VetCarolinas is an unincorporated group chartered to make the Carolinas the premier destination for veterans. This includes veteran social and business networking and veteran-related community service. VetCarolinas purpose is to foster collaboration across the Carolinas, including without limitation other veteran support groups, to support veteran-oriented initiatives. VetCarolinas seeks to strengthen the community through empowering veterans, recognizing their individual and collective skills and worth. VetCarolinas will network with Carolinas’ communities to find those organizations with like-minded values who may have opportunities for veterans, including but not limited to businesses, academia, non-profit groups and government organizations. To maximize our impact on current efforts, VetCarolinas may become involved with local volunteer opportunities in order to facilitate camaraderie and to facilitate veteran networking.

Volunteer position - supporting Marines and their families through physical fitness fundraising events leadership luncheons with senior Marines an plenty of other support functions and events.

Atrium Health is a not for profit hospital network which operates over 1,000 hospitals, freestanding emergency departments, urgent care centers, and medical practices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama with over 80,000 teammates and 13.5 Billion in revenueMember of the human resources strategic team responsible for the people strategy, teammate experience, talent acquisition, employee relations & policy development/interpretation, compensation & total rewards, leader coaching, occupational health and HR service center operations. System/Platform use: SuccessFactors, Oracle, MS Suite, Google Suite.Accomplishments• Co-project manager of several Enterprise-wide programs that successfully increased health care program participation by over 180%.• Leading an HR triage team for escalation resolutions for a new HR IT platform transition. • Leading numerous analytics projects that provided strategic guidance leaders across various facilities and service lines.• Supported HR strategic health assessments of the Carolina markets and HR Service Centers that led to organizational restructuring for numerous process improvements, ultimately support the end users more efficiently.

• Developed large-scale, data-driven equity projects that supported the advancement of diversity leadership pipelines.• Diversity leader/champion for several councils and system/employee resource groups. • Served as a trainer/educator on a wide variety of diversity-equity-inclusion topics such as unconscious bias.• Supported creation/deployment/tracking of numerous internal/external educational offerings; tracked/reported on all diversity educational offerings across the enterprise. • Created, Deployed, and manage Atrium Health’s first military & veteran affairs strategy engaging a “team of teams” concept to achieve local/state/national-level system recognition. Managing the development, promotion and roll out of system-wide military and veterans internal and external strategies.Supports employee resource groups and diversity councils, compensation analysis, diversity & inclusion educational offerings such as unconscious bias training, leader speaker series, community conversations, social determinants of health, and much more.Accomplishments:2021 Forbes list of Best Employers for Veterans2021 Department of Defense’s Extraordinary Employer Support Award2019 #1 Top Military Friendly Employer (non-profit)2018 April 20-28 Pines to Palms (Maine to Florida) disabled cycling adventure2017 #2 Top Military Friendly Employer (non-profit)2016 Top 20 Employee Resource Group & Council Honors Award2016 Department of Defense ESGR Freedom Award2016 ESGR Above & Beyond Award2016 ESGR Pro-Patria Award2016 #7 Top Military Friendly Employer (non-profit)2016 April 10-24 Sea to Shining Sea (California to NC) Disabled cycling adventure

Lead the review, evaluation, nomination, and submission process for NC's ESGR committee.

The Ombudsman Services Program provides information, informal mediation, and referral service to resolve employer conflicts with National Guard members and Reservists.

Providing volunteer support to the McColl School of Business at Queens University in a variety of areas.http://www.queens.edu/Academics-and-Schools/Schools-and-Colleges/McColl-School-of-Business/McColl-School-Alumni.html

Providing support, consultation and review of award applications in support of the mission of the fund: to improve the quality of life for the military men and women of North Carolina and their families who are experiencing financial hardships as a result of their service, often times from overseas deployment.http://www.ncheroes.org/

Assist the Charlotte Knights in planning military and veteran related events, support, requests.

Internal business analysis, project management, scheduling, sourcing and organization for grid modernization deploying advanced distribution system and substation technologies to improve reliability, enable remote monitoring and control and improve overall visibility of the distribution system. Supporting the following projects: line sensors, reclosers, self-healing networks, advanced metering infrastructure, substation communications - fiber connectivity, and circuit exit SCADA upgrades. Contractor for Duke Energy through Queen Associates.

•Member of a small, new ventures group that focused on ways to commercialize disruptive innovations in energy which included strategic, financial, accounting, operations, supply-chain and marketing industry analyses •In-depth business, strategic and statistical analysis in renewable energy companies and agencies, Department of Defense and Energy initiatives, nano and microgrids, fracking, smart grids, home energy management, energy efficiency product testing•Routine review and research in renewable industries through numerous publications including but not limited to Solar Industry, Chadbourne & Park, CohnReznick, Novogradac, Deloitte, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Woodlawn & Associates, IHS CERA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Labs, SolarBuzz, US Energy Information Administration, US Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DSIRE, NC Solar Center, Solar Energy Industries Association, Green Tech Media, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Department of Energy Green Power Network•Prepare executive-level communications, presentations, whitepapers, and research•Project and event planning and management•Member of the Sustainability Corps for Duke Energy•Helped create the veteran employee resource and graduate school alumni affinity group co-founder•Administrative management

•Executive-level communications with corporations, community groups and founds for the senior staff•Strategic development for grant management, scholarships and fund raising programs•Event planning and management•Grant and project financial planning and budget oversight•Federal, state and private foundation research and grant development, application, management and reporting

Underwritten by the E.A. Morris Charitable Foundation and the John William Pope Foundation, the Morris Fellowship program encourages committed, diverse, and principled North Carolinians to pursue greater leadership roles within their professions and communities. Morris Fellows will explore the dynamics of public policy, principles of individual liberty and free enterprise, the role of private and nonprofit institutions in a free society, and the role of citizen leaders in a hands-on manner. Through the Fellowship program, these committed individuals will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become leaders in business, nonprofit, education, government, and other areas of public service.

Providing support to the Fondazione Alario in Ascea an Cilento -region of Italy. Have provided two English-language immersion programs an coordinated several visits to NC for Italian students, officials and a senator.

•Assisted companies and government agencies develop training programs to meet state and federal guidelines for apprenticeship and on-the-job training opportunities for military veterans•Provided hundreds presentations and training sessions across the state for military members, veterans, employment agencies and human resources personnel•Reported and tracked financial statistics for new program use of the apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs•Created or assisted in creating four of the state’s largest apprenticeship programs

•Serve as the primary liaison with the state-wide CAP volunteer organization and the Department Secretary and North Carolina State Government•Managed all aspects of division activities including operations, administration, budget, training and logistics•Planned and executed numerous projects at all levels – federal, state and local•Authored North Carolina’s State and Regional Disaster Airlift Plan for responding to man-made and natural disasters •Helped create the North Carolina Aviation Security Group with/for numerous federal, state and local agencies•Provided hundreds of briefings, education sessions, and presentations across the state and at the region and national levels on topics ranging from public safety to youth education programs•Developed and managed several large government grants•Helped expand the state-wide military youth initiative by more than 600 adults and youth•Member of the Department-level Executive Steering Committee, State Emergency Operations Center, State Emergency Response Committee, First Flight Centennial Commission, Governor’s Terrorism Preparedness Task Force

Tower Air Traffic Controller (Supervisor, Tower, Ground and Flight Data); some work with Precision Approach Radar; Section and Detachment Training Coordinator; Unit Clerk.