Experience

Glove House, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Foster Parent Home Finder

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  The Homefinder will work closely with the Foster Care Department, contracting County Department of Social Services, and family members to successfully carry out recruitment, certification and recertification of foster families and further, to help carry out the recruitment and retention plan. The Homefinder particularly is responsible to provide training and to assess perspective foster families abilities to meet the needs and participate in a visitation plan, safety plan, treatment plan and discharge plan of the youth. The Homefinder may be required to evaluate, coordinate and provide necessary referrals for services and/or treatment as described. They will also provide in-home supportive casework counseling services to foster families complete required assessments and assist individuals and families by helping to articulate goals and providing needed information. This person works closely in partnership with the foster families, County workers and other community partners. Overall, the Homefinder contributes to the Glove House high performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that keep Glove House as the premier provider of child, family and behavioral health solutions. Show less



Asset Living

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager University Lofts

  • Feb 2021 - Oct 2021

  Responsible for overseeing the entire operations of a student housing community. Manager all phases of the operations, including personnel, leasing, maintenance, financial, administration & risk management. Supervise all aspects of the property and staff to ensure compliance with Asset’s policies and procedures, safety and fair housing guidelines and liability concerns. Responsible for overseeing the entire operations of a student housing community. Manager all phases of the operations, including personnel, leasing, maintenance, financial, administration & risk management. Supervise all aspects of the property and staff to ensure compliance with Asset’s policies and procedures, safety and fair housing guidelines and liability concerns.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• COVID-19 Testing Site Supervisor

  • Sep 2020 - Feb 2021

  Oversee operation of on-campus high volume COVID-19 surveillance testing site. Train and supervise site staff on patient verification, registration and safe administration of self-sampled specimen collection. Ensure strict adherence to safety protocols, including proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing station sanitization. Oversee operation of on-campus high volume COVID-19 surveillance testing site. Train and supervise site staff on patient verification, registration and safe administration of self-sampled specimen collection. Ensure strict adherence to safety protocols, including proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing station sanitization.



Ithaca College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Parking Services Supervisor

  • May 2014 - May 2020

  Manage campus parking services operation dedicated to supporting Ithaca College’s mission by maximizing campus access, providing solutions and options to meet community's parking needs. Reconciling parking demands with the limitations of land and financial resources. Develop and manage unit goals and budget. Interpret, enforce and ensure compliance with College policies as well as state and local laws. Analyze issues, conduct benchmarking research and work with advisory board to develop policies. • Championing campus dialogue on a series of transportation demand management initiatives designed to move away from being single occupant vehicle focused to promoting more environmentally and economically sustainable transportation options. This includes ridesharing, shuttling campus service and maintenance providers as well as incentivizing use of public transportation. • Introduced “Community Oriented Parking Engagement” (COPE), a proactive customer service focused philosophy designed to establish communication mechanism to better understand campus parking access needs, rather than a parking violator centered approach. • Instituted staffing changes, utilizing student staff as primary office customer service representatives, freeing full-time staff to provide increased level of leadership and direction for both office and field operations. • Implemented staffing and training initiatives to change visitor booth operation from a “guard shack” mentality to “Visitor Engagement” philosophy. Collaborated with campus event planners creating visitor engagement programs including “Will Call” parking permit program. • Established new campus sign standards designed to increase readability, consistency and familiarity necessary to insure that the campus community and visitors can more easily understand campus parking regulations. • Revamped appeals procedures to insure fair and consistent adjudication of parking and traffic citation appeals. Show less



Exit Reatly

• Upstate New Yorrk

• Director, Broker, Owner

  • Jun 2002 - May 2014

  Demonstrated outstanding abilities to build business value and productive teams within the highly competitive real estate industry; over a 10 year period, co-founded agency, held positions as a Regional Director and Broker under the Exit franchise; applied a broad-based foundation in operations management, team-building and strategic planning resulting in sustained business growth. (Licensed Salesperson and advanced to Associate Broker, Century 21 Franchises 2002 to 2005) Key Accomplishments: • Led agency to number two position in sales within 2 years of an agency startup. • Developed and implemented training programs for franchise owners and brokers including creation of business plans. Taught goal-setting, marketing, contract preparation and negotiations, legalities, financing, documentation, sales techniques, and compliance. • Mentored associates and agents regarding ethics and professionalism, as well as inter and intra-agency interaction; initiated communication processes for sharing best practices. Show less



Binghamton City School District

• United States
• Wholesale Import and Export
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Elected Member Board of Education

  • Jul 2002 - Jun 2012

  As a member of the Binghamton City School District Board of Education I work with my fellow board members so that educational opportunities for all students of the Binghamton City School District are provided in accord with the mission of the District, establishing general policies in keeping with the needs of the community and requirements of state and federal law. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Select, evaluate, and provide development and improvement opportunities for the Superintendent and shall strive to work harmoniously with him/her. Through the employment of legal counsel and other means, ensure that school district affairs are conducted in accord with state and federal statutes and in compliance with the authority granted to it by law and its own stated policy. Determine school district policy and assume responsibility for the policies adopted and delegate the implementation of those policies to the Superintendent. Facilitate short and long-range planning that addresses the school district philosophy, mission statement, and educational objectives, soliciting and reviewing input from staff and the community in the process. Determine the market position for compensation of broad employee groups, collaboratively bargain with those groups, and approve the compensation systems for the employees. Make the final decisions concerning construction of major remodeling projects and strive to provide adequate facilities for public education, using recommendations from staff, architects, and the community. Responsible for securing the necessary financial resources to realize educational objectives and shall develop and approve the annual budget of the district. Develop policies and procedures that will assure on-going two-way communication with the staff, students, and the general public. Show less



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director Transportation Services

  • Feb 1992 - May 2001

  Supervised 40 employees including management, administrative, customer service and students. Assisted senior staff in the development and management of $8,000,000 departmental budget including capital planning, staffing, facility, supply and equipment needs. Developed programs, services and policies related to commuter options, parking, and traffic circulation. Managed national and state award-winning program designed to provide incentives for commuters to use public transit or carpool rather than single occupant vehicles. Key Accomplishments: • Upgraded customer service via marketing and outreach to internal and external stakeholders to understand and meet changing requirements. Introduced programs to ease campus traffic via incentive programs. • Reorganized staffing model, initiated new recruitment, coordinated office renovations and implemented training processes with provisions for ongoing professional development. Improved productivity, efficiency and morale through efforts. • Worked with local planning committee and New York State Department of Parks and Recreation to plan and implement Empire State Games. Collaborated with municipal governments, local and state police and fire departments, public and private transportation, local colleges, school districts, county Chamber of Commerce as well as local and state-wide media. • Selected to serve as consultant to City of Ithaca, College Town Parking and Transportation Advisory Task Force as a result of earned reputation for contributions in planning and presentations on behalf of the university. Task Force comprised of representatives from local governments and retail business leaders reporting to the Director of Planning and the Mayor. Show less