Description: Engage with the community and represent Campbellsville University on selected boards and committees, presenting to key stakeholders, commissions, civic groups, and the public on economic development issues. Serve as a resource for the public, including the development community, property owners, businesses, and community organizations. Plan, organize, and implement economic development functions and strategies from conception to completion. Lead strategic planning efforts for all services and activities of economic development. Implement economic development goals and objectives and coordinate with developers and local businesses. Coordinate and develop proposals; create public/private partnerships to enhance economic development. Maintain communication and work closely with various local, regional, state, and federal agencies to bring community and economic development to the region. Focus on business and nonprofit development, redevelopment, development negotiations, creating local and regional community and economic partnerships, community and economic marketing and branding, community and economic data analysis, and fostering diverse economic and employment growth within the community.

• Internationally recognized consulting and coaching company providing management consulting and leadership coaching services for individuals, social enterprises, and nonprofit organizations.

Services include: • Organizational strategy, vision, thinking, and planning.• Innovation formation and disruption tactics.• Project and program evaluation and management.• Executive and board development.• Peer advisory groups.• Personnel optimization.• Team-building.• Conflict mediation and crisis mitigation.• Life and executive coaching.• Advocacy training.• Religious and cultural identification and integration.• Revenue stream diversification.• Budget and financial needs analysis.• Competitive market studies.• Policy research.• Grant writing.

Create and oversee strategic initiatives and planning, manage servant leadership teams and report outcomes to the executive committee, deliver effective board governance and assist in board development, and provide leadership support to the president.

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evangelism, disciple-making, and church planting among diverse immigrant populations in strategic cities around the world. We are reaching out evangelistically to start and multiply churches, to train believers to disciple their international neighbors, and to coach churches to better cross-cultural barriers in ministering to their communities. We are striving to form disciples who can form discipleship communities anywhere they go.

Maintained and kept organizational records, including board meeting attendance, votes, and minutes.

• Instructor of Record:o GOV 696: Not-for-Profit Start-Upo GOV 694: Not-for-Profit & Faith-Based Organizations Fundraising Developmento GOV 693: Managing Not-for-Profit & Faith-Based Organizations

Dissertation and Capstone chair.

• Event speaker on integrating faith at work through equipping and empowering executives and senior-level leaders.* * * Are you an innovative and entrepreneurial executive who is ready to apply your faith at work? Is your organization looking to level-up its commitment to biblical principles of leadership and management? Then I invite you to prayerfully consider having me speak at your next event by reaching out to me at rjhuston@faithworksconsultingllc.comTogether, we will learn how to harness our expertise to grow God's Kingdom! * * *

Love Thy Neighborhood’s mission is to disciple Christians to serve their neighbors, cultivate healthy relationships and follow Jesus in their culture and context.

Selected Accomplishments: Led the school through program changes targeting academic rigor and student performance, which resulted in increases in 3 core skills across all 12 school assessment methods—with (1) an average 13.53% increase in critical thinking skills, (2) an average 23.21% increase in problem-solving skills, and (3) an average 10.68% increase in research and evaluation skills over two years. Led the school to a 68.5% budget increase, a 33.6% student enrollment increase, a 73.98% student retention rate increase, a 9.52% student graduation rate increase, and a 6.59% increase in the number of students graduating with university honors over two years. Designed, drafted, proposed, and passed new undergraduate and graduate programs and curriculum updates; received approval to rename the school to the "School of Business and Leadership;" created and coordinated student and professional events; implemented strategic initiatives, including quality enhancements and articulation agreements, and enacted planning and process improvements for student equity and access. Description: Directed the academic programs and oversaw the operations and advancement of the university's largest school. Set the vision, standards, and benchmarks for school growth. Coordinated and chaired strategic planning meetings, curriculum design, and student and program assessments. Served as the school liaison for institutional and programmatic accreditation matters. Generated and presented reports to the Board of Trustees, Presidential Cabinet, and Academic Council. Mentored and led full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and support staff, facilitating their evaluation and professional development. Prepared and administered the school budget. Represented the school at the Academic Council and participated in Faculty Meetings. Programmatic contact for institutional accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

