Robert Dorneker Email & Phone Number

415 West Eighth Street Hinsdale, Illinois

2100 Ridge Avenue

• Administered, planned and directed the City’s Parks and Recreation programs and staff at three recreation centers, park field houses, an indoor ice arena, a community theatre, five swimming beaches, two boat launching.
• Acted as staff liaison to diverse boards and commissions comprised of community members and elected officials.
• Worked with a team to develop and manage a $9 million operating budget with fifty-four full-time and four hundred part-time/seasonal employees.
• Served on the city’s interdepartmental team for identifying, planning and budgeting capital improvement projects for parks and recreation facilities.
• Executed the department’s strategic goals and objectives, and implemented best practices for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services.
• Successfully crafted grant applications to state and private foundation entities.

2100 Ridge Avenue

• Administered the department budget, directed staff operations and created a vision for future department programming.

Evanston, Illinois

• Provided oversight to over 700 recreation, arts, ecology, and community service programs annually.
• Supervised park rangers, athletic field maintenance, and senior programs.
• Led division that provides workforce training, employment, counseling, meals, and housing programs aiming to increase opportunities for disengaged youth and adults.
• Served on the city’s management team that negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement with the union team for negotiating employee benefits.