John Knox Ranch is a summer camp and retreat center located on 300 beautiful acres of the Texas Hill Country. JKR is a nonprofit ministry of Mission Presbytery and PCUSA. http://johnknoxranch.org/Executive Director-Manage the organization’s core functions in Finance, Administration, Development, and Communications-Build and manage relationships with Mission Presbytery staff and 130 churches-Supervise and lead staff of 6 full time, 30 seasonal to deliver mission-centric results -Establish partnerships with nonprofit organizations, schools, businesses, and government -Effectively work with the John Knox Ranch Committee on fiscal management and vision-New development initiatives: monthly giving program, transitioned to online donor tracking softwareKey Accomplishments-Successfully completed $800,000 fundraising campaign in second year-Completed many capital improvement projects including: upgrading dining hall, renovating treehouse, adding a zip line, constructing an outdoor bathroom, replastering pool liner, adding additional stone river swim access.-Increased summer campers impacted by 44% in first year-Led website redesign in Wordpress www.johnknoxranch.org

Our Mission: To ignite life-long curiosity, understanding, and respect for nature through education.Executive Director-Manage the organization’s core functions in Finance, Administration, Development, and Communications-Supervise and lead staff of seven to deliver mission-centric results -Establish partnerships with nonprofit organizations, schools, businesses, and government -Effectively work with the Board of Directors on fiscal management and vision-New program initiatives: Teen Outdoor Leader Camp, Nature Play Program-New development initiatives: monthly giving, donor brick campaign, legacy givingKey Accomplishments-Successfully completed $1.5 million capital improvement project-Grew program revenue by 69% in first three years -Increased number of people impacted annually by 35%-Led website redesign in Wordpress www.naturediscoverycenter.org and transition to new integrated registration system and customer relationship management system (Salesforce.com)

-Co-founded Friendship Gardens, a network of gardens teaching gardening and growing food for meals-on-wheels www.friendship-gardens.org-Grew network of gardens from 1 to 70+-Cultivated, empowered, and managed hundreds of volunteers-Managed a team of dedicated staff-Designed and implemented a diverse development, fundraising, and grant writing strategy-Founded and managed HomeGrown, a partnership with Habitat for Humanity Charlotte providing backyard gardens and garden training for Habitat homeowners-Developed curricula and taught gardening workshops to the public and weekly to culinary students at The Community Culinary School of Charlotte-Taught a hands-on "Organic Farming" class to inmates at Charlotte Correctional Center Prison on a one acre farm that we established-Developed and implemented field trips and summer “garden to table” day camp-Launched a mobile farmers market serving the downtown public transit station in an effort to break down barriers to fresh, healthy food-Partnered with Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and the Democratic National Convention Host Committee to expand garden network and establish a mobile farmers market-Partnered with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and Wells Fargo Bank to establish a 3 acre urban farm at a title 1 public high school in Charlotte-Helped lead the effort to form the Charlotte Green Teacher Network (www.gtncharlotte.org), a network of educators interested in learning how to use gardening to teach STEM content-Helped design and lead Green Teacher Network workshops attended by an average of 100 educators each sessionlearn more www.friendship-gardens.org

-Worked closely with area nonprofits and schools to develop and implement local mission and outreach service opportunities-Coordinated an annual volunteer day with over 600 volunteers and 40 volunteer projects each year-Developed and implemented educational opportunities surrounding mission and outreach-Chaired Local Outreach Committee, participated as a member of the Mission Ministry Committee and Grants Committee

-Trained, supervised, and evaluated summer staff counselors-Developed and implemented summer camp program activities-Co-led three-day horseback riding, camping trip

-Performed all duties of full time 2nd grade teacher-Wrote and implemented lesson plans, developed curricula and manipulatives to aide in instruction