Buck Towner
Memphis,TN
Summary
Organizational leader and educational administrator offering twelve years of experience as an administrator for elementary, middle, and upper school leadership. Exercises honed competencies in development, implementation and execution of performance-enhancing programs. Outstanding skills in parent communication, conflict resolution and staff management. Known for consistently supporting faculty and staff as advocate leader. One of my favorite titles is "Coach" to all of my elementary school lacrosse players that I have coached for many years.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Head of School
Christ Methodist Day School
06.2023 - Current
- Cultivated positive relationships between community members, school students, and teachers.
- Oversee all Development, Enrollment Management, and Marketing/Communications for the school.
- Manage an office of ten advancement professionals.
- Serve 5th and 6th grade students as a mentor during lunch two days each week.
- Write and implement a Leadership Development course for 6th grade students.
- Build an alumni engagement model that fosters a great alumni community and alumni support of the school.
- Worked with appropriate board committees in developing strategic financial plan.
- Worked with investment committee on investment and endowment opportunities.
- Researched and wrote proposals for educational grants.
Head Coach and Managing Director
Buzzards Lacrosse
01.2013 - Current
- A youth lacrosse program for grades 1 through 6, dedicated to growing boys in the game of lacrosse and as young men
- Coach all games and practices from February through May
- Constant contact is maintained with Parents/Guardians of players to make sure they are having the best possible experience
- Hire Young Men to coach these adolescents, so that they may set a great example and be a very positive influence in the lives of the boys
- Host Most of the games and all of the practices at MUS, so that these potential families feel as if MUS is a home for them.
Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management
Memphis University School
06.2018 - 05.2023
- Uphold the standards and expectations of the MUS mission statement and implement them through meeting potential families, current students, and co-workers
- Manage the Admissions office (12 months), always seeking to improve the enrollment of the school in number, but most importantly, in quality of the student and his family
- Work hand-in-hand with the communications department on our strategic marketing campaign
- Manage relationships within the greater Memphis community (local business, realtors, etc.) to generate great word-of-mouth advertising
- Lead the Admissions Committee meetings throughout the school year and discuss applicants
- Lead the Financial Aid Committee, managing a need-based financial aid budget of over $2.9 Million
- This helps lead the school to its mission of developing well-rounded young men of strong moral character.
Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach
Memphis University School
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Lead 70 young men every day to improve in lacrosse, but most importantly work with each other and become high character individuals
- Create a team-first atmosphere that runs efficiently and represents MUS well
- Work and hire a staff of 7 to help coach the 9-12th grades (JV and Varsity)
- Communicate with parents every day
- Guide young men to be high character individuals while improving skills that will give them every opportunity to broaden their collegiate and professional endeavors
- Strategically grow the program so that it is in the best position possible, from 1st grade to 12th.
CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY LEADER
2ND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
01.2021 - Current
- Helping church members in their 30s and 40s manage this stage of life together
- Understanding being a parent in our current world and supporting one another through this stage in our lives
- I lead a table of men for our weekly 'AMEN Bible Study' early on Thursday mornings.
Defensive Coordinator - Varsity Lacrosse
Memphis University School
01.2013 - Current
- Helped Coach the MUS Varsity Lacrosse Team to Five state championships over the last six years
- Mentor the boys on the team
- Help them on and off the field with their lives academically, socially, and spiritually.
Chaplain - Varsity football
Memphis University School
01.2015 - 01.2021
- Encourage and speak to the boys on a weekly basis, with a Biblical basis, during a Team Chapel period
- During the week, boys will come with any prayer requests or concerns and my job is to be an outlet to them
- Encourage parents through weekly prayer time.
Assistant Director of Admissions
Memphis University School
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Serve families and represent MUS on a daily basis
- Not only create relationships with potential families, but maintain relationships with current families
- Work closely with all of the other departments at MUS to send a consistent message throughout the school
- Uphold the mission of MUS and help instill those attributes to our students
- Run the Student Ambassador program and pair current students with visiting potential students.
Emerging Leader
Downline Ministries
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Downline ministries is a year-long Bible teaching ministry in Memphis that encourages participants to 'Equip, Unleash, and Disciple.' Throughout your time as a student, you hear from various ministers that will come and teach on a section of the Bible
- At the end of the 12 month period, you will have finished the majority of the Bible
- The main objective is to share the Lord’s Word with others and 'Disciple.' You are to obtain a group of people to disciple and meet with them to share what you have learned once a week
- My groups were two grades at MUS
- We would meet every Friday morning and discuss the topic at hand and grow closer through the Word
- As an aside, this program is where I met my wife and may be the most important experience I have had on this resume.
Associate
Somerset apartment management
01.2011 - 01.2014
- I was an associate for an apartment management company in the renovation and restoration of apartment properties
- Helped control capital expenditures on existing properties as well as analyzing costs on potential new acquisitions
- Maintained a subsidiary company produced the maintenance equipment for the capital expenditures and controlled the equipment being placed into those respective properties
- Managed and maintained a procurement branch in the company that involved communicating contracts, presented business strategies, and saving funds throughout the entire portfolio
- Traveled with investors to various properties to manage the various items being placed the actual multifamily complexes.
COACH
WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Coached the Varsity Lacrosse team at Webb School of Knoxville throughout college
- Helped guide the Varsity Spartans to their first state championship appearance
- Started Webb’s first lacrosse camp in school history.
Education
Masters of Education - Indpendent School Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Nashville07.2024
B. A. Haslam School of Business - Economics -
University of Tennessee
05.2012
Memphis University School
05.2007
Skills
- Grant Proposals
- Educational Staff Supervision
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- School Event Coordination
- Instructional Leadership
- Group Facilitation and Presentations
- Student Achievement
- Education Administration
Timeline
Assistant Head of School
Christ Methodist Day School
06.2023 - Current
CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY LEADER
2ND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
01.2021 - Current
Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach
Memphis University School
01.2020 - 01.2022
Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management
Memphis University School
06.2018 - 05.2023
Chaplain - Varsity football
Memphis University School
01.2015 - 01.2021
Assistant Director of Admissions
Memphis University School
01.2014 - 01.2018
Emerging Leader
Downline Ministries
01.2014 - 01.2015
Head Coach and Managing Director
Buzzards Lacrosse
01.2013 - Current
Defensive Coordinator - Varsity Lacrosse
Memphis University School
01.2013 - Current
Associate
Somerset apartment management
01.2011 - 01.2014
COACH
WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
01.2008 - 01.2011
Masters of Education - Indpendent School Leadership
Vanderbilt University
B. A. Haslam School of Business - Economics -
University of Tennessee
Memphis University School
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