• Instructor of Record:o BUS 400: Business Administration Internshipo BUS 411: Legal Environment of Businesso CPS 110: Web Page Designo ECO 495: Values & Capitalism, Wealth & Justiceo FIN 235: Personal Financial Management o FIN 301: Principles of Financeo FIN 432: Nonprofit Financial Management o MGT 300: Management Internship o MGT 301: Principles of Management o MGT 321: Principles of Leadership o MGT 402: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management o MGT 412: Special Topics In Management o MGT 482: Strategic Managemento MKT 302: Principles of Marketing

• Instructor of Record:o POL 3500: Civil Society & Nonprofit Administrationo POL 3400: Religion & The Public Squareo POL 3300: Public Administration o POL 3030: Media and Public Opinion o POL 2100: American Governmento POL 2000: Introduction to Political Science

• Instructor of Record:o ECO 315: Comparative Economic and Political Systems

• Instructor of Record:o BUSA 620: Business Development and Enterprise Sustainability

• Acquired nonprofit organizational analyst projects focusing on personnel optimization, project administration, revenue stream diversification, strategy formation, and cultural identification.

• Collaborated with research faculty and staff on issues pertaining to poverty, nonprofit advocacy, and university-community partnerships.• Evaluated programs and projects requiring the preparation of data collection instruments (surveys, questionnaires, and interview guides), hands-on data collection ( on-site observations, participant interviews, and organizational documents), and data analysis.

• Lecturer:o UAPP 673: Governing Nonprofit Organizations

• Managed the operations of a religious education nonprofit organization.• Led the organization in budgeting, planning, programming, and development. • Accomplished annual net revenue growth of over 50% through “lean” operational expenditures.• Coordinated staff and volunteer meetings, supervision, discipline, and recruitment.• Created and achieved a growing online marketing and interactive social media presence with annual increases in page visits, material downloads, and donations.• Organized community service activities and fundraisers.

• Chair & Treasurer: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 • Vice-Chair & Secretary: March 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010

Iowa Board of Athletic Training – Department of Public Health; Des Moines, IA• Description: Governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed position adopting rules consistent with chapters 147.14 and 152D of the Iowa Code that establishes standards and guidelines for athletic trainers.• Selected Accomplishments:o Proposed concussion protocol requirements for athletic trainers.o Introduced changes to board meeting formats to increase transparency and accountability.

• Provided staff support in the policy decisions of the Governor’s office, primarily in the administration's I-Jobs program, through research and task-orientated procedures, including data entry, interoffice memo preparation, letter editing, and constituent communication.

• Served as a congregational council member that discussed religious inclusion and partnership with each other to serve the area with food and clothing needs assistance.

• Description: Performed all teaching duties, including lecturing, proctoring exams, grading, class organization and management, and technical assistance for the following courses:o Pol S 370: Religion & Politics o Pol S 357: International Security o Pol S 350: Middle East Politics o Pol S 343: Latin American Politics o Pol S 333: Democracy & Diversity in America

• Spearheaded "the hotel project" in coordination with the Executive Director of Economic Development to increase area tourism revenue.• Leveraged project management, policy expertise, research, strategic planning, marketing, and technical assistance to improve community living standards.• Produced grant writing awards of over $100k.

• Provided staff support in the city’s development through research, policy planning, and project management.

• Worship Leader: Presented sermons, opening and closing prayers, presided over communion and the offering, and performed scripture readings.

• Worship Leader: Presented sermons, opening and closing prayers, presided over communion and the offering, and performed scripture readings. • Spiritual Leader: Founded the “Young Adult Group” (YAG). YAG Bible Study Teacher, Prayer Leader, YAG Activity Planner & Organizer.

• Encouraged intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of 25 youth.• Taught Sunday morning and Wednesday evening Bible classes.• Planned and conducted activities that fostered cooperation with surrounding-area churches.• Met one on one with parents of the youth and maintained a work-related expense account.