Educate students, families and other community members on skills in strengthening individual financial success and building financial security.

A community land trust (“CLT”) is a non-profit corporation created to acquire and hold land for the benefit of a community and provide secure affordable access to land and housing for community residents. In particular, CLTs attempt to meet the needs of residents least served by the prevailing market. CLTs prohibit speculation and absentee ownership of land and housing, promote ecologically sound land-use practices, and preserve the long-term affordability of housing.Responsibilities include● Serve as a passionate and effective spokesperson for the organization; represent the programs and benefits of home ownership through the community land trust model to the public while establishing and maintaining working relationships and partnerships with them.● Create and steward relationships with the neighborhood associations, local, regional, and state governmental officials, realtors, housing professionals, attorneys, and lending partners who will assist MCLT and its homeowners; establish and build relationships with builders, architects and other professionals who will help MCLT further its purpose.● Monitor local, regional, state, and federal governmental initiatives related to MCLT’s mission, evaluate implications of proposed and current ordinances and legislation, and represent MCLT’s interests through collaborative participation in those governmental efforts.● Supervise and support staff including setting, evaluating annual strategic plans, and assuring that staff have the tools, systems, training, and support needed to be effective and efficient; conduct annual reviews of staff performance and staff structure; hire and terminate staff as necessary.● Work with MCLT Finance Committee and Treasurer to develop and maintain financial systems to manage and track the organization’s finances and provide for the effective response to the requirements of funding agencies.

A community land trust (“CLT”) is a non-profit corporation created to acquire and hold land for the benefit of a community and provide secure affordable access to land and housing for community residents. In particular, CLTs attempt to meet the needs of residents least served by the prevailing market. CLTs prohibit speculation and absentee ownership of land and housing, promote ecologically sound land-use practices, and preserve the long-term affordability of housing.Responsibilities include • Create and steward relationships with the neighborhood associations, local, regional, and state governmental officials, realtors, housing professionals, attorneys, and lending partners who will assist MCLT and its homeowners.. Establish and build relationships with builders, architects and other professionals who will help MCLT further its purpose.• Collaborating with the Board of Directors to garner funds sufficient to conduct MCLT’s strategic goals; research and obtain philanthropic and government grants for both operating and project related support. Oversee the completion and reporting of grants’ scopes-of-work; facilitate and participate with the Board to implement fundraising campaigns and planned giving activities.• Work with MCLT Finance Committee and Treasurer to develop and maintain financial systems to manage and track the organization’s finances and provide for the effective response to the requirements of funding agencies. Ensure monthly and annual financial reports are prepared for Board review and approval. Work closely with the Treasurer and other MCLT staff in creating the annual budget for Board approval. Ensure that all governmental reporting and registrations are prepared and delivered in a timely manner.

Heartland Conservation Alliance proactively conserves, protects, and restores natural lands and open space within the Kansas City region, benefiting the community and future generations by improving water quality, creating recreational opportunities, protecting life and property, and preserving our natural and cultural heritage. HCA accomplishes its goals through collaboration with a network of public and private organizations and agencies that share its goals, values, and objectives, and through public outreach and education. · Provide support and supervision to Steering Council, Urban Waters Steering Committee, and Partnership Work Group. Review existing structure and propose improvements to better accomplish mission and goals.· Coordinate staff to manage one-million-dollar organizational budget. Develop work plans for projects and related grants. Monitor, track and report progress toward plan benchmarks. Prepare reports of goals achieved.· Research and apply for appropriate government and foundation grants. Lead fundraising and annual campaigns.· Assist in efforts to build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders and agency partners. Communicate organization’s vision and reflect its core values in all interactions.· Create membership program with tiers leading to Partner. Recruit members.· Build relationships with policy makers and community affected by policies.

The Prosperity Center provides FREE one-on-one Employment Coaching to help our community find sustainable living wage career and FREE one-on-one Financial Coaching to help our community achieve financial security. We also offer access to Income Supports to reduce monthly expenses. www.prosperitycenterkc.org· Designed, developed, coordinated, promoted, and evaluated projects and programs that support organization’s goals including capacity building and strategic partnerships.· Ensured organization achieved its mission in highly strategic and focused manner.· Established and maintained strong, positive working relationships with network of partners.· Drove client success through goal setting, confidence building, creating social networks and achieving job readiness.· Managed grants including budget reconciliation, expense tracking and client outcomes. Maintained and managed data. Produced timely and accurate reports of program status.

· Developed and monitored annual department budget. Provided oversite of fiscal operations.· Developed relationships with theater managers to assess needs. Created training to meet needs and provided support. Managed best practices to ensure fidelity in program design, implementation and evaluation.· Managed project of creating theater manager succession with tight deadlines. Achieved project completion on time, on budget and in scope.· Recruited, trained, motivated, evaluated theater managers and staff. Department exceeded goals.

The training and development function has represented the majority of my 20+ year career. Assessing organization and department needs, developing, delivering and evaluating a variety of training offerings has been my focus. My skill areas include leadership, sales, customer service, safety and project management. Where I make a difference is in building trusting relationships in order to achieve change management goals. To me training is really about an opportunity to make it easier for the learners to do their job. The goal is to collaboratively discuss the most important elements of a need, helping participants understand the why behind the project and come up with the most effective solutions that can be applied.I seek to incorporate the values of ownership, service, leadership, diversity and innovation in a friendly and fun way.

Terracon offers robust engineering services to our clients in the area of geotechnical, environmental, construction management and facilitites. Meghan's role is to improve the performance of our 2800 employees through virtual training in project management, ethics, safety, new employee orientation and financial management. Meghan's organizational development skills and relationship building abilities will help her achieve the desired outcome for Terracon.

My job is about meeting the goals of our company - Getting propane to our Customers when they need it, safety and profitable. I have the opportunity to help our Employees make this happen for our Customers by keeping them trained and educated on all the corporate changes.

• Identify performance levers for each relationship using a holistic approach with goals, time frames and activities. Engage others in solution process with persuasive influence. • Conduct extensive research, analyze trends and make recommendations regarding current state, potential future state and expected value, both monetary and intrinsic. • Prioritize to maintain focus and reduce or eliminate scope change. Consistently demonstrate problem solving skills and solution focused orientation. Exhibit empathy and understanding for impact of transaction on all parties involved.• Seek ROI improvement measured in terms of client satisfaction and increased profitability. • Provide productivity leadership to office, mentoring and coaching peers, managers and staff.