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The Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, Inc. is a non-profit organization led by a volunteer board of directors composed of local and regional leaders dedicated to fostering economic recovery, improving economic sustainability and resiliency, and ensuring equitable community access to prosperity through the development of the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood (KIN). The KIN, the revitalization and transformation of 107 acres of vacant land in the heart of Kenosha, is a collaborative, mixed-use project that is bringing the community together to define and deliver a regional destination with sustainable, innovation-focused office, research, educational, commercial, residential and recreational space that meets the unique needs of neighbors, the broader Kenosha community, visitors and end-users. Learn more about the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood at www.kin-kenosha.org.

Green Bay, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

Leading development and implementation of customized strategies, tactics and solutions to achieve growth and collaboration in key priority industry clusters of Manufacturing; Aerospace & Aviation; Energy, Power & Control; Supply Chain Management; and Industry 4.0.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Greater Louisville Inc. serves as the region's leading economic development agency (1.3M MSA), with focus on business attraction and expansion, workforce development, community enhancement and business advocacy.Key Contributions:Successfully launched new economic development cluster strategy in Lifelong Wellness & Aging Care, resulting in 536 new headquarter jobs and $15 million in investment in the first 18 months.Initiated workforce solution with human resource consortium aligned with cluster strategy; facilitating collaboration with multiple companies ($12 billion combined revenue), to implement pilot project addressing facility level turnover rates.Branded Louisville as the leader in innovation, thought leadership, business growth and talent in the cluster through extensive networking and media relations generating multiple national press hits including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Economist and other national industry trade publications.Planned and Executed Louisville Innovation Summit, a national industry event, fostering collaboration with 5 founding partners, to include two Fortune 500 companies, as a business recruitment tool.

Facilitated daily operations and activities for the organization around business development, business retention, new business recruitment and downtown revitalization programs. Directed and managed operational budget and staff of direct reports.Key Contributions:• Increased financial support and extended financial contributions with key stakeholders, top executives, local government, new business memberships and investors by 20% over previous year.• Pioneered organizational management improving operational functionality, increasing volunteer involvement, redefining roles/responsibility and increasing maximum efficiency across the organization for a more fluid work flow.• Established a new disaster recovery plan for potential flood disaster for Historic Business District.• Facilitated office relocation with construction, legal services, designers, capital purchasing, and contract negotiations in a seamless manner with no productivity loss or down time.

Waverly, Ia, Us

Accountable for all aspects of marketing, business development, promotional/marketing plans and implementation of municipal utility services to corporate manufacturing entities and community education for the general public. Management of Marketing Department including direct reports.Key Contributions:• Instrumental in community and regional awareness of programs and services available through the municipal utility to provide more cost effective and efficient strategies for utility consumption.• Generated extensive long lasting relationships with executives for corporate industrial businesses in support of programs and services offered to improve awareness for efficiencies to their bottom line budgets.• Embedded new marketing capital, social media promotion and event marketing strategies to increase awareness of utility programming.• Streamlined processes and researched additional promotional campaigns to integrate into the formal marketing plan to include all media engagement with press release management of web content, direct mail, news letter distribution, and special events.