Performance-Driven, Executive-Level Experience in Community Relations, State & Local Government Affairs, Corporate Recruiting, and Employee & Labor Relations. Background encompasses extensive senior-level experience with demonstrated commitment to meeting and exceeding organizational objectives with strong orientation to people.
Highlighted Achievements:
· Managed $15 million annual budget for Communications, Brands, and Government Affairs Department, responsible for implementing strategy, progress initiatives, staffing goals, and reporting metrics for functional areas, including government affairs, communications, and public relations.
· Oversaw expansion of Industrial Technical Apprenticeship program throughout key manufacturing facilities across multiple states as a member of the Regional Workforce Development Team Program.
· Developed and executed local and state lobbying strategy in route to obtaining approval of $50MIL sustainable development project at key manufacturing site.
· Appointed as member of the Strategic University Partnership Team which co-constructed and formalized programmatic student offers with five initial university partners with a scalable models for future expansion.
· Raised a record $1 million in donations for annual Michelin Corporate Golf Tournament event to fund ten benefiting charity, and non-profit organizations throughout the US and Canada.
· Led planning, programming, and volunteer engagement events of annual employee contribution campaign, which was recognized as the “#1 Large Employer Campaign” by United Way of Greenville County four consecutive years during tenure in position.