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Mountain Village, Co

Salida, Colorado

Local government administrative executive with management responsibilities for a full-service Colorado mountain community that is a regional hub of commerce, trade, and tourism. Duties include executive oversight and leadership, public safety (police and fire departments), director of regional water and wastewater utilities, community development and planning, parks and recreation programming and facilities (including a hot springs aquatic center), arts and culture programming and facilities, attainable and workforce housing, finance, airport, and general administrative responsibilities.

Winter Park, Colorado

Public administration executive duties, including oversight of all municipal operations for a high-performing Colorado resort community servicing over one million annual visitors. Services provided included executive oversight and leadership, community development, planning, attainable and workforce housing, building, public works, parks and public facilities, police, finance, and general administrative departments. Additional services in a resort-oriented community included special events, marketing, economic development, public relations, and public transit programs.Outcomes:• Delivered collaborative projects through innovative public-private partnerships with diverse stakeholders; • Identified and implemented complex strategies to achieve goals and objectives of community leadership;• Created and managed talented organizational cultures dedicated to quality customer service based on values of integrity, inclusiveness and commitment to serving others.

Winter Park, Colorado

Direction of all municipal planning-related duties within the Town of Winter Park, including long-range strategic planning and envisioning, master planning, planned development design and negotiations, zoning administration, construction permitting, commercial and residential design administration, trail and multi-use pathway connections, and attainable/affordable/workforce housing programming.

Golden, Co

Increasing case management responsibilities over two year tenure in community development, current planning, subdivision review, planned development review and negotiations, commercial design review, and additional duties relevant to governance within a large metropolitan county planning organization.

Fraser, Colorado

Performed community development and current planning duties for a rural resort-adjacent community in Colorado. Responsibilities included subdivision review, zoning administration, building permit processing and administration, special use permit processing, and general government administration.

Greeley, Colorado

Provided community development and current planning services for a large northern Front Range community. Responsibilities included subdivision review, special use permits, telecommunications siting, and special event planning and permitting.

Cortez, Colorado

Long-range planning internship focused on community outreach, public opinion surveying, and development of the first master plan for a Colorado Western Slope community.