Valerie Schafer Franklin Email and Phone Number

I am the business half of a self-supporting family business designing unique and custom leather goods for bicycles, beer, and blueprints and manufacturing them in our workshop. We started on Etsy in 2009 and grew our own website starting in 2012. Focused on business administration, planning, finance, intellectual property, and marketing, my efforts have resulted in a four-fold increase in sales in one year and notable earned media (Real Simple Magazine, Monocle Magazine, Spenser… Show more I am the business half of a self-supporting family business designing unique and custom leather goods for bicycles, beer, and blueprints and manufacturing them in our workshop. We started on Etsy in 2009 and grew our own website starting in 2012. Focused on business administration, planning, finance, intellectual property, and marketing, my efforts have resulted in a four-fold increase in sales in one year and notable earned media (Real Simple Magazine, Monocle Magazine, Spenser Magazine, Gizmodo.com, Refinery29.com, Core77.com, Etsy.com, Bicycling Magazine, Beer West Magazine, Time Out Chicago). Show less

Writing and editing services. Read more on my website: http://valerieschaferfranklin.com

Artisans Cooperative is crafting a cooperative online social marketplace for a diverse network of creatives. We are member-owned, member-run and member-benefiting. We promote creativity, support artist livelihoods, and connect people through an equitable artistic community.

Drawing on my deep background in wind energy development, I provided renewable energy consulting services for landowners, developers, and more.Also drawing on my success and experience in small business e-commerce marketing and Etsy, I provide marketing consulting services to small independent e-commerce brands and makers.

In addition to previous position duties, responsibilities included training and mentorship of developers, and all aspects of development for the late-stage and complex 300-megawatt Antelope Ridge Wind Farm, including management of a team of up to 20 internal and external resources, including 1-2 direct reports, and industry representation and leadership, including testifying before the legislature and media interviews.

In addition to previous position duties, responsibilities included management of all aspects of development for 3-5 mid-stage utility-scale wind power projects, including environmental study, individual landowner negotiations and land campaign management, electrical interconnection and transmission process, identification of power market opportunities and bid preparation, 5-10 person in-house and consultant team leadership, budget management, and tracking and reporting of project milestones.

Responsibilities included greenfield site selection and acquisition due diligence of prospective projects; management of early-stage utility-scale wind power projects; and all aspects of project development for 17 utility-scale wind power projects (of which 5 are currently in operations), including ArcGIS and project layout development, environmental study and project permitting, land negotiations, electrical interconnection and transmission process, identification of power market opportunities… Show more Responsibilities included greenfield site selection and acquisition due diligence of prospective projects; management of early-stage utility-scale wind power projects; and all aspects of project development for 17 utility-scale wind power projects (of which 5 are currently in operations), including ArcGIS and project layout development, environmental study and project permitting, land negotiations, electrical interconnection and transmission process, identification of power market opportunities and bid preparation. Show less

Responsibilities included grant writing, fundraising, event production, and program administration to promote, support, and enhance the vitality of Downtown Missoula.

Responsibilities included artifact curation, oral history collection, fundraising, successful grant writing, project administration and strategic planning in a cooperating partnership with the Bureau of Land Management to protect, preserve, and interpret historic Garnet Ghost Town.