Deborah Kravitz Email & Phone Number

This position oversees program development, center administration, and project coordination for multiple grant-funded programs within a center for research and training. General duties include administration; the development and coordination of training programs, materials, and services; planning, scheduling and coordination of travel arrangements for center personnel; development and oversight of multiple contract and subcontract budgets; development of subcontracting opportunities; analysis, synthesis, and generation of progress reports for ongoing projects; and communication with funding agencies at multiple levels of authority.• Current Projects: Central Pennsylvania Membership Directory, American Public Works Association (APWA)• Conference Coordinator for South Central Assembly Intergovernmental Cooperation Summit, Jan 2008 “Barriers, Bridges, & Best Practices on the Road to Successful Collaboration.”

Responsible for over a million dollars worth of inventory and generated sales.

A program that delivers information on the latest maintenance and safety technologies through courses, demonstrations, customized technical assistance publications and videos to Pennsylvania’s 2,639 municipalities.• Managed department activities and operations - trained and supervised staff and wage payroll employees, reviewed and approved all office expenditures, developed budgets for specific projects and monitored financial activity, reviewed newsletter articles for publication, coordinated Advisory Committee Board meetings and Training Academy activities, maintained equipment rental and service agreements, managed equipment/vehicle usage and repair, coordinated and chaired major conferences:• Coordinated American Public Works Symposium 2000 and 2002 – September 10-12, 2002, and October 1-4, 2000, Grantville Holiday Inn, Harrisburg, PA; Maintenance Executive Development Program May 5-8, 2003, State College, PA and April 22-25, 2002, Altoona, PA.• Presented at LTAP National Conference - Boise, Idaho July 28 – August 2, 2000; Attended in Roanoke, Virginia, July 25-28, 1999.• Chaired Region 3 Roadway Management Conferences – Harrisburg, PA, March 2000; Attended in Dover, Delaware, March 1999.• Designed and implemented automated information systems as needed for operations, conducted program evaluation and prepared monthly/yearly reports for state and federal funding agencies.• Provided leadership and created positive teamwork environment for staff to implement services and achieve objectives.• Liaison to Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors and PENNDOT Program Manager for LTAP.• Reengineered center’s automated management information system.

• Processed requests for purchases and travel expenses reconciled and ran reports as directed.• Updated and maintained vendor lists.• Coordinated the dissemination and assimilation of program evaluations.• Managed registration for conferences, conventions and seminars, including preparation of contracts through the university system.• Managed and maintained office inventory, i.e. supplies and equipment, and handouts for over 200 Training Courses.• Maintained tracking of all technical assists. • Created and maintained transportation material and video library, including tracking of loaned materials.• Maintained all mailing lists to insure proper distribution of mailed materials.• Imported and exported information from relational database files to WordPerfect for mail merge output.• Typed and utilized word processing: composition of letters, reports, technical assists and various forms.• Performed general office duties.