My broad and diverse career providing individual and community development has been fueled by one guiding principle: “My vocation in life is where my greatest joys meet the world's greatest needs.”Beginning with six years of military service that started my professional career to more than 33 years currently working as a college/university educator, my work has focused on cultivating individual and community development and empowerment.In addition to military service and university teaching, my career has included decades of church service and leadership as an ordained minister, several years leading and directing community-based nonprofit organizations, six years as a corporate auditor responsible for the daily processing and reconciliation of accounts and financial records, and more than 13 years serving on the board of directors of Leave No Veteran Behind.Vital skill sets I've developed over the years include:• Analytical Skills• Organizational Management• Team Leadership• Project planningThese skill sets are complimented by strengths that have influenced my career trajectory. According to Gallup’s CliftonStrengthsFinder, my top five strengths are:• Achiever• Connectedness• Ideation• Intellection• WooThese strengths have allowed me to use my various skill sets to work at the intersection of my greatest joy and the world’s needs. Some career highlights include:• The design, development, and implementation of more than a dozen academic study-away