The CEO has a broad set of responsibilities across executive, human resources, financial, strategic and operational areas. Strategic Leadership - Provide leadership to the Board of Directors in planning for the future of the organization, including developing and overseeing strategic plans and annual objectives. Develop strong, productive relationships with board members, and recruit new board members to strengthen skill, background, perspective and diversity of board. Build and maintain external relationships and partnerships that advance the organization’s brand and business opportunities. Represent the organization to stakeholders, clients and consumers via written and oral communications, including presentations and public speaking.Human Resources - Attract and retain skilled, diverse and multi-disciplinary staff members. Promote collaborative and productive working relationships among all employees through building a positive organizational culture, effectively articulating the vision and providing a clear sense of direction to the staff. Align strategic goals to individual performance and ensure an effective process for evaluating job performance and creating staff development plans. Review staffing and program needs and develop staff assignments accordingly. Ensure personnel policies are current and Board-approved. Programming – Provide oversight and guidance in the design and management of professional development conferences, workshops and other related programming.Financial/Operational - Plan and organize the preparation of an annual budget, and administer the adopted budget within approved revenues and expenditures. Provide reports for the Board with appropriate financial data for decision making. Persue other sources of business development and financial support. Prepare responses to RFPs and preparation of grant proposals. Establish pricing for programs, products and services.

Provide leadership and oversight for three national, membership-based programs. Responsibilities include:• Strategic Planning – Create and execute strategic and annual business plans aligned to the organization’s mission and impact goals; drive the successful execution of complex internal and external changes to modernize and expand all program offerings; revamp the strategy, policies and processes for program expansion; collaborate cross-functionally with internal business units to identify, prioritize and develop new products, services and resources; and contribute as a member of the Leadership Team, helping to define organizational strategy, outcomes and metrics.• Client Services and Engagement – Serve as the lead relationship manager for all program clients, volunteers, community leaders and partner organizations; increase client/volunteer satisfaction and build local and national program capacity through the development and implementation of national training and networking opportunities, new program initiatives and resources, regular communications, constituent surveys and responsive customer service; as well as forge partnerships and leverage partnership resources to create added value and improve program impact.• Staff Development and Leadership – Provide leadership and staff supervision for a business unit; assess human capital and resource gaps to ensure staff positions are focused on providing excellent services and quality programming; establish and maintain a team operating culture that is collaborative, unified, inclusive and focused on organizational mission, values and strategic goals; and create and coach a high-functioning, geographically dispersed team to be accountable for measurable performance goals.• Budget and Finance – Responsible for developing and overseeing annual $1+ million dollar budget, including identifying and meeting over $400,000 in earned revenue targets.

Provided leadership and strategic direction for a statewide professional development system comprised of seven district offices and 22 regional offices.Strategic Leadership – Managed the growth and daily operations of four statewide and national professional development programs. Engaged diverse stakeholders and member organizations to create new program offerings, implement best practices and drive learning outcomes, leading to increases in course offerings, course participation and course effectiveness. Contributing member of the Senior Leadership Team representing the organization on several statewide and national committees. Human Resources – Created new staff positions and led a new department team of five direct reports to work cross-functionally to implement program and organizational strategies. Programming – Developed and successfully implemented the state’s first instructor-led, online training program for child care/early childhood professionals. Produced and delivered a national online instructor course to train prospective online instructors in online course development and pedagogy. Designed and managed two annual statewide conferences to build and maintain qualified staff and independent contractors.Financial/Operational – Developed and managed multiple program budgets, totaling $1 million annually. Increased organization’s earned revenue by over 75%.

Developed and implemented special projects, trainings and events, including two annual statewide industry conferences. Supported constituent engagement, delivery of program services, public relations, communications and grant writing/reporting functions for two statewide grant-funded programs.

Served as editor for an annual gardening almanac publication and production assistant for other publications, provided proofreading and supporting print production processes.