Thomas Crees Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Greater St. Louis

• Oversee daily operations, including administrative processes, client intake, and service delivery to ensure efficient functioning.
• Manage budgeting, financial planning, and reporting to maintain financial stability and sustainability.
• Develop and implement new programs and services in collaboration with the clinical director and staff.
• Lead and support a team of clinicians, administrative staff, and volunteers, ensuring resources and training are provided.
• Build and maintain relationships with community partners and local entities to enhance service delivery and collaboration.
• Assist in fundraising efforts and grant applications to secure necessary funding for the organization’s programs and initiatives

Greater St. Louis Area

• Conduct short and long-term threat assessments, high-value asset protection, and security planning for client companies.
• Ensured the safety of high-profile executives on a 24/7 basis, requiring travel to domestic locations, coordination with local law enforcement, as well as venue security staff..

• Develops and manages programs designed to increase housing stability for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
• Manage the organization’s outreach team, prevention team, hotel program, family shelter, and all staff to achieve all programs and contractual deliverables.
• Develop and maintain policies/procedure manuals for assigned programs.
• Manages contract compliance related to programs and delivers scope(s) of work.
• Perform regular file reviews to ensure that case files and service data in HMIS systems remain up-to-date, accurate, and complete.
• Actively engage in staff development, ongoing feedback, and creating management training plans.

• Led, supervised, and employed the organization's street outreach and hotel program.
• Facilitated emergency shelter placement for unhoused individuals with the St. Louis County Continuum of Care.
• Conduct street outreach and identify hot spot areas where homeless individuals frequent.
• Maintain case manager responsibility for clients who deny shelter but request services.
• Coordinate services and develop local systems of care for individuals experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless that have come to the attention of law enforcement, jail staff, and court staff. When necessary.

Greater St. Louis

Member of a person-centered integration team and works with local systems to coordinate care for individuals experiencing behavioral health crisis. Participate with local law enforcement Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT).Create, implement, and advocate for treatment and therapy methods for individuals with the law enforcement and military communities on.

• Selected to serve as the first Homeless Outreach Officer within the St. Louis County Police Department, with the intent to develop innovative and viable solutions for homelessness
• Maximize existing services already available with the St. Louis region, in coordination with St. Louis County Government, St. Louis County Continuum of Care, and local nonprofit organizations.
• Identify and understand the link between homelessness, and the rising need for assistance with those struggling with a mental health crisis.
• Establish a functional distribution of information, awareness and resources to the unhoused population.
• Foster working relationships with different agencies providing assistance and resources through various providers.
• Develop continued education on the relationship between law enforcement and the unhoused population to law enforcement agencies, community health providers, community and nonprofit organizations.

• Promoted to the position of Executive Protection Detective within 3 years as a commissioned police officer.
• Led a two man full time security detail with auxiliary personnel within the St. Louis County Government tasked with the executive protection of local political leaders.
• Conducted threat assessments and risk mitigation measures for locations within the state of Missouri and the surrounding region.
• Analyzed daily intelligence reports to assess operational security in accordance to the executive’s schedule.

• Commissioned police officer assigned to the First Precinct, North St. Louis County. Primary area of operations was the Spanish Lake and Glasgow Village neighborhoods.
• Tasked with the on the job training (field training) and evaluation of new probation officer in accordance with St. Louis County Police Department policy.
• Strong communication and de-escalation skills involving crisis intervention and negotiation with members of the local communities.
• Succeeded in a rapidly changing and stressful environment by employing the best practices of the organization and situation, applying them to challenging situations in successive positions of increased responsibility.
• Conducted preliminary inquiries, field interviews, and follow-up investigations to gather information and evidence for various incidents.
• Prepared arrest warrants, testified in court, and communicated with court personnel, such as judges and district attorneys, on a regular basis.

Greater St. Louis Area

United States Army Reserve Squad Leader assigned to a military police company

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

• Selected to serve as the Personal Security Officer and Enlisted Aide for the Deputy Commanding General and Command Sergeant Major of Coalition Effects and Transitions assigned to the 101st Airborne Division while.
• Led a two man security detail on over 150 executive protection missions while deployed to the country of Afghanistan between 2013-2014
• Coordinated transportation with both rotary and fixed winged transports, as well as planned efficient and direct routes for ground transports for executive officials ranging from one star generals to three star generals
• Assisted in security details for foreign and domestic security details while in a deployment setting.
• Maintained classified/sensitive information and equipment in excess of $500,000
• Analyzed and assessed security risks for missions using daily intelligence reports

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

• Accelerated through the ranks, earning the rank of Sergeant (E-5) in my third year ahead of my peers.
• Lead, supervised and employed a six man weapons squad under high stress conditions with great effectiveness in hostile environments.
• Maintained classified/sensitive information, managed and accounted for over $1.5 million of communication equipment.
• Assisted in the training and deployment of allied military personnel in combat operations.
• Attended leadership schools such as Warrior Leadership and Advanced Infantry Leadership. Received numerous awards acknowledging my work ethic, military professionalism and leadership to include, the Presidential Unit.

Greater St. Louis Area

Professional Certificate, Data Science

Master Of Arts - Ma, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Criminology