Qualifications

Member: Project Management Institute

30 years experience working in a non-profit, volunteer driven environment with Ontario's New Democratic Party, comfortable with volunteers, board and staff, politically astute, bright, articulate and skilled with the written word, technically inclined.

Professional Highlights

On call production support for legacy Progress database (since December 2007)

Administration

§      Supporting the work of a 30 member executive board, a 10 member administrative sub committee as well as the work of a 200 member council including the production of documents and circulatory materials as required.

§      Supporting the 30K strong membership base of the organization

§      Leading a support staff of 6 in deposit and receipt of contributions

§      Facilitating the activities of the organizing group of staff concerned with education and maintenance of local associations

§      Facilities management –responsible for liaison with landlord, maintenance, supplies, machinery associated with a non-profit office at a general employee level of 12, rising to as many as 70 at peak times

Conference Organizing

§      Organized biennial conventions including several political leadership conventions.  These conventions attract as many as 2,200 delegates from across the province of Ontario as well as members of the media, guests and visitors.  Responsible for venue sourcing and on going relationship with the selected venue as well as all other details relating to contractors, supplies and programme

§      Organized similar but much smaller council meetings quarterly

§      Organized monthly meetings of the board as well as preparing the minutes for same

Fundraising

§      Knowledgeable and experienced in the science of fundraising, events, donor database management, direct ask, telemarketing.

Information Technology

§      Responsible for the purchase or rental of all IT hardware required

§      Ongoing maintenance of hardware and troubleshooting of issues

§      Ongoing software support for server 2000, WinXP, Microsoft Office as well as a database manager deployed on the Unix platform.

Legislation

§      responsible for understanding and compliance with the federal and provincial Election and Election Finance Acts

Office Relocation

§      coordinated the renovation of an existing office space working with the landlord and contractors including arranging for all services

§      planned with the selected mover the entire details of the move from a space dense with office furniture, machines and supplies to the new and larger space.

Volunteer Relationships

§      many aspects of the above items required working with volunteers, including the volunteer board

§      while helping to achieve the buy-in of the volunteers in an activity, it was also necessary to support and assist the work of the volunteers.

§      acted for periods as union steward and union negotiator on the collective agreement