Lindsay Wines

Serves as a member of the executive leadership team, acting as the agency’s chief fiscal officer, while also overseeing various operational units including Employee Engagement, the Employee Assistance Program, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Communications and all agency fiscal and procurement functions.

• Spearheaded the development of the agency’s strategic plan, guiding offices through SWOT analyses, to define long term goals and create actionable initiatives.
• Successfully led the creation of the City’s first employee recognition program, recognizing employees, supervisors, executives and teams from across City government.
• Created the agency’s first internal audit program, reviewing operations and financials, utilizing data and applying process improvement best practices to revamp agency operations.
• Utilized existing personnel and budgetary resources to create the Department’s Office of Engagement and Strategic Partnership, leading to the creation of the City’s first enterprise-wide employee engagement survey.
• Led the agency’s COVID-19 response, including development of a citywide employee symptom screening program and the creation of an implementation framework and project plan for COVID-19 employee testing, including successful integration of the testing vendor with Workday.
• Guided the rollout of the City’s Baltimore is Hiring recruitment campaign, utilizing various social media platforms to proactively attract talent.

Served as part of the agency’s executive team, acting as a policy advisor to the City’s Chief Information and Digital Officer. Responsible for developing, implementing and managing forward strategies, key initiatives and projects for the agency.

• Directed the development of the City’s first ever Inclusive Digital Transformation Strategic Plan, laying out a road map for IT investment over five years.
• Acted as the legislative liaison representing the department at the Maryland General Assembly and City Council legislative and budget hearings, developing bill responses and providing written and oral testimony.
• Led the creation of the framework for unification of IT functions across city government, including budget evaluation, creation of an IT service catalog and organization structure.
• Developed a comprehensive communications plan to enhance internal and external messaging, streamline information flow, and ensure alignment with the Inclusive Digital Transformation Strategic Plan.

Served as part of the executive leadership team providing guidance on a range of complex policy issues to the Director and the Mayor’s Office, while managing the daily operations of department’s administrative units, including Fiscal Services, Contract Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology and Legislative Services.

• Represented the Director and the agency at legislative budgetary hearings, Maryland Public Service Commission hearings, as well as with stakeholders both within and external to City government.
• Strategic planning and oversight of $150M Operating Budget, including management of general, parking, grant and conduit enterprise funds.
• Increased agency operating budget by nearly 20 percent over two fiscal years correcting years of structural deficits and budgetary shortfalls.
• Successfully developed and implemented a rate increase for the City’s conduit system, increasing annual revenue for the fund by more than $14 million.
• Delivered concise, accurate and timely public briefing materials to ensure critical information was dispersed, both during times of emergency response and standard operations.

Served as a senior level operating budget analyst providing budgetary oversight for an agency portfolio totaling between $413 million and $764 million in General Funds; including all public safety agencies, City’s debt service, Department of Transportation, and Department of Finance. Advised City leadership on the fiscal, operational and policy impacts of various budget scenarios.

• Collaborated with agency program managers and fiscal staff on budget formulation and control, as well as monitoring and forecasting expenditures to ensure compliance with the adopted budget.
• Reviewed and authorized all personnel related transactions for assigned agencies including hiring, position creation, and reclassification of current employees.
• Projected the City’s 10-Year Maintenance of Effort commitment for the Baltimore City Public Schools System based on enacted legislation and worked with the Mayor’s Office in negotiating an agreement with the System on a variety of financial issues.
• Developed a multi-year cost model evaluating the impact of a new police shift model for labor negotiations.
• Built long range financial models, analyzed financial impacts, and provided recommendations for fixed costs and health care reform as part of the City’s first 10-Year Financial Plan development.

• Worked as part of a team to formulate the FY 2009 through FY 2012 capital budgets, developing annual funding recommendations for up to 20 universities, colleges and other agencies.
• Reviewed the validity, accuracy, and completeness of budget requests and justifications, including analysis of budget estimates and presented budget recommendations to the Executive Director based on evaluation of agency priorities, overall budget debt capacity, and executive policy initiatives.
• Analyzed capital project and program requests for multiple agencies, examining quantitative data, including but not limited to enrollment, faculty and staff projections, space need assessments, and agency needs against state planning guidelines to determine scope, justification and estimated cost.
• Responded to legislative questions and budget recommendations of legislative analysts as well as represented the agency at General Assembly budget hearings, preparing written testimony when required.
• Served as the Department of Budget and Management representative on the Maryland Community Colleges Facilities Planners Council.