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Birmingham, Al, Us

Business Solutions for Hospice, Home Care And Post Acute Care OrganizationsHelping healthcare organizations develop the necessary strategies to improve service delivery, grow market share and enhance profitability.Facilitating meaningful and productive connections between Funeral Homes and Hospice as well as other healthcare providers in their communities

A Leadership and Philanthropy consulting company around the simple principle of serving customers by providing high level “hands on” resources, focused on very specific outcomes.

Rosemont, Il, Us

Seasons Hospice Foundation was established in 2010 as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation by Season Hospice & Palliative Care a national privately held for-profit healthcare provider. • Successful re-launch of the foundation which included a 73% increase in philanthropic contributions, a 172% increase in programmatic assistance for hospice patients with a 52% decrease in the average cost. • Effectively established and implemented the foundation’s fiscal, operations, policies and procedures, fundraising, marketing, branding, human resource, technology and programmatic strategies. • Funded and assisted in development of the vision for the Compassionate Allies program in collaboration with Wayne State University School of Medicine and Northwestern University to provide much needed hands-on education for medical students in end-of-life issues. • Worked with a team to create the Seasons Hospice Foundation Nurses Assistant Certification Program to address the inadequacies that nursing assistants frequently do not have the training or enough training needed to fully understand the scope of hospice & palliative medicine and to provide the proper care for patients at end-of-life. • Part of a team that led a successful proposal to city and state officials to build a hospice inpatient and foundation community outreach center in Milton, Massachusetts.

Rosemont, Il, Us

Founded in 1997 with national office located in Rosemont, Illinois, Seasons operates 21 Medicare-certified sites across 16 states, ranked the 4th largest hospice company in the US with 16 of the 21 sites are Joint Commission Accredited, operates 11 Inpatient Centers and admitted over 17,000 patients in 2013 with 1.15 million days of care.

Rochester Hills, Michigan, Us

Leader Dogs for the Blind is non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation, serving the visually impaired and blind from all over the world. The organization has an annual operations budget of $11 million and investments of $60 million. Headquartered in Rochester Hills, Leader Dogs has 125 employees and over 700 volunteers throughout the United States.Managed four fiscal years successfully meeting or exceeding revenue and expense goals in every fiscal year, with 2009/10 fiscal year resulting in a $1 million surplus while improving quality and productivityEntrepreneurial breakthrough with GPS product for the blind in partnership with Kapsys for-profit company located in Mougins, France. Influenced company to re-design device, and change its business plan. Secured exclusive rights for distributorship for Leader Dogs which created new revenue source, and greatly expanded the product/services to the visually impaired and increased market shareIdentified strategic imperative to expand globally. Initiated new program Spain and other Spanish markets. Successfully negotiated a three-year contractual service agreement for the blind in Spain involving a partnership with a civic organization and governmental organization in Spain resulting in $300,000 revenue annuallyRestructured and flattened the organizational structure to reduce management and create more empowerment, more accountability and increased communications

National Hospice Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation, with the goal of leading global philanthropic efforts to advance high quality and compassionate end-of-life care for all. The organization had an annual budget of $2.6 million and is headquartered in Alexandria Virginia with nine employees.Developed a broad, integrated and national/international strategic vision for the National Hospice Foundation in collaboration with staff, hospice and palliative care organizations nationwide, trustees and other constituencies.Honored Congressional leaders and hospice pioneers in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Medicare Hospice Benefit at the National Hospice Foundation Gala, which raised more than $600,000Galvanized support for hospice and palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa with the creation and celebratory launch of the Diana Legacy Fund held in San Diego’s Balboa Park featuring guest speaker Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 250 distinguished guests, and video messages of support from President Bill Clinton and Sir Elton John.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Hospice of Michigan is non-profit 501 (c) 3 health care corporation serving more than 6,500 hospice patients and more than 14,000 family members every year, making it the largest hospice program in Michigan. The organization had an operations budget of over $70 million, is headquartered in Detroit Michigan with more than 650 full- and part-time employees and 900 trained volunteers. Supervised annual budget of $8 million, 9 direct reports and 71 employees. Directed activities of the following departments: Development, Community Relations, Internal and External Communications, Marketing and Business Development, Governmental Relations, Compliance, Quality, Research, Education, Volunteer and Grief Services.Responsible for fundraising efforts statewide, including raising $6 million each year to support clinical care to patients and families.Oversaw activities of the Maggie Allesee Center for Quality of Life, the hub for research, education and community outreach at Hospice of Michigan. The Center won the 2002 Award of Excellence in Education from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization for publishing "Caring for a Loved One with Advanced Dementia: A Caregiver's Guide" - a first-of-its-kind resource to help family members make informed decisions about care of someone in the final stages of dementia.With two other senior vice presidents, comprised the Office of Chief Operations Office for Hospice of Michigan and together we created innovative market differentiators, preferred partnership agreements and instituted sales training to increase census which grew revenue and market share from $55 million in 2002 to $70 million by 2004.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Directed activities of the following departments: Development, Communications, and Governmental Relations.Produced a new look for the annual report - gained national attention and awards.Oversaw internal and external communications and outreach efforts involved in moving the corporate headquarters from Southfield to Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood.Led the team that worked together to build the Maggie Allesee Center for Quality of Life from scratch - concept, development and implementation into our hub for research, education and outreach efforts.Developed policy and political initiatives to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of hospice care.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Direct all development efforts for the Hospice of Michigan statewide system.Oversee development activities including: annual giving, capital campaigns, donor communications, database management and reporting, financial management and accounting, special events and projects, and major donor and corporate cultivation.Supervised 14 development staff members while providing leadership to an additional department.Participated as a member of the Hospice of Michigan Leadership Team that was responsible for the strategic and operational direction of the $50 million non-profit organization.Responsible for the management of a $1 million annual budget.Increased unrestricted fundraising: $2 million 1997-98; $3 million in 1998-99; $5.9 million 2000 (does not include $3 million gift).Led efforts to secure Hospice of Michigan’s largest gift of $3 million.

Leadership and direction of all external relations and resource development for the school. Served as an advisor to the Board of Directors and facilitated the first school-wide strategic planning committee.Executed public relations for the school including press releases, marketing strategies and publications.Doubled annual giving with a comprehensive campaign, which raised more than $220,000. Campaign won a national award.Recreated alumni publication – increasing circulation, decreasing costs and bringing a fresh new image.

Responsible for all development efforts and the partnership program, which raised over $1 million annually and implemented an annual renewal and recruitment plan to retain current partners (donors) and to recruit new partners.Created small working committees of volunteers with professional expertise in desired areas to aid in development initiatives or projects. The volunteer PR Committee helped to plan a very successful national press and media event with congressional representatives in Washington DC.Wrote and coordinated major grant proposals and designed, tested and facilitated a capital campaign to raise $16.1 million over 18 months. Created communication materials such as: annual report, partnership brochure and newsletters.

Responsible for the development, accounting and investment of the Endowment Fund including major donor cultivation and maintenance of donors resulting in $1 million raised by the spring of 1994. Conducted market research and identification of prospective donors, including annual, planned and deferred giving. Assisted in the planning and coordination of alumni activities and special events, including Fall Fest and the Annual Alumni Dinner.Planned recruitment activities for prospective students including campus visit opportunities, feeder school presentations and outreach to inner city youth