Sarah Schneider Email & Phone Number

Appleton, Wi

• Promoting customer-centered mobility strategies that advance good health, economic vitality, self-sufficiency and belonging within our community• Oversee the travel training specialist and guide the role in the oversight of the train-the-trainer capacity to ensure that PITT Crew (Partners In Travel Training) are supported and trained to successfully train others • Serve as the community resource “hub” to assist with finding the best transportation solution for all• Work to eliminate all barriers to transportation (Real or Imagined)• Conduct outreach to educate employers, non-profits, schools, clubs, and associations to increase awareness, identify and assist with needs• Innovate or create transportation solutions that don’t currently exist• Advocate for under-served populations in the Fox Cities; namely aging adults, individuals with disabilities, minority populations who rely on public transportation to live, work, and play in the Fox Cities• Work collaboratively with all transportation providers, agencies, and contractors to overcome geographical, financial and access to travel barriers

Extended Campus Operations - Appleton & Green Bay Centers

• Responsible for all academic and administrative functions required to operate the Appleton and Green Bay Adult Learning Centers known as Appleton/Green Bay Region• Implore innovative strategies to improve the profitability and sustainability of Appleton & Green Bay Centers• Inspire the Appleton CIA - (Concordia In Action) team to be actively involved in C.O.R.E (Community, Outreach, Retention and Engagement) where they create dynamic events, activities and value-added experiences to bring our mission alive and build a highly engaged culture • Foster an engaged and dynamic educational environment that supports the success of students, faculty and staff in the region• Recruit, hire, train, coach, up-skill and evaluate contracted adjunct faculty• Market the region to increase visibility and awareness throughout the New North• Develop strategic business and community partnerships within key industry sectors to promote, execute and launch new and existing degree programs

Appleton Campus

Responsible for all academic and administrative functions required to operate a successful adult learning center. * Recruit, hire & train faculty & staff* Student advisory and engagement* Annual budgeting and resource allocation to ensure profitability of the Appleton Center* Building collaborative business & corporate partnerships to enrich employee development & corporate training programs* Offering value-added professional development & networking opportunities to the greater Fox Cities alumni and students.

Appleton Campus

• Curriculum design, implementation and facilitation of subject inclusive of adult learning styles• Provides engaging instructional learning environment for adult learners • Courses contracted to date: Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Ethical Dimensions of Leadership and Leading Change in Organizations• Approved to teach topics of Leadership, Management, Marketing, Ethics, Public Speaking and Communication

Neenah, Wisconsin

• Conducted strategic planning, business planning, marketing and sales training to over 60 independent promotional product distributors and their sales teams• Migrated the distributors of the West Coast Region to modernized websites which included extensive search engines, e-commerce sites and a more distinguished company brand• Build a sales toolkit to help distributors with time management, sales tracking, prospect pipeline management, goal setting and social media adaptation.

Appleton, Wi

➢ Provided strategic leadership to the regional Community Engagement Leaders of East Wisconsin & Upper Peninsula of Michigan➢ Tailored Go-To-Market strategies and prospecting initiatives to achieve measurable practice growth and sustainability for new Financial Advisors ➢ Oversight of member engagement, loyalty and satisfaction efforts throughout the region➢ Change leader through the reorganization of the Community Engagement model, Thrivent’s historical Common Bond vote and implementation of new member engagement programs.Career Highlights:• Hired a diverse team of high achieving leaders and structured roles to effectively meet organizational and departmental success metrics• Team recognized for achieving new member growth goal each year of tenure • 62% increases in member engagement, 85% increase in hands-on volunteer hours resulted from new program implementation• Recognized for unit cost savings in department operating budget• Streamline financial advisor reimbursement process through Continuous Improvement (CI) initiativesCompleted internal development classes: • Grow Training• Covey’s Four Roles of a Leader• Corporate Communications• Business Acumen Foundation• Managing Performance• D.I.S.C personality profiling• Situational Leadership• Cultural Competence

Appleton, Wisconsin

➢ Creation and execution of customized marketing plans for the accounting professionals located in the Appleton office➢ Formed six core business development teams focused on key business growth areas: Community relations, client service, business advisory initiatives, fundamentals of marketing, leadership development and unified strategic initiatives➢ Targeted specific industry sectors to compliment the firm’s specialty areas and market our subject matter experts (SME’s)Career Highlights:• 5% YOY increase of new clients sourced client referrals, prospecting initiatives and the success of penetrating new and emerging markets.• Core Business Development team grow voluntarily from a 23 to 40 active members• Appleton revenues increased over 3% from prior year; highest growth in the region• Corporate leadership expanded role to lead the firm-wide marketing efforts of our agriculture industry team and the Avastone/Schenck technology partnership due to the success of Appleton’s Core Business Development Team.• Successful formation of interdepartmental lunch-n-learns to promote collaboration and synergy to unite under a macro-business development approach

Appleton, Wi

➢ Strategically cultivated relationships throughout the business community to identify companies starting, expanding, relocating, or building new facilities➢ Enhanced current tenant relationships for retention; increasing lease renewals and meet tenant growth and expansion needs➢ Targeted prospecting efforts, search firm and investor relationships to attract new business to the Fox Cities; specifically Rollie Winter propertiesCareer Highlights:• Retained a $5M Georgia-based company to the Fox Cities through conducting an extensive property search, cost analysis and business retention grants• Project Manager in the design, creation and introduction of a new Rollie Winter interactive website• Founded T.H.R.I.V.E Lunch to support local business owners to attract new tenants to Rollie Winter Properties• Founded Women in Commercial Real Estate to build cooperative relationships within the Commercial Real Estate network and mentor women in commercial real estate field.

Greater Milwaukee Area And Appleton, Wisconsin

➢ Develop a sales strategy for differentiation from other sales consultants, direct sales organizations and department store cosmetic professionals➢ Recruited top sales professionals and mentor them to become independent business leaders, sales directors, coaches and trainers➢ Led support staff in the daily operations including inventory management, customer service, customer database management, unit and customer communications, customer loyalty programs, unit sales contest and recognition/reward tracking➢ Create, coach, train, mentor and recognize new independent beauty consultants to ensure success in their careerCareer Highlights:• Earned the first of three Mary Kay career cars within 6 months of signing my independent beauty consultant contract• Achieved National Queens Court of Sales• Recognized as the #1 Director in the Donna Floberg National Area• Recognized as the #1 Director in the Julie Neal Unit

Master'S Degree, Masters Of Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student of the Year 2013Concordia University has received specialized accreditation for its business.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business And Marketing

Lakeland University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).

Associate’S Degree, Marketing