Published under Melissa Yvonne ~ www.soulmateshit.comOn a seemingly average December morning, Melissa's world is turned upside down by a text message that unveils a man's decade-long admiration for her. This digital domino unleashes an affair that awakens Melissa's soul and exposes her realization that her marriage has become just another thing in the daily struggle through the monotony of life. In a desperate search for change, she embarks on a journey to rediscover herself and uncover the meaning behind soul mates.In her waking moments, she contemplates all that life could be. When she sleeps, her dreams connect her to something monumental: an omniscient view of a life she lived in the 12th century as a young royal, Abigail.Alive with emotion and intention, both women set out on a path of self-discovery. Along the way, they reconcile their pasts with their presents and grapple with life's hardest question: Who am I, and who do I want to be? In the end, parallel worlds collide as both women choose their own fates.

The VBA has been around for 26 years helping to support the 68 breweries across the state that are part of our Association. With all of the national and international attention the Vermont craft beer industry has seen recently, the VBA recognized the need to invest in an elevated level of leadership. I am proud to be working with the Board of Directors to enhance our brand visibility, unify the membership and capitalize on all of the opportunity to build craft beer focused tourism in our state.

Launched and lead the social enterprise division of an established nonprofit, designing and implementing business procedures. Created infrastructure to support ongoing sustainable operations. Provided leadership in business planning and enterprise implementation, facilitating growth and resiliency while maintaining focus on the mission of providing a platform for continual job training. Responsible for overseeing ongoing business operations, marketing and customer acquisition and directing the overall business growth strategies. ▪ Responsible for planning and overseeing all aspects of the successful growth of a mission driven enterprise designed to provide high quality products and services and efficient job training opportunities for women. ▪ Served on the Executive Leadership Team, guiding staff through leadership transition and strategic planning. ▪ Developed and maintained relationships with a diverse array of individuals and foundations whose philanthropy goals were aligned with the program’s triple bottom line: training women, feeding children and sourcing locally. Secured multi-year funding through the establishment of these relationships, holding fiscal responsibility for both the sales of the business and fundraising for the program.

Built infrastructure within an international nonprofit that received a grant for expansion. Developed a business plan, created public relations materials, organized financials and streamlined the brand of the organization. ▪ Worked with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to develop financial planning, staffing structures and action plans annually. Managed these plans through execution, meeting target goals in each area quarterly. ▪ Managed the development and launch of a new website for an organization with 20 years of history. ▪ Supervised a team of personnel from around the world to implement the vision for the future.

Managed subcontracts through the development of work scopes, contract negotiation and change orders. Managed cost to overall budget in areas of design, construction, testing and staffing. Developed systems to collect data for all Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) construction credits for the U.S. Green Building Council.

Managed subcontracts from the development of work scopes through negotiation to contract execution. Created and maintained project schedules, estimates and budgets. Managed project engineers, construction assistants and interns. Developed and maintained all hard and soft document control procedures.