I work with churches and other faith-based organizations to help them develop vision, create strategic plans, and elevate generosity and stewardship allowing them to fulfill their vision and mission.Ascend Group brings new innovation as well as a team approach to its work with churches and other organizations. Our model is designed to ensure the client has the best possible experience, receives the highest level of service, and ultimately sees their vision and mission fulfilled.

Bottom line, I help churches grow. I help them get from where they are to where they want to be. How?Vision Development: Where are you going as a church? What will it look like when you get there?Better strategic planning: The process of getting from where you are to where you want to be despite the obstacles in your path. More effective execution: Once you have a plan, I help you make it happen.The creation of ministry-wide systems: We help churches develop the "How-To's" regarding everything they do so they can repeat the successes and avoid repeating the mistakes.Better understanding of their organization: When you know who you are, how you work, and how all the pieces fit together you can then lead the organization to reach maximum potential. Change management: I help churches and their leaders execute their plans and achieve their objectives without the pain often associated with change.Total Assessment: From an outsider's unbiased perspective, I can provide a church with a comprehensive view of their entire organization; how their members see them, how the community sees them, and how they see themselves.

I partner with churches and ministries of all shapes, sizes, and personalities and work with them to develop generosity – a generosity that permeates the culture. I can bring to the table, 3 critical elements: (1) years of experience - since 1989 the Generis team has helped churches, private Christian schools and other Christian ministries raise over $5-billion.(2) an outside perspective - I can help bring to light issues otherwise unseen. Church staff and leaders are so immersed in their organizations, it is often difficult to identify the real obstacles. I can help bring the proverbial "elephant" to the center of the room.(3) accountability - the Generis system serves as a true partnership with church, ministry, and school leaders to help them not only develop the plan, but ensure it is carried out.As a Generosity Strategist, I partner with churches, private Christian schools, and other Christian ministries in three primary areas:(1) Everyday Generosity - I can help organizations accelerate their everyday giving to more fully and completely fund their visions and continually grow those visions.(2) Opportunity Generosity - these are projects and other specific initiatives in need of funding over and above the normal operating budget.(3) Legacy Generosity - I can help create strategies for planned giving including foundation development and endowment plans.

- Responsible for the overall leadership and direction of a staff. - Redesigned organizational structure. - Accountable for leading all functional areas in the accomplishment of the church’s mission - functional areas include marketing/outreach, strategic planning, administration, human resources, operations and, spiritual formation. - Developed and implemented a comprehensive multi-media communication strategy including website, social media, email, smartphone app, video, and direct mail. - Designed and implemented a volunteer recruitment and management strategy resulting in a volunteer staff of over 300 people. - Developed an assimilation plan, designed to more quickly connect church visitors to the church body, resulting in an increase in the retention rate of over 50%. - Facilitated the annual strategic planning process. - Established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a system for the monthly communication of those metrics. - Developed a system for ongoing staff performance management. - Spearheaded a multi-million dollar facilities renovation project.

- Managed the business operations at the North GA Center and for the 15 extension campuses served by that center. - Handle all contracts for Extension Center Directors and Adjunct Teachers. - Evaluate policies and guidelines for North Georgia Center. - Manage accounts payable for the North Georgia Campus. - Approved and processed expense reports for the school’s 15 Extension Centers. - Manage North Georgia banking and accounting records. - Facilitate administration of facilities usage requests. - Oversee North Georgia Campus bookstore. - Redesigned and moved physical bookstore to an online model resulting in significant cost reduction, total revenue increase, and elimination of inventory shrinkage. - Oversaw maintenance of the facilities for the North Georgia Center

- Developed relationships and built networks with non-profit organizations across the Southeast to assess their educational/training needs and develop appropriate training programs and curricula.- Created partnerships with non-profit organizations to provide various types of training to their staff and volunteers. - Created and managed events designed to provide first-level training to non-profit organizations and to introduce these organizations to more in-depth training and educational options.

- Worked with retail businesses to develop turnaround plans, renegotiating commitments with suppliers and lenders, stabilizing cash flow, developing comprehensive marketing plans, and restructuring personnel to meet current needs and situations. - Developed relationships with and created a network of business leaders - primarily (a) those with an interest in business expansion and (b) those in turnaround, or crisis, situations. - Worked with retail business leaders to develop expansion plans, including business plans, marketing plans, strategic plans, and financial development plans. - Worked with medium-size business start-ups to create business and marketing plans and to explore financing options.

- Led expansion of business from one location to three locations in two states. - Authored and implemented business plan to allow for expansion of units and rapid growth. - Created an aggressive sales strategy resulting in a gross revenue increase of 89% over a four-year period. - Full P&L and budget management responsibility. - Created new financial processes and procedures to accommodate rapid growth and the increasing need for financial accountability. - Worked with primary distributor (Genuine Parts Co./NAPA Auto Parts) to tie local marketing efforts to larger plan being executed in the Southeastern US. - Served on both regional and national marketing/advertising committees (Ad Council) representing locations throughout the Southeast US