Water.

Colchester, United Kingdom

• Commander of a 150-man British Parachute Company – on exchange from the US Army – in Colchester, England and deployed to Macedonia and Afghanistan.• Developed close ties with senior British military and government leaders.• Led the unit to Afghanistan, fought to establish the first allied base in south Kabul.

Ft Campbell, Ky

• Director of Operations then Director of Staff for an 800-man Infantry Battalion.

Ft. Lewis, Washington

• Commander of a 150-man Ranger Company, part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of the US Joint Special Operations Command.

Ft. Bragg, Nc

• Commander of a 150-man company of American Paratroopers..

Ma, International Relations

Activities and Societies: Peterhouse College

Ma, National Strategy And Security Studies

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Beta Theta Pi