Genealogist and Author, "George Seitz, German Immigrant and Baker in 19th Century Baltimore". Currently researching for "A History of the Robinson/Robertson families of Yancey County, North Carolina. Other areas of interest: Eighteenth Century Chester, Berks and Lancaster Counties Pennsylvania.

Multi-faceted construction and service business serving Eastern and Central New York, and Northeastern Pennsylvania.• Planned, managed and completed over 5,000 client-driven projects resulting in a strong and loyal repeat customer base that included homeowners, retail and manufacturing businesses, museums, churches, schools, municipalities, and institutions, as well as large insurance carriers• Managed 32 member full-time internal staff through empowering talented and motivated Job Foremen and Team Leaders, resulting in high performance and employee retention far above industry standards.• Consistently grew business from start-up to over $2.6 million in annual sales with 99.36% quantifiable customer satisfaction rate• Recognized for expertise in Historic Preservation of Buildings and invited to make educational presentations to local college classes, service organizations, and historical associations• Maximized use of existing resources by expanding into property and casualty insurance claim repair business using existing facilities and shared personnel during “off-season” for construction• Gained specialized knowledge and trained employees in protocol for all categories of property emergency mitigation and reconstruction including disaster mitigation, flood, fire damage, smoke, water damage, odor, bio-hazard and mold remediation. Became IICRC Certified Firm.• Learned multiple industry claim-processing protocols and software applications and persevered in marketing efforts to achieve “Preferred Vendor” status with Allstate, Encompass, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, and a number of smaller property and casualty insurance carriers.• Managed extensive around-the-clock emergency commercial and residential flood damage remediation following severe Susquehanna River Basin flooding in 2006 and 2011, supervising up to 10 crew leaders and as many as 42 permanent and temporary employees, and volunteers.

Conduct interviews and hear Real Property Tax grievances. Act on grievances without prejudice and within legal guidelines, complete required County and State documentation.

• Administrative oversight of all Town development, sub-divisions, construction and land use for the Town of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York.

Otsego County Farming Community with Unadilla River waterfront• Demonstrated visionary and collaborative leadership resulting in peer election as Chairman for 19 years• Built strategic alliances with local government and community leaders in a socio-economically diverse environment, resulting in community support and enactment of responsible Land Use Regulations

Not-for-profit (501c3) engaged in treatment of special needs children and adults through the use of therapeutic horseback riding.• Collaborated with motivated families and other visionary leaders to organize and found not-for-profit (501c3) engaged in treatment of special needs (autism, Down Syndrome, brain development related disability, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, spina bifida, etc.) children and adults through the use of therapeutic horseback riding.• Actively engaged in fundraising activities to build donor coalitions with individuals, churches, philanthropic foundations, and businesses, producing balanced budget by 4th year of operations. • Researched and drafted bylaws and organizational policies and recruited qualified and motivated Board Members as Chairman of Governance and Nominations Committee.• Planned, coordinated and supervised work of up to 40 volunteers in facility improvement projects.• Actively participated in therapy sessions with special needs children and adults.

Business-to-business consulting contractor with specific time-limited projects• Researched and quickly absorbed highly technical and scientific information required to effectively write and publish promotional materials, business plan, website content and investor prospectus for publicly owned animal feed supplement manufacturer• Identified and solicited high level funding sources and increased existing investor participation through onsite informational presentations and maintaining regular stakeholder communication.

Teaching Hospital affiliated with Columbia University• Pioneered regular individual and group Art Therapy and psychodrama therapy sessions subsequently adopted by the Treatment Team as part of the regular Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Plan.• Recognized for exceptional work with patients, offered Art Therapy Masters Degree educational leave with tuition assistance and internship supervision with 5-year employment contract• Member of Psychiatric Crisis Management Team trained to respond effectively to Psychiatric Emergencies