Providing native plant solutions for residential and commercial projects including erosion control, water mitigation, pollinator habitats, aesthetic design solutions. Excelling in client communication and liaison work between county shoreline violators and zoning staff. Providing collaborative and educational services with clients.

Use creative skills to advocate for regional small business. Interface with business owners to help small businesses recognize their mission, demographics, challenges, and goals. Work with client's industry specific software to solve technology issues impeding growth. Use visual assets (ie ads and website visuals) to help spur growth and reach financial goals. Regional ambassador for recognizing the value small businesses bring to their communities.

Established a fine art business, which specializes in creating unique bronze sculptures. Debbie Elmer is familiar with every aspect of the creation of large-scale bronze sculpture from concept to delivery. Experienced in contracting with architectural firms to design and create custom architectural and interior elements. Sculpture work is included in many notable private and public collections including:•William Randolph Hearst Family Collection•City of Beverly Hills Permanent Public Collection.

Provided direct support to the Vicar and the primary contact in his absence. Administrative support to the church, including weekly production of service bulletins, monthly production of newsletters, maintenance of the church database, cash management, deposits and coordination of special services. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, created online format for e-newsletter, reformatted finances to be electronic in QuickBooks, updated website, interacted with high-profile guests, interfaced congregational issues and worked toward solutions.

Assisted in addressing Wall Street's growing need for fundamental and differentiated research and industry expertise. Worked with clients to scrape data, analyze data, and identify correlations with investable assets. Performed a wide range of mining, including social media monitoring, using proprietary algorithms and software tools.

Created custom bronze work for architectural settings as a resident figurative artist with this prestigious firm. Also assisted the company Principals and project Interior Designers to facilitate the progress of major residential jobs to completion. Primarily responsible for the coordination of a multimillion dollar interiors project. Created elaborate and informative spreadsheets to monitor project workflow and spending. Worked closely with accounting to ensure accurate records, communicated with subcontractors, resolved vendor disputes, reviewed contracts, lead weekly staff meetings, traveled out-of-state regularly to hold meetings, inspect goods, arrange storage, resolve problems, and coordinate installation. Evaluated department workflow, defined needs, and interviewed potential candidates for additional staff as necessary. All while maintaining an active roll within the company as an artist and as a small studio owner.

Assisted world-renowned artist Richard Macdonald in his fine art studio. Maintained quality control, work flow schedules, vendor relations, and database organization. Helped remedy the production problems in prominent bronze foundries throughout the state of California.