Jack Savage
Recreation Management & Facilities Professional
Tinley Park,IL
Summary
Accomplished Executive Director recognized for leveraging strong team leadership and development to drive forward progress. Highly organized, detail-oriented leader skilled in directing high-performing teams to develop solutions and solve operational and technical problems. Success implementing systems across multiple operations with superior organizational and communication skills.
Overview
5
5
Certificates
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director
Butterfield Park District
11.2025 - 06.2026
- Supervise daily operations of eight full-time and two permanent part-time employees, as well as 75 part-time recreational and aquatic employees
- Prepare, evaluate and control the district's $2M corporate and recreation budget
- Prepare and monitor grants for the district and prepare documents to attain the balance of $200K grant payment
- Research, plan and prepare three seasonal brochures
- Prepare monthly agendas and meeting minutes for District Board meetings
- Managed the full life cycle of FOIA requests, ensuring compliance with strict statutory and agency deadlines
- Facilitated seamless processes by auditing and submitting precise member wage data to IMRF
- Coordinated comprehensive risk management. safety, and loss control initiatives to minimize district liability and maintain a safe environment for staff and patrons
- Acted as a key liaison between park district and NEDSRA to champion inclusive recreational programming and community outreach
Director of Parks & Recreation
Village of North Riverside
10.2024 - 09.2025
- Oversaw all hiring, training & evaluation of all full and part-time staff
- Budget, payroll and purchasing
- Facility maintenance, athletic field management and scheduling
- Oversaw design and production of 3 seasonal program brochures
- Oversaw Mayors Golf Outing, Summer Concert Series and Winter Fest
- Increased Preschool revenue by 27K, added summer camps to increase revenue
Recreation Supervisor II
Village Of Orland Park
12.2010 - 10.2024
- Plan, implement and oversaw all recreational programming for the areas top municipal-run fitness center for community of over 55,000 residents
- Supervise and managed in-house staff as well as contract employees
- Hired, trained, scheduled, evaluated and coordinated payroll of all facility staff
- Managed ActiveNet software for facility programming
- Event budgeting and implementation
- Managed beverage distribution for the annual Taste of Orland Park event, the area's largest food and music festival
- Active participant in wellness program as department representative
Superintendent of Recreation
Butterfield Park District
11.2007 - 11.2010
- Directly supervised all full time staff
- Oversaw budget for recreation as well as aquatic center
- Facilitated revenue and registration reports for programs and facilities
- Oversaw design and production of program brochures and marketing
- Member of the district safety team
Program & Aquatic Supervisor
City of Muscatine
10.2000 - 11.2007
- Supervised recreation programs and aquatics for a community of 23,000
- Administrative duties included city planning, design, development and construction of a state-of-the-art aquatic center
- Budget preparation for recreation and aquatics
- Community liaison to the school district and local businesses
Education
Bachelor of Science - Recreation Management
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA07.2000
Skills
Project Management
Staff Management
Leadership
Problem Solving
High Performance Organization Trained
Accomplishments
- Planned, designed, developed, state-of-the-art aquatic center in Muscatine, Iowa
- Project Manager for a Skate Park
- Project Manager for a Disc Golf Golf
- Department chair for the Taste of Orland Park
- Started ActiveNet Registration in Muscatine, Iowa
- Implemented a new registration software
- Started over 150 new programs in my career
Certification
CPRP
Timeline
CPR/First Aid
05-2026
Executive Director
Butterfield Park District
11.2025 - 06.2026
Director of Parks & Recreation
Village of North Riverside
10.2024 - 09.2025
HPO Certified
05-2019
CPRP
03-2016
Recreation Supervisor II
Village Of Orland Park
12.2010 - 10.2024
Superintendent of Recreation
Butterfield Park District
11.2007 - 11.2010
National Aquatic Management School
02-2004
Revenue Resource School
02-2002
Program & Aquatic Supervisor
City of Muscatine
10.2000 - 11.2007
Bachelor of Science - Recreation Management
University of Iowa