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Served as Executive Director of $2 million 84 year old nonprofit social and community service Agency with multi-service locations employing over fifty employees and eight direct reports. Full P&L responsibility, including strategic planning, agency vision, budgeting, program development and funding for two core mission driven programs. Directed all operations for programs, tenant leasing and renovations of facilities. Spearheaded all government funding, financial and program audits, governmental compliance, and performed monthly evaluation of Agency’s financial and programmatic results. Grant writer. Spokesperson for all funding sources including foundations, city, county, state, and federal agencies, community, corporate and individual donors. Guided all marketing material including Annual Report, periodic newsletters, program and fund raising literature and website. Reported to Board of Directors.Key Achievements:•Financially stabilized bankrupt Agency in first six months and completed initial restructuring in twelve months. •Negotiated settlement with IRS for over $500,000 in delinquent payroll taxes without payment of interest or penalties.•Secured funding to revitalize branding and all marketing material including an annual report and program literature.•Raised over $2 million of funding for capital improvements and secured mortgage funding for retiring $450,000 in short term notes.•Four of the last six fiscal years (three of the last consecutive years) had revenues in excess of expenses. •Consolidated operations from four to two locations without interruption of program services and resulting in over 10% reduction in operating expenses and salaries. •Reduced reliance on government funding from 72% to 48% of total budget by securing other revenue sources and thru social enterprise ventures.

Integral part of a profit improvement team for clients in financial crisis. Responsibilities included financial analysis, managing cash flow and asset lender relations, vendor and customer relations.Key Achievements: •Returned nine (100%) financially troubled companies to profitability by downsizing and restructuring the workforce, improving margins on the business lines, extending terms on receivables and equipment loans and improving terms with asset lenders.•Interim Management -- As interim President for $60 million service company in waste management, restructured the company by extending and converting $4 million of vendor debt into non interest bearing notes; extending equipment leases on favorable terms; restructuring billing process for proper tracking of margins by project; bringing company back into compliance with terms of asset lender note; hiring new CFO and restructuring finance department; developing 3 year business plan and establishing an annual budgeting program. -- As interim Director of Operations for $12 million consumer manufacturing company improved plant production to deliver 24 hour turn on open orders; reduced inventory by 45%; reduced direct labor cost by 18% and reduced material cost by 30%.

Served as Officer and Vice President, Human Resources, for Fortune 1000 national training and development company employing 3600 employees, four subsidiaries and 50 facilities. Direct reports were Corporate Directors of Personnel, Benefits and Compensation, Training and Development.Created centralized Corporate Human Resources department including staffing, compensation programs, benefit design and training and development programs, HRIS and employee recognition and executive incentive plans. Accountable for corporate HR staff and field HR managers. Reported to CEO and Chairman of the Board.Key Achievements:•Integral member of acquisition team for acquiring $100 million Company that was completed on schedule with all protocols in place and staff consolidations completed.•Established corporate wide compensation program including upper management and executive’s incentive programs resulting in a payroll cost reduction of 5% annually. •Restructured corporate wide benefit programs to improve level of benefits while reducing cost. Maintained same level of cost for next two years.

Served as Officer and Vice President, Human Resources, for start-up of Human Resources department for new distribution company involving the merger of 3 existing companies totaling $300 million in annual revenue, 1,000 employees, and 25 locations. Direct reports were Corporate Directors of Personnel and Benefits and Compensation. Reported to CEO.Key Achievement: Managed complete start-up of Human Resource Department within twelve months including staffing, compensation and benefit programs during a complete corporate office relocation.

Directed employee and industrial relations functions for Fortune 500 company on a corporate wide basis covering 10,000 employees, 60 facilities and nine subsidiaries for this $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Responsible for all health, compensation and retirement plans, training and development, security, personnel policies and protocols, union negotiations and arbitrations. Direct reports included Directors of Personnel, Compensation, Benefits, Labor Relations, Security, Training and Development. Responsible for corporate staff of forty and sixty field Labor and Industrial Relations managers. Reported to CEO and Chairman of the Board.Key Achievements: •Negotiated over 90 labor contracts covering 25 different national Unions and arbitrated over 35 arbitrations. •Negotiated the consolidation and restructuring of over 72 medical, dental, vision and life plans at a savings of over $2 Million annually. •Integral member of five officers retained to liquidate the company on behalf of the private investors who had taken the company private. Completed sale of the nine operating subsidiaries within twelve months. Created a 15 multiplier for the shareholders.

Juris Doctorate, Law

Bachelor Of Arts