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Effective leader with a strong systemic and strategic orientation. Deep experience managing complex projects from idea to implementation with a focus on not-for-profit administration. Skilled in media and community relations, team building and facilitation. Experience with policy development and government relations. Exceptional written and oral communication skills.Since 2001 Anne has been an independent consultant to non-profits and government agencies, providing assistance in interpreting and documenting highly technical information for a non-technical team members. She has helped organizations with build/buy decisions, technology selection and web and database application development. Anne is also an experienced public speaker and meeting facilitator with fifteen years experience working with River Street Planning, both on staff and in a consulting role, in areas of community planning, brownfields planning, facade programs, and meeting facilitation. Her skills in consensus building, meeting facilitation, project management, training, team building and proposal writing honed while managing software development projects, have also proven useful to her community planning clients.Anne has served on the City School District of Albany School Board since January 2015. She served one term as Secretary in 2016, one term as Vice President from January 2017 to June 2018, president from July 2018 through June 2022, and is now reprising her role as Vice President. More information about Anne's board service is available here: https://friendsofannesavage.com/about-anne/Specialties: Project management, public speaking, team building, consensus building, small and large group facilitation, training, writing, community involvement, program management, requirements definition, technology vendor selection, web programming, data modeling, database development., Drupal/CiviCRM installation and configuration, Microsoft Access and classic ASP development.

Listed skills include Program Management, Grant Writing, Project Management, Community Development, and 4 others.