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Full spectrum of services focused on business strategy consulting and executive coaching for high-growth businesses, social enterprises, and people.

Grand Central Bakery has been serving handmade pastries and seasonal soups, salads, and sandwiches to a loyal following for more than thirty-five years. With a passion for fresh, local, and delicious ingredients, Grand Central led the artisan bread revolution in the Pacific Northwest and currently operates twelve cafes as well as wholesale production and distribution in greater Portland and Seattle.

Advisor to CEO and Senior Leadership Team of the leading and fastest growing cult favorite!

Global Partnerships (GP) is an impact-first investment fund manager dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Since GP’s founding in 1994 and the launch of its first fund in 2005, GP and its affiliated funds have invested in sustainable solutions that empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. GP and its affiliated funds have deployed $658.4 million in impact investments to 188 social enterprise partners, bringing meaningful impact to an estimated 30 million lives in 32 countries.

As the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in California, The Parent Company brings together the operational capabilities of Caliva and Left Coast Ventures, the brand expertise and cultural influence of JAY-Z and Roc Nation, and the balance sheet of Subversive Capital.

Fully vertically integrated, with its best in class facility in San Jose, Caliva produces top quality products and distributes them throughout the state. Caliva branded products can be found at their flagship dispensary in San Jose, and through wholesale distribution in dispensaries throughout the state of California. In 2021 Caliva merged with Subversive Capital, Left Coast Ventures, and Monogram to createthe largest vertically integrated omnichannel platform in cannabis.

Tag Team Business Solutions is focused on the retail and hospitality sector with deep industry experience in all major functional areas. Our agile structure is designed to give us greater flexibility in meeting client needs.

Supported the Senior Leadership Team to grow MOD Pizza from one store to the leading fast casual pizza concept in the USA.

Catalyst Kitchens is a national member network and consultancy that incubates, launches, and scales food service social enterprises and job training programs across the country. Our mission is to combat homelessness and unemployment by empowering social enterprises through shared knowledge. www.catalystkitchens.org

FareStart is a James Beard Award-winning nonprofit organization that transforms lives, disrupts poverty and nourishes communities through food, life skills and job training. FareStart provides hands on training to students through its social enterprise cafés, restaurant and catering. Since 1992, FareStart has provided opportunities for nearly 13,000 adults and youth, while serving over 14.5 million meals to Seattle area schools, homeless shelters and healthcare facilities. Seventy-five percent of adults who graduate from FareStart gain employment within 90 days of graduation.www.farestart.org

As an innovative member-owned not-for-profit financial institution, Low Income Credit Union (LICU), and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) working in partnership with the nonprofit Express Advantage 501C3, Express Credit Union serves individuals and families in the Puget Sound area and Washington State who want to create a better financial future. www.expresscu.org

Lead global team from all aspects of the business and enabling functional units in driving transformational change to globalize Starbucks worldwide operations, enabling future growth and profitability. Deployed best-practice business processes, systems, and shared services to insure scalability, nimbleness, and flexibility.

General management of all non-core US Businesses. Completed acquisition and integration of Seattle’s Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia establishing multi-channel and multi-brand growth opportunities for Licensed Stores and Foodservice divisions. Grew points of distribution and profitability at 40% CAGR, establishing thousands of locations. Developed strategic partnership with Borders Books and Music, establishing Seattle’s Best Coffee as the second largest specialty coffee chain in the US within three years of acquisition.

General management accountability for 6500 Starbucks company-operated and licensed stores. Accountable for $4+ billion P&L, delivering the third place experience, and supporting over 80,000 Starbucks partners. Established service excellence programs, implemented succession planning to insure future growth, and increased average unit volumes 13% over two years while simultaneously adding thousands of stores.

svp, Licensed Stores 2001- 2003vp, Business Alliances 2000- 2001Launched major growth of Starbucks Licensed Stores, building strategic partnerships with major hospitality providers, hotel companies, foodservice operators and grocers. Established systems to insure quality and service excellence while more than tripling number of stores in three years. Secured long term sustainability of the business by negotiating multi-year development accords with licensees, including a ten-year $4.4 billion agreement with largest operator.

vp, Store Operations Services 1997- 2000Responsibilities included overseeing retail business systems, retail implementation, communications, performance measures, quality assurance and continuous improvement, and operations engineering. Initiated and led many company-wide initiatives, such as Project SOS (Simplify Our Stores), Starbucks Millennium System (back of the house and POS), and Store 2000 (retail store reinvention).zvp, Southwest 1995 - 1997Led Starbucks largest zone, integrating store development, operations, marketing, human resources and finance teams to drive the business. During tenure, grew Zone from 140 to over 500 stores.

Direct responsibility for fast growing high volume recreational foodservice and ancillary services business, encompassing Western US operations. Facilities include Stadiums, Arenas, Convention and Conference Centers, State Parks, Theme Parks, Airports, and Fairgrounds. Accountable for development and acquisition of new business, Implementing target-marketing approaches to maximize growth.

Bs, Hotel Administration

Honors Program, Liberal Arts