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131 Warburton Ave, North Side, Yonkers, Ny

• Working with Department of Social Services’ Welfare to Work Program create opportunities for clients to become gainfully employed by creating and implementing an effective job readiness program that plans and organizes job search skills workshops including interviewing, resume preparation, and other skills.• Assist and create resumes for clients.• Ensure clients are prepared for job interviews by conducting mock interviews.• Work with clients job readiness STRIVE program.• Connect clients with viable job opportunities.• Network in the public and private sectors to promote awareness and enhance the YES program.• Create and maintain a job readiness manual.• Market the job readiness program to potential employers.• Work with Coordinator in the placement of clients in volunteer jobs with non-for profits that gives them necessary experience that will lead to jobs.• Develop and maintain partnerships in the public and private sectors that will provide career opportunities.• Working with staff, identify and schedule career-related guest speakers.

Fleetwood, New York

• Plan, direct, and coordinate all Development activities, major fundraising activities and special projects• Fund Raising – Establishes short- and long-range goals for unrestricted funding sources and enlists support from members of the staff. • Researches public and private grant sources (agencies, corporations and foundations) to identify sources of restricted and unrestricted funding. • Organizes individual donor campaigns (e.g., major donors, direct mail and board of trustees). • Organizes solicitation drives for pledges of ongoing support from individuals, corporations, and foundations.• Produce major donor, board and special category solicitations/support materials with the intent to retain or upgrade gifts when possible. • Cultivates donors by producing specialized correspondences, preparing letters of acknowledgment, scheduling and attending in-person visits.• Track progress of pending Legacy and Bequest gifts. Maintain database.• Development & Public Relations – Supervises most development and public affairs matters, particularly the creation of various communications such as the annual report, general boilerplate, general PowerPoint presentations, executive correspondences and speeches. • Directly supervises staff in the Development Department by caring out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the school's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities will include interviewing, and training employees / volunteers; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; report to Headmaster the rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Created the Office of Opportunity Downtown in order to fulfill Governor and Mayor’s executive orders. • Program ensured that minorities, women and veterans had unimpeded access to the employment, contracting, and subcontracting opportunities as part of the downtown rebuilding effort. To further these efforts created Lower Manhattan Opportunity Committee that brought together representatives from all agencies involved in the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan that fostered greater communication about ways to increase participation by minorities and women. • Actively participated in Mayor Bloomberg’s Committee on Construction Opportunity that increased representation of minorities, women and veterans in the construction industry. • Created, managed and participated in events focusing on the inclusion of MWBE firms, women and veterans. This effort included capacity building, and assisting firms to hire union labor. • Established Advisory Groups; one consisted of union women in the various trades and the other of leaders in the construction industry to help further the goals of opportunity. • Worked with the Borough of Manhattan Community College to create a management career ladder for minorities and women all within the unions.

• Administered service to consumers through licensing, inspections, enforcement, complaint investigation and education.• Accomplished the updating of code—code had not been modernized for twenty years—for licensing and consumer protection, better serving constituents of Yonkers. Restructure of office, maximizing efficiency.• Foster a new working relationship with Yonkers Police Department.• Strengthened administrative hearings for code violators, admonishing and assuring timely corrective action. Increased revenue by licensing of businesses, bringing Yonkers up to standards with neighboring cities, i.e. Sidewalk Café. Supervised maintenance of validity of weights and measures devices adhering to federal, state and local law mandates.

~Elected six times as City Council President. Presided at all meetings of City Council; supervised staff and acted as ombudsperson responding to individual constituent requests and community concerns. ~Served as member of Community Development Agency and Economic Development Zone which promoted economic development. ~Responsible for all major projects in the City of Yonkers, for all environmental reviews of these major projects and all zone changes in the City. ~Served as a member of Board of Contract and Supply, which reviewed all bid and non-bid contracts. ~Created Office of Council President serving as the first in 50 years. ~Led Council concentrating on serving the public with stability, accountability. ~Chaired Economic Development and served on all standing committees; Budget, Education, Municipal Operations, Legislative Codes, Education, and Community Services. ~Created Office of Inspector General which assures integrity in government.

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