Education :
- University of New Hampshire—BS Environmental Law, Magna Cum Laude
Psi Sigma Xi Honor Society - Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, '80
- Hanover High School, Hanover, NH, '79
Memberships :
- Blue Ridge Mountain Rotary Club—Elected Sergeant of Arms, 2008, Dubbed the ‘Mayor’ of Rotary.
- Volunteer Coordinator for Habitat For Humanity, Charlottesville.
- Business Networking International—Regional Director, Charlottesville—teaching classes on business skills, management, and leadership development.
- Keller Williams Realty—Trainer/Teacher, Broker—deliver 16 week course, which I wrote, that promises increased income through implementation of dollar productive activities.
Related Work Successes :
*Developed start-up cost projections and wrote business plan for new Keller Williams Realty franchise I purchased, in order to secure capital funding from service institutions, AI’s and VC sources.
*Oversaw all fiduciary functions of new franchise agency towards profitability.
*Identified, recruited, trained, and surrounded myself with the best talent in our market place.
*Achieved profitability in 2nd month by empowering strongest asset —the staff and agents, who believed in my vision for the company.
*Imagined, then implemented, a new ‘Real Estate Mall’ in-house to defray monthly rental obligations and increase good will with our regular contractors and service purveyors.
*Sold company for profit and same year moved to Virginia.
*Constantly developing and nurturing my social and professional network, be it external relations with city and state officials, vendors, outside contractors, business owners, peers, or fellow entrepreneurs, through an integration of technology and networking memberships.
*Developed and presented dynamic and cohesive learning curriculum for sales agents, administrative support staff, and executive management.
*Managed staffs of 3 to 100 at various times throughout my career.
*Specialize in building successful companies and organizations, specifically by internalizing complex business models and abstract concepts, then being able to present them back to the layman in concise, yet engaging and down-to-earth language.
*People believe in my vision because I believe. Then, they want to be a part of what that vision creates.