Work with organizations to help facilitate strategic planning and financial operations. Work to educate management in cash flow, cost accounting, and proper capital spending. I use my background in finance to assist programs and organizations as they need it. I make board presentations, mobilize financial resources, and plan for fund solicitation and acquisition. I believe in developing the mission, and then finding resources to fund the mission.

5 County non-profit organization offering services in Housing, Food Security, Family Support, and Homelessness Prevention. Refinanced building loan to prevent foreclosure. Developed new programming to assist the State Department of Human Services to achieve their goals. Served as Treasurer to state wide association of Community Action Agencies. Interacted directly with legislators and Department officials. Represented the concerns of the low income population to policy makers. Conducted triennial survey over operating area to reveal actual concerns and needs of low income families. Received funding for pilot program working with teens aging out of foster care. Obtained funding for Manitowoc Youth Diversion Program (Teen Court) attempting to keep young people out of the court system while providing opportunities for service, and mentoring to assist them engage.Managed a staff of 34. Approved hiring new managers for programs expansion and to reduce staff when funding lost or terminated. Increased the assets of the corporation during tenure. Managed real estate transactions for three offices and two satellite locations.

* Supports the city's Harbor Commission, governing waterfront development, preservation and use;* Understand and adhere to Department of Natural Resources policies;* Work with private enterprise in a $10 million condominium development on city's downtown;* Obtained $3,794,000 Harbor Assistance Grant on behalf of City and City Centre LLC;* Coordinate with Army Corp of Engineers for ongoing harbor-dredging projects; * Manage the contract with private marina operator to ensure proper use of municipal property;* Balance the diverse interests of water stakeholders including those of sports fishermen, sailing tourists, business owners, and environmentalists;

Serves as the financial manager of the Department of Public Works in a Lake Michigan port city with a population of 35,000; responsible for the $18M annual budget guiding the operations of the department's seven divisions *Took the lead role in city to search out, apply for, and administer Federal Stimulus funds from all programs associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009;* Obtained Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant Funding ($135,100) for City Lighting Upgrade in 2010 - an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project; * Supervise staff to produce proper cost accounting, billing and interdepartmental charges; * Collaborate in creating and annually maintaining 5-year capital improvement plan;* Appointed to a city-wide management team to select, test and implement improved accounting software - 2008; * Implemented a Performance-Based Budgeting project to streamline department functions, establish baselines, and accurately reflect true costs in the budget;* File reports with city, state and federal agencies; * Rotates after-hour supervisory duties with other department managers to provide constant coverage of DPW services in the community;* Manages in a Union Public Employee Union Environment - the department's 40 employees belong to 3 different labor organizations;* Reports to and works with elected officials to gain approval and advise on policy; serves as the "voice" of the department in the media; * Collaborated on a community education campaign to thwart a grassroots effort to stall city borrowing in 2008. (Efforts were successful in a referendum question on the issue with 70% of voting residents supporting the city's borrowing policies); * Designated city staff member of an ad-hoc committee developed to study the creation of a storm water utility which would have funded additional water quality actions.

Financial Manager for City's Department of Public Works managing a $18 MM budget and setting budget targets for multi year performance targets.

* Sold auxiliary sailboats, assisted in commissioning boats for spring launch, appointed charter master for Manitowoc location;* Maintained casual employment relationship with firm while attending graduate school by writing quarterly newsletters and sailing boats to client's home locations along Lake Michigan coastline.

Worked as freelance writer but also had a Web based school curriculum going called Ocean Explorers offered by OnLine Class. Published two books and dozens of magazine articles.

Sports Marketing effort to secure sponsorship for professional sailing team specifically to compete in the various shorthanded sailing races in Europe.