Joan Germann Email & Phone Number

West Chester, Ohio

Cincinnati, Oh

Managed operations of $15M not-for-profit organization; /Attorney for $15M dollar not-for-profit organization providing behavioral health care for children. Managed HR, QI, IT and Facilities operations for 180 employees.* Drafted agreement to affiliate with mental health/forensics agency to expand operations* Drafted new contracts including teacher contracts, health care broker contract, employee contracts.* Provide legal counsel for CEO on real estate transactions.* Legal counsel handling all employment matters including mediations, arbitrations, EEOC matters.* Facilitated move of all operations to temporary quarters during building renovation.Negotiated property acquisition $350,000 below appraised value

Dual role as Assistant Director and General Counsel from 2003. Managed all operations and 60-plus management and union employees to control 19 housing projects in Hamilton; Allocated $5M operational budget and $2M capital budget.Negotiated acquisition of new facility at $350K under appraised value; leased building and wrote contract for tenant (Charter School).Negotiated union contract at rate 4% below that requested by employees and included agreement for members to pay 10% of their medical expenses (formally covered entirely by employer).Drafted Executive Summary that guided decisions affecting viability of retaining or closing individual housing projects.Ensured total compliance with HUD and other federal agencies, state regulatory bodies and auditors.Restructured operations to take organization from annual loss of $900K to profitable operation.Directed Accounting, Human Resources, Purchasing, Information Technology, Section 8 Housing, Maintenance, Business Development and Administration.Improved productivity, efficiency and overall employee performance by creating Pay for Performance Program that assigned individual goals to managers for 1st time in organization's history.Led technology upgrade that replaced 19-year-old hardware and implemented new software.Guided development of strategic plan that generated $50,000,000 additional revenue

Legal counsel for leadership team that developed and implemented strategic business plan that improved financial results more than $50M.Supervised 15 customer service representatives in company's most culturally diverse department.Reviewed contracts of top 150 customers to identify options for exiting them without incurring penalties; successfully negotiated cancellation of all.Negotiated more than $150M in key contracts

Contracts Manager for Multinational Corporation that sold CAD/CAM software and services throughout US, Canada, India, China and Europe. Acquired by EDS in 2001; then sold; now operates as UGS.Negotiated contracts from $1M to $100M with industry leaders that; Accelerated negotiating process by creating library of alternative contract language used as reference source by Contract Administrators.

Law Degree

Ba, Management

Mba, Management

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)