Danielle Michaels

Volunteered with the following organizations:

• Court Appointed Special Advocate (TX, KS, IN)
• Meals on Wheels (TX)
• Animal Shelter, Rescues & Fostering (IN, KS, TX, AZ)
• Special Needs Adult & Child Ministries (KS, TX)
• Fort Bend Seniors Memory Respite Program (TX)

Board Memberships:

• Sienna Women's League (TX)
• Arts KC Inspirational Grant Committee (KS)

Skills include:

• Raised funds for critical initiatives through grant writing, sponsorships, and fundraising events.
• Collaborated closely with team members to create and deliver parent engagement events.
• Provided direct assistance to individuals experiencing barriers or challenges within the community.
• Assisted in the development of strategic plans that aligned with community goals and objectives.
• Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing program and advance campaigns.

Consulting Services:
Opportunity Knock$ - Provided CFO, Strategic Planning, Business Operations Set-Up and development to a start-up Business (partnering later with the National Council for Financial Opportunities, a CU Strategic Planning Non-Profit) to build and promote opportunities for marginalized populations to achieve financial dreams. Show is now available on PBS.
Ciitizen - Provided PMO services for Neurological Disorders department to establish Operational and PM streamlining processing and tracking. Worked with various advocacy groups to empower the consolidation, understanding, and retention of medical records. (W2)
Giving Back:
Provided strategic evaluation, analyses,s, and ways forward to companies (fields included: IT Solutions, Real Estate Teams and Credit Union) through data analysis, personnel interviews, external research, and material review. Solutions proposed addressed: systemic issues, barriers to growth, innovative and strategic clear process and plans, recommended timelines, and thought provoking homework.

• Recruited to be the Site Scheduling Manager for Joint Venture JV Microgrid Project Miramar, a construction project valued at $20M+
• Coordinated all facets of project scheduling, including change controls
• Responsible for the cost, invoicing external clients, client engagement, and an integral part of leadership triad
• Critical Path Analysis, Risk Management, and Complete Project Management
• Identified significant shifts and JV failure points which resulted in open communications as the systems integrator between the two companies
• Results: Five baseline changes 5M+, Three JV Schedule workshops, complete schedule redesign, earned value management, and management through triple constraints

Resigned due to relocation for spouse career

• Oversaw and performed detailed project/program planning, tracking, scheduling, financial analysis, and reporting based on interpretation of complex data for projects/programs of significant dollar value, complexity, and scope
• Utilize Primavera P6 to manage DOE project Schedules for 10 different programs valued at over $51M
• EVM Implementation and maintenance for 10 individual program schedules
• Redesigned the schedule to raise confidence in deliverables, reduce statusing needs, and validate mechanics on failing schedules for client accuracy, reliability, and performance
• A key player in implementing EVM policies and restructuring.

Manager/Contracting Assistant (LT/O3), Portsmouth, Virginia

• Reviewed and executed government medical contract modifications for main OR

Financial Controller (SME) (LT/O3), COM STRIKE FORCES NATO, Portugal

• Overall management of the multi-national budget
• Developed, managed, and executed the fiscal year budget and maintained the 5-year financial plan
• Partnered with JALLC for Accounts Payable/Receivables and negotiation of all contracts
• Managed, forecasted, and executed the US Travel Budget

Operations Officer (Manager) (LT/O3), Defense Logistics Agency, Afghanistan

Served as Operations Officer for DLA Support Team to provide logistical support to establish/sustain combat power for coalition support

• Provided leadership for the Joint team, delivered $142 million Class 1 subsistence items, and served as the liaison between the distributors and the customer, ensuring barriers were appropriately removed
• Served as the Bill of Materials Program Manager, responsible for $1.2M of Class IV materials
• Received Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt certification for process improvements, fundamentally reducing process universal acquisition

Officer-In-Charge/MAPSUP Officer (LT/O3): Defense Logistics Agency, Hawaii

Served as the OIC, responsible for all activities, personnel, facilities, financial, and operations of DLA Distribution Mapping Hawaii

• Planned, directed, and coordinated all activities relating to the receipt, storage, automatic distribution, re-supply, and shipment of over 3M national geospatial products
• Directed and developed methods and procedures to improve operational efficiency, performance management, and personnel management
• Lead strategic planner for $8M distribution center from concept to execution
• Redesigned distribution warehouse storage plans through an innovative planogram, stock leveling, customer service workspaces, and developed mathematical location equation facilitating room for growth
• Created a new business plan for distribution mapping, freeing up 45% of assigned resources through reallocation and prioritization

US Navy, Assistant Supply Officer (O1-O2), USS Jarrett, FFG-33, San Diego, CA

• Planned, directed, and coordinated all activities relating to the personnel, facilities, financials and daily functions of the Ship Store retail and vending, sailor services such as barbershop, laundry, and food service, and disbursing Office.
• Responsible for ship financials (AP/AR & Banking)

• Developed, negotiated, and finalized student financial plans consistent with financial planning policies and procedures and with Federal/State regulations for awarding aid. Worked closely with new, continuing, and re-entry students and their families to ensure the plan and re-plan continue to best meet the families' needs based on cost, eligibility, status, and annual award changes.
• Counsel students on all acceptances and other matters related directly to the student financial plan. Managed a 100% planning load exceeding $1M per quarter.
• Managed student loan accounts within the first quarter, the region’s top Officer for timely collections and maintained status throughout time there. Resolved issues with incomplete loan applications, loans that do not pay citizenship requests and incomplete files.

• Served a one-year term helping to build the capacity of local Habitat for Humanity through indirect service, assuming roles in such critical areas as volunteer development, developing fundraising and donation systems, rewriting or updating procedures and/or manual.
• Created a new curriculum based on conducted evaluations and requests from family services director including materials such as: handbooks, policies, forms, facilitator's guides.
• Recruited volunteer instructors using and establishing contacts in the community.
  Transformed an 1800 sq. ft. warehouse space into an interactive and stocked classroom through solicited community donations.