* International business development experience* Retail operations and management* Event and conference planning and management* Human resources and recruiting* Fund-raising and public relations* Adaptable to changing and demanding work environments* Function very well in stressful working conditions* Dynamic and professional as both a public and inter-personal speaker* Recent published written communications experience* Functionally bilingual* National and local television, radio and newspaper experience* Trade-show, conference and public event experience* Web and computer skilled with MS Office and Microsoft Windows* Able to manage large projects, work collaboratively in a team setting and set and maintain priorities under stressful circumstances* Received a commendation for efforts in managing personnel requirements for the recovery operations for the crash of Swissair Flight 111* Initiated, planned, organized and ran numerous international meetings and major training exercises with allied nations. * An experienced volunteer and member of many ‘not-for-profit’ agencies and groups* Very good listener, self-starter and exceedingly reliable* Strong desire to excel, used to meeting deadlines while working in fast-paced and crisis-based environments* Many years of leadership experience in both the public and private sectors* Well-developed and demonstrated ability to influence and motivate employees and work collaboratively in a team settingSpecialties: advertising, budgeting, conferences, control, customer relations, customer service, feature writing, human resources, leadership, marketing, marketing materials, meeting facilitation, navy, presentation skills, publicity, recruiting, retail, seminars, trade shows, web site production, writing,