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Self-employed consultant providing consulting services to health and human service organizations. In recent years, the firm’s primary emphasis has been upon the provision of grant services to hospitals and other nonprofit organizations for program, operating , capital and other funding needs, including, for example:(a) Annnual grants totaling from $1-$2 Million+ for each of the past 3 years have been achieved.(b) Substantial increases in grant performance have been achieved, ranging from 100-300% over prior results.(c) Successfully completed $ 2 million+ grant portfolio for St. Vincent Charity Hospital Capital Campaign, including major gifts from the Kresge, Prentiss and Cleveland Foundations.(d)Grant success rates of 50-73% have been achieved.In addition to grant consulting, program development, project management, evaluation, strategic planning and other engagements have been successfully completed for a wide variety of public and private nonprofit organizations.

Successfully executed wide portfolio of job duties and responsibilities for major, full-service United Way organization while serving in #2 staff leadership position, including:(a) Major responsibilities for agency operations (e.g., finance, human resources, property management, information technology, volunteer training, etc.).(b) Planned and developed external funding through grants for the establishment of United Way community service and management support programs (e.g., Management Assistance Program, Energy Management Program, etc.) which positioned organization as a national leader in the provision of such services.(c) Successfully completed capital campaign which raised $2.9 million for agency facilities.(d) Personal annual fund-raising campaign portfolio responsibilities ranged from $250,000-$4.2 million, exceeding goals each year.(e) Responsible for planning and construction of new United Way administrative building which was completed on time and within budget.