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Walter Blackman

Walter Blackman

Jack
Snowflake Flake,Arizona

Summary

As a Senior Executive, business owner, and CEO with two decades of experience in driving positive change, I am an expert with purchasing, billing, reading financial statements, and understanding occupancy regulation. My operational excellence to lead teams and building relationships make me an excellent managing executive. My financial experience, with government, and private lobby consulting firms make me an ideal candidate to building relationships that foster organizational success!

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
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1

Certifications

1
1

EEO Officers Certification

1
1

Equal Employment Opportunity Management Course

1
1

Program Managers Course

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1

EEO Mediation Certification

1
1

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

1
1

Nationally Accredited Mediator License

Work History

Executive Director

Arizona Rural Public Schools Association, Corp.
Snowflake, AZ
02.2023 - Current
  • Oversaw 15 staff and ensured the success of important educational legislation projects with a 92% success rate. Aligning short- and long-term plans with company culture has allowed this nonprofit to grow 73% over the past year.
  • Provides valuable insights into developing a business action plan to create partnerships with 21 school districts in Northeast Arizona.
  • Maintain an annual budget of $350,000 in the first year of operations and meet the organization's financial needs by increasing fund flow by 7%1 over the past two quarters. Manage and prepare financial reports for stakeholder review.
  • Built successful fundraising campaigns for organization- and community-wide goals that were set at 15% and increased by 30% in the last quarter.

Chief Operating Officer; Arizona Rural Public Scho

Arizona Rural Public Schools Association, Corp.
Snowflake, AZ
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Assisted the Executive Director and the nine-member board of directors in designing the association's overall mission, values, and strategic goals, by serving as the COO and Associate Vice President.
  • Instrumental and implemented 15 stakeholder meetings with the board of directors and shared company financial information.
  • Implemented a winning financial development plan that created an increase in annual fundraising revenues by 83%
  • Successful at Leading, guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of other employees, such as senior directors and managers, and ensuring a healthy working environment.

Founder and CEO

W.B. Mediation Consulting
Snowflake Flake, Arizona
07.2016 - 05.2022
  • As the President and CEO of WB Mediation and Consulting Services LLC, I am focused on working with government officials to ensure long-term success.
  • Strong financial acumen combined with excellence financial performance resulting in a 42% surge in revenue after the first year, followed closely by an impressive 65% increase thereafter.
    • My commitment to building relationships and achieving operational excellence through public policy Lobby and maintaining state compliance has been proven through an 18% rise in profits during two consecutive fiscal years alongside a remarkable 55% secure growth for financial statements and fiscal success three quarters in a row.

Commissioner; Education Commission of States

Arizona House Of Representatives
Phoenix, AZ
07.2019 - 01.2023
  • As the Chairman Arizona House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, operational excellence creating 90% success rate for fair and effective legislative plans.
  • Built relationships and working with government officials in Arizona efforts, resulted in an impressive 2.7-billion-dollar budget for support.
  • Financial performance measures for the judiciary budget proved successful for the next fiscal year.
  • My team has review and manages over 268 bills & amendments that focus on Criminal Justice compliance with an increase of 83% public approval rate.
  • Review 187 pieces of legislation for government ARS compliance.

State Representative

Arizona House Of Representatives
Phoenix, AZ
01.2019 - 01.2023
  • As an Arizona State Representative, implemented effective financial policy government initiatives to save taxpayers 4.8% while increasing private business financial Performance opportunities by 2.8%.
  • Building relationships and managing operations grew operational Excellence and improved purchasing power for new start up by 73%. Balanced a 11.2-billion-dollar budget for the state of Arizona and funded K-12 education with 7.2 billion dollars.
  • Improved Law Enforcement operations and created 423 Arizona jobs along with the review and approval of 57 new overseas positions in Israel alone – resulting in 23% more state revenue generated!
  • Directed government business agents and held 18 successful stakeholder and building relationships with overseas meetings to provide vast savings of 42 million dollars to the taxpayer population through Criminal Justice reform; amassing 268 bills crafted during my tenure as representative overall.

Program Director; Deputy Chief of Staff

Department Of Defense; United States Army
Fort Leavenworth , KS
12.2018 - 12.2019

• As Program Director and Deputy Chief of Staff, and senior Department of the Army government officials I served as the link by building relationships between executive-level staff and our Commanding General.
• Through my innovative operational excellence purchasing expertise and successful department financial performance using cutting-edge business practices, achieved an impressive 92% success rate on budget performance while increasing process improvement by 82%.
• Managed 43 personnel and achieved operational excellence resulting in a excellence annual performance review.

Military Leader

Department Of Defense, United States Army
Fort Irwin, CA
05.1995 - 07.2016

• As a Senior leader, in the United States Army, throughout 20 years of military service, collectively responsible for over 300 military personnel and managed over 6 million dollars in assigned equipment.
• My annual evaluations for 20 years were constantly at a 90% success rate. I worked with senior government officials I excelled as an Operations Sergeant and consistently meet department of Army Compliance measures. I excelled in building relationships with world leaders, international organizations, senior military leaders, and project managers.
• I was successful in as a change agent that trained over 10 thousand service members and government employees in a span of over 20 years. Graduated in the top 10% of all professional development schools and received over two dozen awards, accolades, and honorable mentions from Generals to senior commanders.

Education

Executive Certificate In Strategic Diversity & Inclusion - Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Online
02.2016

Executive Level Strategy And Innovation - Strategy And Innovation

Department Of Defense Strategy And Innovation
Fort Irwin, CA
06.2014

Lean Six Sigma - Processing Analysis

Department Of Defense Educational Program
Fort Irwin
03.2014

EEO Officers/Manager Certification - Diversity And Inclusion

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
Cocoa Beach, FL
03.2006

Skills

Ability To Manage

Strategic Thinking

Relationship Management

Ability To Deliver Results

Organization Skills

Staff Development

Written And Verbal Communication

Talent Development

Attention To Detail

Human Resources

Project Management

Staff Development

Talent Development

Human Resources

Staff Development

Certification

Professional Certifications Program Managers Course: Equal Employment Opportunity Management Course Program Managers Course: Sexual Assault Response Program Academy. Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt) Sexual Assault Prevention Course Certification, Sexual Assault Advocate Certification (NOVA) Equal Opportunity Adviser Program Diploma EEO Mediation Certification / EEO Specialist Certification / EEO Officers Certification.

Timeline

Executive Director

Arizona Rural Public Schools Association, Corp.
02.2023 - Current

Chief Operating Officer; Arizona Rural Public Scho

Arizona Rural Public Schools Association, Corp.
08.2022 - 05.2023

Commissioner; Education Commission of States

Arizona House Of Representatives
07.2019 - 01.2023

State Representative

Arizona House Of Representatives
01.2019 - 01.2023

Program Director; Deputy Chief of Staff

Department Of Defense; United States Army
12.2018 - 12.2019

Founder and CEO

W.B. Mediation Consulting
07.2016 - 05.2022

Military Leader

Department Of Defense, United States Army
05.1995 - 07.2016

Executive Certificate In Strategic Diversity & Inclusion - Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

Executive Level Strategy And Innovation - Strategy And Innovation

Department Of Defense Strategy And Innovation

Lean Six Sigma - Processing Analysis

Department Of Defense Educational Program

EEO Officers/Manager Certification - Diversity And Inclusion

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
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