Fred Richards Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, FL, US

• Intermediate negotiation processes, consults with clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
• Conducts comparative market analysis to estimate properties’ value and prepares necessary paperwork (contracts, leases, deeds, closing statements).

Jacksonville Beach, Florida, United States

• Secured donations from community donors, corporations, and foundations.
• Successfully attained 130% of the budgeted grant funding target within the first four months of employment and as of the end of October, successfully raised nearly $800,000 or 317% of the targeted grant award goal.
• Successfully led, planned and executed the annual signature event (raising 101% of the targeted goal) and attained targeted fundraising for other events/activities, such as annual donor dinner and direct mail campaigns.
• Conducted 94 annual community presentations and tours within the first 10 months of employment.
• Responsible for the management of personnel in the development department.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Responsible for management and leadership of the Veteran Directed Care, Contract Management, Data Entry (e-CIRTS), and Planning Departments. Assumed additional responsibilities in the month of May 2023, providing.
• Responsible for developing standard operating procedures, developing and implementing multiple grant projects, inclusive of a $600,000 Volunteer Florida grant designed to address the elderly and adults with.
• Responsible for Strategic Planning and Quality Assurances both internally and in relation to external contracts and partnering agencies.
• Ensures HIPAA and the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) compliance for the entire organization and a seven (7) county service area.

5100 Tice Street Fort Myers, FL 33905

• Responsible for the strategic planning, coordination and management of eight (8) community-based programs comprised of four (4) disability related programs and four (4) community-based programs.
• Effective and experienced public speaker conducting in excess of 30 presentations per year to a variety of audiences comprised of donors, non-profits, businesses and other community organizations.
• Restructured, within my first year of employment, to ensure our continued ability to meet the growing needs of the community by expanding and sustaining staffing by 71%.
• Responsible for successfully securing a Google grant in July of 2018 to implement an innovative Digital Training Center. Within the first year of operation the program successfully served nearly 8,000 individuals and.
• Effectively coordinated and spearheaded fundraising activities to implement the first Mobile Job-Link (38-foot vehicle with 12 computer stations) in Southwest Florida. This program garnered considerable media attention.
• Implemented the very first Med-Waiver disability program at Goodwill of Southwest Florida in 2014. The Pathways to Opportunity Program provides Adult Day Training (Life Skills Training) to adults with disabilities. The.

Fort Myers, FL

• Successfully secured more than $3 million dollars in grant funding.
• Increased total fundraising donations from $721,889 in fiscal year 07-08 to $4,679,330 in fiscal year 10-11 or an increase of $3.9 million or 548%.
• Responsible for the coordination of direct mail activities, including the planning and implementation of an extensive direct mail program in collaboration with vendors and community partners. Outcome/secured $535,100.
• Created marketing literature; provide oversight and direction in relation to publicized advertisements; and for completing the annual report of the organization.
• Developed and implemented a planned giving/major gifts program securing more than $200,000 in bequests during the first year of the program’s inception.
• Responsible for the oversight of direct volunteer recruitment and the coordination of special event activities providing direct supervision for five (5) full time staff.

Naples, Florida, United States

• Coordinated, networked, and collaborated with sixty-one (61) member agencies and sixty (60) volunteers.
• Managed fiscal operations inclusive of budget forecasting; bookkeeping; producing financial statements and reporting financial information to Board members.
• Responsible for marketing activities and media relations.
• Assessed the community needs through the installation and development of a Gaps Analysis.
• Conducted over fifty (50) public speaking engagements.
• Monitored, kept records, and managed $1,050,000.00 in various contracted funds.

Naples, Florida, United States

• Responsible for fiscal and clinical management of the Adult Community Services Department that provides services to adults diagnosed with severe, persistent, and chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
• Oversaw and manage the Case Management, Geriatrics, Forensics, Supported Employment, Supported Living, federally funded Homeless program, Peer operated social centers, and Peer Counselor programs.
• Directly supervised fifteen (15) full time staff on an annual basis.
• Obtained more than $1.5 million dollars in grants and funding proposals to support the general operations of the department.
• Expanded the department by 600% and maintained positive morale and productivity as evidenced by less than 2% turnover and a productivity rate exceeding 80%.
• Produced 55% of the generated revenue of the entire agency in 2002-2003 fiscal year.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Parks, Recreation And Leisure Studies, 3.3

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Nominated as a member of the Delta Kappa Chapter of Delta Mu Delta, a National Honor society in Business.

Master Of Science (M.S.) Healthcare Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Nominated as a member of the Delta Kappa Chapter of Delta Mu Delta, a National Honor society in Business.