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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Member of a diverse, experienced team of professionals providing chief of staff and interim leadership services across a variety of sectors including small business, start-ups, non-profits and education-based organizations. Supporting business leaders to maximize their time and more effectively lead transformational projects, teams, business units and organizations. Functional areas include strategic planning, operations, human resources, communications and team management.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Executive Committee Member and Committee Co-chairThe LUAA Board of Directors perpetuates and enhances Lawrence by providing opportunities for alumni to maintain and build connections and serve as stewards of the University.Developed innovative campaign with fellow board members to promote inclusion and belonging through authentic alumni story-telling; campaign has grown to university-wide initiative in multi-media formats.Co-lead committee focused on broadening and deepening alumni engagement and diverse board recruitment; increased project impact by creating distributed project team work plan to grow opportunity for participation, shared leadership and outcomes.

Greater Milwaukee

Provided strategic planning, best practices integration, financial and operational analysis and project management reporting to President of real estate development company.Analyzed operations, revenue sources, cost structure, benefits and staffing to determine options for new organizational design; collaborated with business line and financial leaders to present recommendations to executive team.Developed growth opportunities by creating business action plan, designing profitability model and revenue planning. Led multiple phases of IT software implementation to streamline workflow and increase productivity 20%.Researched, revised and improved construction management process to increase transparency and accountability for leadership team; utilized cross-disciplinary approach and facilitation to gather data and analyze workflow.

Greater Milwaukee

Corporate Real Estate leader accountable for financial, operational and capital planning demands for 2M rsf, 5,000 occupant portfolio. Responsible for client and stakeholder relationship management. Accountable for portfolio-wide financial planning, client relationship management, operations and service delivery including $20M annual budget in dynamic environment requiring continual reprioritization and flexibility.Secured funding for and implemented strategic five-year capital plan leading $25M in building improvements.Coached and motivated 80-member team through staffing model upgrade and operational change management resulting in more efficient, accurate and impactful financial processes, contracting and service delivery.Identified risk and operational process improvement opportunities for marquee non-profit fundraising event resulting in streamlined, professional outcome that exceeded targets.Served as advocate representing corporate ownership and tenant interests with development partner for land sale and development projects valued at $150M.Designed and executed large-scale emergency response and event preparedness training by collaborating with multi-disciplinary City of Milwaukee teams. Fostered engaged participation with key tenant and corporate stakeholders.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for strategic, financial, operational and administrative leadership for $102M commercial asset including client management, tenant retention and sales support during growth-focused re-brand and marketing blitz.Enhanced service offering by targeting areas of underperformance to improve cash flow and financial reporting; garnered cross-functional team support resulting in consistently high client satisfaction feedback.Set strategy for superior team performance and client development resulting in awarded contract for $5M fee assignment; advised international client on capital investment, cost models and technical research.Increased tenant satisfaction to 4.4/5 exceeding previous scores and peer performance in 75% of survey categories.Led team of 30 through performance improvement process culminating in Regional Management Excellence Award and Platinum audit ratings; top performer recognized for leading team performance change.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Increased team collaboration and productivity through clarifying project ownership, performance measurement, cross-training, process design and effective hiring.Promoted by client request within 10 months on assignment.Re-designed financial, marketing and administrative processes increasing accuracy, improving cash flow and reducing risk and completion time by 30%.Rapidly built and maintained relationships with clients and industry resource groups during critical post-crisis period; managed construction process for aggressively scheduled 12-month restoration project on time and at budget.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed go-to-market channel marketing strategies at boutique strategy consulting firm specializing in channel marketing for industrial manufacturers. Responsible for primary and secondary research, determining buyer behavior, market segmentation, sizing and recommendation development for broad range of commercial and industrial clients.Identified market opportunities, key customer targets and strategic implications through market sizing, segmentation switching behavior analysis, resulting in market penetration strategy for energy industry client.Analyzed vertical markets, channel capabilities and trends through in-depth industry interviews resulting in strategic recommendations including growth opportunities and e-commerce plan for manufacturing client.

Mba, Marketing Strategy, Strategic Management, Economics, With Honors

Activities and Societies: Marketing Group, Women in Business, Career Development Coach

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Lambda Sigma Honor Society, Student Government, Campus Event ManagementGraduated with Honors. Senior Project.