Experience

The Collins Group

• Principle



The Collins Group

• Canada
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  15 + years experience providing strategic, operational and fiscal leadership in complex and uniquely challenging industries. Competent in sales and marketing leadership, tenant relations, vision/mission/strategic planning, fiscal planning and budgeting, management development, property management, construction management, sustainability, trade shows, high profile events and fundraising. 15 + years experience providing strategic, operational and fiscal leadership in complex and uniquely challenging industries. Competent in sales and marketing leadership, tenant relations, vision/mission/strategic planning, fiscal planning and budgeting, management development, property management, construction management, sustainability, trade shows, high profile events and fundraising.



Top Box Foods

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

• Sales

  • Mar 2012 - Dec 2014

  Strategic sales management for TOP BOX FOODS which is a new start up hunger relief organization launching in Chicago and growing nationally to provide healthy food at affordable prices to persons in need through churches and community organizations. Strategic sales management for TOP BOX FOODS which is a new start up hunger relief organization launching in Chicago and growing nationally to provide healthy food at affordable prices to persons in need through churches and community organizations.



THE MART

• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President and General Manager

  • Aug 1994 - Dec 2010

  Senior executive at the Washington Design Center and Federal Center Southwest which together comprise the largest design center and federal government office complex in Washington, DC. Senior executive at the Washington Design Center and Federal Center Southwest which together comprise the largest design center and federal government office complex in Washington, DC.



Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Memeber

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2007

  Focused on real estate operations and issues as well as championed fundraising efforts. Developed and nurtured strategic partnerships with the City of Chicago, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Conde Nast Publications and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Focused on real estate operations and issues as well as championed fundraising efforts. Developed and nurtured strategic partnerships with the City of Chicago, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Conde Nast Publications and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.



Harrington College of Design

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board of Governors

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2007

  Developed and strengthened corporate connections with various sectors of the design industry on a national and local level. Responsible for the financial metrics used by the Board of Governors. Developed and strengthened corporate connections with various sectors of the design industry on a national and local level. Responsible for the financial metrics used by the Board of Governors.



Cone Mills Corporation

• Greater Chicago Area

• National Accounts Manager

  • Aug 1985 - Jul 1994

  Representing the John Wolf Decorative Fabrics Division of Cone Mills Corporation, sold large print volume decorative fabrics to Original Equipment Manufactures (OEM) and wholesale jobbers which supported automotive, nautical, furniture and home furnishings suppliers. Developed furnishings products and national programs with the major chain stores headquartered in the Midwest. Representing the John Wolf Decorative Fabrics Division of Cone Mills Corporation, sold large print volume decorative fabrics to Original Equipment Manufactures (OEM) and wholesale jobbers which supported automotive, nautical, furniture and home furnishings suppliers. Developed furnishings products and national programs with the major chain stores headquartered in the Midwest.