I’m thrilled about your search for an Executive Director as this role represents the career I have forged. I have over 20 years of experience connecting community with beautiful peaceful places and providing compassionate service. I find this opportunity interesting because it marries three things that are important to me: spirituality, tranquil places and community. I believe that a public place meant for quiet reflection can also be uniquely and tastefully connected to everyone regardless of race, religion, gender or economic condition. This is where I have excelled in my career.
Through experiences as a public employee, a private business manager, a volunteer, non-profit and a trade association leader; I’ve come to be known as an expert in finding innovative ways to connect community to serene places. I have a strong track record in guiding and creating vision
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My family settled in southwest Michigan and maintains many of German-Russian and Catholic traditions.
My skills and background are unique and tie to your organization. I have an entrepreneurial spirit, whether under financial or mission focused conditions. Through my drive to unfailingly provide teams and stakeholders with vision, strategies, action plans, and the leadership necessary to enhance customer experience, employee satisfaction, financial and operations performance and organizational change, I am able to create dynamic outcome based solutions.
• Complex governance: administration, capital management, facility operations, process improvement, grants and fund development, non-profit development, legal, local government legislation; budget and finance; State and Federal compliance.
• Created and managed various art, culture and special event programs.
• Focused in bringing out the best in others and finding strategies to help them reach their