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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Newport is a unique national business advisory firm that offers experience-based, client-centric solutions that help CEOs and owners of middle market companies grow, de-risk, and realize their company’s value.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Great Minds is a Public Benefit Corporation that lives its mission. Gret Minds is a knowledge-based curricula company changing the landscape of pre-K - 12 Education. Great Minds brings teachers and scholars together to craft exemplary instructional materials that inspire joy in teaching and learning. Founded in 2007, Great Minds now employs more than 1,000.

Greater Washington, DC Metro Area

• FORTE Business Solutions is focused on aligning business Strategy, People and Processes for outstanding results. We work businesses in the private sector, government contractors, associations and non-profit.
• Executive coaching to new leader of acquired technology business and integration with parent company
• Implemented a sustained leadership process and succession plan with government contactor

Greater Washington, DC Area

• Strategic business consulting for small to mid-sized companies looking to scale their business to the next level and improve bottom-line results.
• Strategic Planning for $10M Government Contractor with projected growth to $50M. Provided value-added facilitation that resulted in focused business objectives that included human capital solutions around the projected.
• Organization assessment and restructure for a large $34M non-profit organization. Moved to cross functional organization and developed role profiles used for assessment of current incumbents. Provided guidance on.
• Leadership assessment of 14-person management team in Telecom. Established metrics for business goals and tied to individual performance goals. Focus on a shift in culture to greater accountability and service delivery.

Naples, Florida Area

• Strategic HR consulting company focused on improving results in small to mid-sized businesses through talent management assessments and engagements.
• Assessed and resolved employee unrest at non-union manufacturing assembly site
• Interim HR Executive for wind power company
• Organizational assessment of $65M logistics company with focus on sales and operational effectiveness. Recommendations included creating joint sales and operations teams and leadership changes to carry out the.

• Lead the human resources function reporting to the CEO for this $10 billion, 5,000 employee commercial finance services firm with business units in business capital lending, equipment leasing, distribution financing.
• Merger & Acquisitions - Drove employee communication plans and participated on contract team during the sale process to GE Commercial Finance of $8.5 billion of managed assets and over 1600 Transamerica employees.
• Talent Pipeline – Executed enterprise-wide talent pipeline assessment. Successfully developed and implemented Executive Assessment Inventory for top three layers of management. The process created a talent pool.
• Organizational Effectiveness – Blended 5 independent business units into one culture. Consolidated common policy, practice, and compensation for all business units. Created efficiencies in Human Capital practices and.

Consult to small and Fortune 500 businesses in all areas of Human Resources management. Developed programs and process initiatives around leadership development and succession, organization change, and employee retention in the mortgage banking, financial services, non profit, and commercial finance and leasing industries.

Reporting to the President, executive responsibilities for Human Resources, Learning & Development, and Administrative Services, for this 2,000 employee mortgage subsidiary of California Federal Bank.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Served as HR head for Claims Division. Initiated executive assessments to improve effectiveness of leadership team. Developed and lead team establishing new Tampa Claim office culture and customer-centric processes.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Served as the HR head for the 12,000-field staff of the Managed Care Division with HR & Admin staff of 100. On team that developed extensive culture change in Travelers Human Resources Departments. Executed new HR corporate initiative establishing HR Business Partnerships in 6 national regions.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration

Master Of Science (Ms), Organizational Behavior