Experience

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  BEND HEROES FOUNDATION

  • Bend, Oregon Area

  • Board Member

    • Feb 2020 - Present
    • Bend, Oregon Area
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  Awbrey Butte neighborhood Association

  • Bend, Oregon Area

  • Chairperson

    • Jun 2017 - Present
    • Bend, Oregon Area

    The City of Bend and neighborhood associations work closely together to learn about the issues facing Bend's residents.The City of Bend and neighborhood associations are partners. City leaders are eager to learn about the issues facing neighborhoods throughout Bend and neighborhood associatio...

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  State of Oregon's Foster Care Review Board

  • Bend, Oregon

  • State of Oregon Citizen Review Board

    • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
    • Bend, Oregon

    Oregon's legislature created a statewide foster care review program of citizen volunteers to help state courts ensure that case plans and services meet the needs of children in foster care. These citizen volunteers and the staff who support them are the Citizen Review Board, known as the CRB....

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  City of Santa Fe (Pro bono)

  • Bend, Oregon

  • Business Consultant

    • Dec 2013 - 2014
    • Bend, Oregon

    Worked with Mayor's Office and now on the board, as Vice Chair, of the Interfaith Community Shelter to develop a strategic plan for the city's Santa Fe Resource and Outreach Center for the Homeless.http://www.interfaithsheltersf.org/

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  St. John"s College

  • Alumni Board member

    • 2011 - 2011

    Assigned to support the College's Office of Career Services

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  State of Tennessee

  • Nashville, TN

  • Senior Consultant @ The Governor's Office of State Planning & Policy ...

    • Jul 2007 - Jul 2010
    • Nashville, TN

    • Served as Deputy to the Governor’s Director of the Tennessee Recovery Act Management Office. Assisted the Director in all activities to meet Governors objectives; Assisted in evaluating, procuring and implementing unique accountability oftware to ensure compliance to all OMB Recovery Act repor...

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  State of New Mexico

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Governor's Director of Performance and Accountability

    • 2004 - 2006

    Coordinated and implemented Governor Richardson’s Performance Review entitled, “Moving New Mexico Forward,” which was a comprehensive strategic plan to improve state agency operations, service quality and delivery, cost effectively.Major Contributions:• Assisted, in association with the Governor’s IT Commission, implementing business practices to improve government IT operations efficiency and procurement practices. One result achieved was the consolidation of agency email systems into one statewide system. Total savings of this plus other initiatives totaled $19.3M• Focused on operating efficiency objective to save the State of New Mexico an excess of $379 million by the execution of a 5-year, 25 agency plan. Efforts included creating detailed action plans in addition to developing an auditable saving capture strategy.• Coordinated on the first-ever effort to consolidate state agency procurement processes. Achieved a documented first-year savings objective of $25M.

  • Children's Youth and Family (Juvenile Justice Div) Deputy Cabinet Secretary

    • 2003 - 2004

    Major Accomplishments:• In conjunction with the Cabinet Secretary and the Department’s General Counsel, negotiated a contract agreement, with the ACLU, leading the ACLU to refrain from filing a lawsuit against the State of New Mexico, preventing years of litigation and millions of dollars spent in legal fees and related expenses.• Carried out required steps to cease operations for a 125-bed confinement facility with a long history of unsatisfactory performance.• Instrumental in the successful introduction of milieu programming, at a facility with a long history of staff mistreatment of clients. • Built positive relationships with several Juvenile Justice Entities, including the New Mexico Sentencing Commission and Juvenile Parole Board by participating in meetings, listening attentively, implementing appropriate recommendation and providing feedback.Operational Enhancements:• Established improving client and staff safety initiatives as a primary goal; increased personal client and family contact at the Director level; restructured staff to improve communication, reduce paperwork and solve problems, quickly and effectively.• Re-directed client programming approaches and incorporated a new educational protocol. (PBS)• Ensured the effective first-time implementation and operation of statewide Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiatives to implement programs designed to reduce incarceration by keeping kids under programmed supervision, in their community.• Spurred and actively supported the introduction of Restorative Justice efforts in New Mexico

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  NM Department of Transportation

  • Division Director

    • 2004 - 2005
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  St. John's College, Santa Fe

  • student

    • 1999 - 2001
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  Groupe SKF Group

  • Elgin, Ill

  • Sr. VP of Marketing @ Chicago Rawhide(last position held @ SKF)

    • 1985 - 1995
    • Elgin, Ill

    Other positions held @ SKF USA: Director of Marketing for SKF USA; Director, General Business Strategic Business Unit, SKF USA

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  Aladdin

  • product manager

    • 1973 - 1979