Resourceful and creative, with a strong call to creation care ministry and an engineering background. Unique combination of environmental knowledge and personal striving for sustainability, technical abilities, seminary-level biblical interpretation, and fourteen years of lay leadership in the United Methodist setting.
Volunteer as liaison from Task Team to North East District for supporting creation care ministries; Maintain contact list of over 350 records; Plan and prepare communication; Co-plan monthly Eat, Pray, Grow networking meetings; Prepare Canva presentations and flyers;
Creation Care Ministry leader; Provide weekly creation care tips for church e-news; Mission Committee Chair; Served on Nominating/Lay Leadership committee: helped develop leadership training, identified and recruited volunteers; Wrote, directed and co-produced "daytime dinner theater" children's production to raise money and awareness for "Imagine No Malaria"; Co-launched "Lunch and Learn" class; Adult and children's Christian Education teacher; Liturgist; Greeter; Led “Created Creators” and “Holy Knots” covenant groups; Served on Strategic Planning Committee and Staff-Parish Relations Committee; Active in Music Ministry; Vacation Bible School volunteer; Mission Camp volunteer;
Volunteered as Class Representative for two years, President for three years, and Past-President for one year at prominent arts magnet school; Prepared and led organizational meetings and events; Communicated relevant information to families; Planned and assisted with fundraising events; Reviewed contracts; Assisted with budget development; Identified and recruited volunteers;
Director of Congregational Engagement, 2016; Servant Coordinator, 2013-2015; Developed and implemented systems for engaging newcomers from first visit through formally joining church; Provided timely, frequent follow-up to visitors; Created and facilitated regular orientation programs; Taught membership classes; Developed systems for collecting and storing talent and skill information for new and long-time members for facilitating use of spiritual gifts in service within church and community, as well as regional and international mission work (resulted in 100 new records in database); Trained for facilitating “Cultural Intelligence”; Co-coordinated Children's Ministry programming during search for new director; served as staff liaison for Missions and Hospitality Committees; Co-facilitated greeter and leadership training; Involved in collaborative planning and facilitation of events and fundraisers; Occasionally filled supporting roles in worship leadership;
Provided clients with education and resources by telephone, mail, and in person; Processed Healthy Start Prenatal Screens and Infant Outcomes in HMS system; Initiated care plans for new cases; Completed initial contacts with new clients; Provided education on interconceptional health, pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, breastfeeding and tobacco use; Assisted with outreach, community events, and semi-annual client family events; Published flyers and weekly meeting minutes;
Created and implemented the “G.I.F.T. (Get Involved for Transformation) Program” for surveying and interviewing church members to match their spiritual gifts with volunteer positions. Organized “The G.I.F.T. Exchange” Committee Fair; Co-created and co-led “Unwrap Your Gifts” workshop; Served as staff liaison to Membership Committee; Facilitated newcomer classes; Implemented “Volunteer of the Month” recognition program; Composed monthly newsletter articles; Served as Interim Religious Education Administrator for Sunday morning children's programming during search for new director (nursery through fifth grade); Supported nursery and volunteer staff; Delivered Children's Message in weekly worship; Led monthly Children's Worship;
Started as Project Engineer, progressed to Senior Engineer and Section Head within three years; Provided engineering support for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheters, vena cava filters and thrombolysis catheters; Interacted with customers, marketing, internal and external manufacturing facilities, and vendors for various aspects of project management from feasibility through launch, including developing specifications, evaluating prototypes, setting priorities, and providing technical support at trade shows; Managed research and development engineers developing PTA catheters; Played key role transferring development and manufacturing operations from closing plant; Engineering point person for R&D relocation; Wrote protocols, engineering test reports, and product specifications;
Provided engineering support for surgical helmet systems, blood collection and autotransfusion devices, bone cement and mixing systems, and soft goods; Conducted product training for sales representatives and plant tour presentations for customers; provided technical support at trade shows; Provided product development and technical support requiring knowledge of plastics processing, textiles, air flow, filtration, noise control, battery power and creative prototyping methods; Functioned as primary technical contact for original equipment manufacturers; Wrote protocols and sections of technical manual for sales promotion;
Advanced from student co-op position to Biomechanical Research Engineer, Product Development Engineer, and Senior Project Engineer in four years; Worked directly with Walter Lorenz Surgical sales representatives and customers to define product specifications for custom cranial implants; Oversaw entire custom cranial implant fabrication process from prototype approval to shipping sterilized implants with three-week turnaround times; Developed brochures; Provided sales training and technical support for trade shows; Supervised one administrative and three manufacturing employees to maintain inventory of standard products and custom implants for which demand quadrupled; Managed mechanical testing program for resorbable raw materials, and orthopaedic and maxillofacial implant prototypes; Compiled and recorded data for 800 tests in 1993; Created computerized database for recording test parameters; Established systems for inventory of prototypes and sample parts; Generated test procedures; Designed and oversaw fabrication of test fixtures; Analyzed data and authored technical reports for FDA submissions; Established functional and release specifications for products; Supervised laboratory technician; Classified properties of new material and organized data for patent application;