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Elicia Madetzke

Sioux Falls,SD
Elicia Madetzke

Summary

Effective grassroots organizer, adept at group facilitation, innovative problem solving and complex strategy management. Demonstrates patience, persistence, and determination in overcoming adversity.

Actively networking and building resources to support the development of a regional arts and heritage trades education program.

Manage maintenance and repairs of National Register listed historic buildings.

Post-graduate-level research, reading, writing, and communication skills. Experience in public speaking and presentations.

Nonprofit founder, acting Executive Director /Board President experienced in grant writing and project management. Experienced in historic building maintenance and repair.

Trained in Sociological Research Methods and Statistics, as a university research assistant.

17 years of experience as self-employed multiple small business entrepreneur

7 years of self-directed nonprofit work, working remotely and with regional travel.

Proficient in PC and Mac, Adobe, Quickbooks, website content creation, social media marketing. Learns new software and programs with relative ease.

Successful Executive Director with over 7 years of demonstrated ability in delivering mission-critical results, strategic resource management to promote efficient growth towards long term goals.

Fundraising totals over $120,000 and awarded $330,000 for grant requests to date.

Ambitious team leader adept at creating strategic alliances with organizational leaders and community members, and effectively aligning with and supporting key initiatives.

Strong self-directed project management and decision-making. Brings comprehensive knowledge of technical writing and research. Skilled at coordinating plans and resources to complete work under tight deadlines.

Organized and dependable, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to find creative cooperative solutions to meet team goals.

Overview

18
years of professional experience

Work History

RECLAIM COMMUNITY

Founder, President/Director Executive
01.2016 - Current

Job overview

  • Empowering Jasper to reinvest in historic assets as a tool for education and rural economic revitalization, and stronger, more equitable community through innovative, incremental, sustainable adaptive reuse of historic buildings
  • Acting Executive Director, leading project management, grant administration, facilitating board meetings, public relations, and advocacy for the developing a regional network to collaborate with public leaders and community organizations, local governments, historical societies, state preservation organizations and community development foundations in order to develop policies and programs for establishing a Heritage Preservation Trades technical and arts school in Jasper, MN.
  • Research grant funding, write grant proposals, manage grant reporting and milestones.
  • Strategize fundraising campaigns, events and donor communications, public speaking, networking, hosting community forums, supporting and supervising volunteer work and projects.
  • Created and monitored promotional and fundraising approaches to increase capacity and resources.
  • Awarded $312,000 in successful grants to date
  • In 2022, completed our first $173,000 grant-funded construction project

MOONSTRUCK AND STARDUST

Seamstress and Designer
01.2016 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Creative custom sewing and upholstery projects
  • Independently contracted by businesses and individual customers to design unique clothing and accessories and upholstery for commercial and residential
  • Design and create custom solutions to individual needs
  • Source materials, design items, create patterns and construct clothing, accessories and decor items
  • Manage bookkeeping, inventory, production, sales and delivery.

Restoration Massage Therapy

Owner, Operator, Licensed Massage Therapist
01.2005 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Provided professional therapeutic massage therapy services to clients in a nurturing, holistic private office setting.
  • Completed annual continuing education to develop advanced skills and techniques
  • Pursued professional development and skills in Advanced Orthopedic Massage and Integrative Manual Therapy for Chronic Pain Conditions
  • Completed Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Certification to aid clients with symptom support and holistic options through custom individually tailored holistic nutritional plans
  • Day to day business operations, scheduling, marketing, product sales and inventory, business accounting, tax preparation, and HIPAA compliant health professional records.

Education

Nutritional Therapy Association
Olympia, WA

Nutritional Therapy Practitioner from Nutritional Therapy
2013

University Overview

Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy
Colorado Springs, CO

Certificate in Massage Therapy from Massage Therapy

University Overview

South Dakota State University

B.A. from Sociology, Psychology, Criminal Justice
2003

University Overview

Cum Laude

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Selected to Rethos; Places Reimagined's Revitalize MN Task Force, and testified for the Minnesota House and Senate Taxation Committees in support of the 2021 campaign to advocate for the extension of the State Historic Tax Credit.

2022 graduate of Think3D's Leaders of Tomorrow leadership development program.

Trained in Principles of Community Organizing, facilitated by the Western Organization of Research Councils

Additional Information

Additional Information

Professional profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elicia-kortus-65963050/

https://reclaimcommunity.org/history/

Media

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elicia-kortus-65963050/

Timeline

Founder, President/Director Executive
RECLAIM COMMUNITY
01.2016 - Current
Seamstress and Designer
MOONSTRUCK AND STARDUST
01.2016 - 12.2022
Owner, Operator, Licensed Massage Therapist
Restoration Massage Therapy
01.2005 - 09.2022
Nutritional Therapy Association
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner from Nutritional Therapy
Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy
Certificate in Massage Therapy from Massage Therapy
South Dakota State University
B.A. from Sociology, Psychology, Criminal Justice
Elicia Madetzke