Ken Sauer Email & Phone Number

*Over 20 years experience designing and implementing strategies to secure donors and contributions, providing oversight of fund management and insuring long term financial stability and growth*Founded East Ridge Cares 4 Kids--a holistic educational outreach to homeless children and their families*Founder and CEO of Red Bank Community Food Pantry, a cooperative entity which has become the largest food pantry in Hamilton County*Built a Preschool from the ground up. One year in it has an enrollment of 90 children and a $350,000 budget*Raised $85,000 within two weeks of an emergency to find permanent housing for 70 homeless families*Passionate commitment to serving the physical, social and mental needs of humankind*Experience building and leading strong cohesive teams and stakeholders*Manage a staff of 30 paid employees and 600 volunteers*Work with boards and staff to ensure the mission is fulfilled through programs, strategic planning and community outreach*Perform supervisory functions including hiring, training and overseeing staff and volunteers*Collaborate to develop and implement vision and mission*Provide purpose driven leadership*Lead a network of community partners*Community engagement in organizations, schools and city departments*Cultivate strong relationships inside and outside the organization with new and diverse community partnerships*Write grant applications*Financial oversight to create yearly budgets, increase giving and meet goals*Contagious passion which leads people to action