Experience

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  Aesthetic Home

  • St. Paul, MN

  • Co-owner and Chief Financial Officer

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • St. Paul, MN

    Aesthetic Home is a new, local, family-owned and operated destination for classic, modern and urban home furnishings. Our mission is to create a collaborative decorating and design experience offering unique products and expert services resulting in an aesthetically pleasing home environment.We o...

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  University of Wisconsin-Stout

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Director of Student Life Services (Retired)

    • Jan 2013 - Jun 2017

    -Oversaw seven university departments: University Housing, University Dining Services, University Centers, Student Health Services, Police & Parking Services, Campus Sustainability, and Campus Card & Student Life Technology-Developed and administered a $30 million budget, including operations, capital, debt service, and purchasing-Served as a liaison between Student Life Service departments and the University-Created a strategic plan for Student Life Services; developed initiatives to support the strategic plan of the University-Supervised a team of over 1,000 full- and part-time employees, including 10 direct reports-Planned and implemented multiple facility renovation and refurbishing projects-Developed a review process for all departments utilizing data from various assessment tools to augment departmental strengths, re-tooling areas needing enhancement, and developing process improvements-Generated ways to enhance marketing efforts for the departments and served as a catalyst for division-wide initiatives

  • Director Of Housing

    • Aug 1999 - Dec 2012

    -Managed all functions of a housing department serving 3,000 residents on a campus of 9,500 students-Developed an $11 million budget, including operations, capital, debt service, purchasing, and expenditure tracking-Created a long-range vision for the department; developed goals to support the strategic plan of the University-Supervised a team of over 200 full- and part-time employees, including 18 professional staff members (4 direct reports)-Led the recruitment and selection process for all professional staff-Coordinated multiple facility renovation and refurbishing projects; developed a $100 million long-range master plan-Created a First Year Experience program and a Next Experience program designed to help both new and continuing students find success and develop incremental independence-Directed the marketing efforts of the department, including the creation of a five-person student graphic design office

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  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  • Associate Director of Residence Life

    • Jun 1987 - Aug 1999

    -Led a team of 250+ full-time and part-time staff-Supervised professional staff in residential life, room assignments, technology, marketing, and business operations-Designed and implemented a professional staff recruitment and selection process; developed training programs for new and continuing...

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  Culver-Stockton College

  • Canton-Missouri

  • Director Of Residence Life

    • Sep 1984 - Jun 1987
    • Canton-Missouri
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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Residence Hall Director

    • Jul 1982 - Jul 1984