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Steve Sherwood

Steve Sherwood

Newberg,OR

Summary

Experienced teacher, coach and director with specific skills in recruiting, motivating, and leading collaborative teams. Passionate about energizing and activating others to make a difference in their spheres of influence. Deeply committed to equity and inclusion. Extensively experienced and expert communicator, in both written and speaking contexts.

Overview

54
54
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director

Table14
Newberg, OR
07.2020 - Current
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to strategically affect operational direction.
  • Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions and maximize profitability.
  • Drove strategic improvements to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies.
  • Founded the organization, including building Board, staff, setting vision and applying for and receiving 501c3 status.
  • Fostered work culture of collaboration and inclusion to increase morale and reduce turnover.
  • Supervised writing of all grant applications and checked information for accuracy prior to submission.
  • Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.

Associate Professor

George Fox University
NEWBERG, OR
07.2004 - 07.2020
  • Helped students to develop and demonstrate broad, integrative and specialized knowledge, essential habits of mind, communicative fluency and effective problem-solving skills.
  • Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
  • Updated curricula and lesson plans for primary instructors, researching developments in relevant fields and updating materials to reflect most recent data and statistics.
  • Assisted and identified at-risk students to eliminate student barriers to learning.
  • Managed interpersonal conflict situations requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion, supporting culture of diversity, equity and inclusion with students, employees, alumni and other stakeholders.
  • Advised student groups, assisting learners in educational programs both on and off campus.
  • Served students, clients and programs through participation in assessment processes, academic support units and university committees and task forces, including serving as the leader of the university's Undergraduate Faculty Senate.
  • Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
  • Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.

Regional Director

Young Life
Iowa City, Iowa
08.2000 - 06.2004
  • Hired, trained and supervised staff in a two-state Region (Iowa and Illinois).
  • Led fundraising efforts in support of Regional initiatives.
  • Led efforts to begin Young Life work in new communities in Iowa and Illinois.
  • Spoke regularly at national Young Life summer camps.

High School Track and Cross Country Head Coach

Bromfield School And City High School
Harvard, And Iowa City, MA And IA
08.1987 - 05.2004
  • Recruited athletes to the team.
  • Supervised and executed all training plans.
  • Recruited assistant coaches and supervised coaching teams.
  • Won 7 state titles in track and 4 state titles in cross country.
  • Coached 19 individual state champions and 16 relay state champions.
  • Supervised teams of 40-90 athletes.
  • Developed cultures of fun, hard work, self-less care for others, and positive encouragement.

Area Director

Young Life
Harvard, And Iowa City, , MA And IA
07.1985 - 06.2000
  • Began Young Life work in both communities, including building a Board, recruiting volunteers, raising a budget and establishing relationships in the community to support Young Life's work with adolescents.
  • Trained volunteers and staff.
  • Led small and large groups of various sizes (from groups of 4-5 to regular groups of 200+).
  • Led annual summer camping programs, including recruiting participants, raising money, supervising budgeting, hiring bus companies, for trips ranging from 10-12 students to 125-150.
  • Participated in national Young Life initiatives (focused on diversity and equity, training staff, and speaking at national Young Life summer camps).

Education

Doctorate of Ministry Leadership - Ministry And Non-profit Leadership

Portland Seminary
Tigard, OR
12.2010

Master of Arts -

Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
01.2004

Bachelor of Social Work -

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK
05.1985

Skills

  • Visionary leadership
  • Written communication (authored 3 books)
  • Public Speaking
  • Recruiting, building, serving on and leading teams (staff, volunteers, Boards)
  • Teaching and training
  • Fundraising and Budget Management
  • Portfolio Management

Timeline

Executive Director

Table14
07.2020 - Current

Associate Professor

George Fox University
07.2004 - 07.2020

Regional Director

Young Life
08.2000 - 06.2004

High School Track and Cross Country Head Coach

Bromfield School And City High School
08.1987 - 05.2004

Area Director

Young Life
07.1985 - 06.2000

Doctorate of Ministry Leadership - Ministry And Non-profit Leadership

Portland Seminary

Master of Arts -

Fuller Theological Seminary

Bachelor of Social Work -

Oral Roberts University

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