SUMMARY

• Proven track record of leading and managing a $7 million non-profit agency that serves nearly 400 people with developmental disabilities, and other difficulties, through an unprecedented State budget financial crisis.
• Twenty-three year background creating, selling and delivering training services, programs, and products throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
• Fifteen-year record of accomplishment as an entrepreneur running all aspects of business operations including: developing and delivering training products and services, marketing and accounting.
• Published author.
  
  
• 2008-2011 - Community Link, Inc. - Breese, Illinois
  Executive Director
  
  • Establish current and long range goals, objectives, plans and policies, in conjunction with the Board of Directors.
    • Guided a collaborative strategic planning process including: revision of agency’s mission, vision, and core values; review of best practices; identification of critical issues; and development of long range goals.
    • Worked with the Board of Directors to become a more effective governing body by:
      - streamlining committee structure
      - articulating written Board member performance expectations
      - revising by-laws
      - developing a Delegation of Authority policy
      - recruiting new qualified Board members with non-profit management and programmatic expertise
    
    
  • Direct and coordinate formulation of budget to provide funding for new or continuing program operations.
    • Kept the agency solvent during an unprecedented State payment delay crisis.
    • Saved the agency $100,000 in one year by trimming operational costs.
    • Raised over $135,000 in new revenue by cultivating five new major donors.
    • Confer with Directors to formulate annual United Way allocation request; Conduct site visit tour and deliver presentation to garner to $200,000 annually.
    • Restructured agency’s internal United Way employee campaign to better incentivize employees to contribute, resulting in 93% participation rate and a 75% increase over the goal of $7,500 amounting to a total $13,161.20, which, in turn, prompted the United Way to increase its annual allocation to the agency by about $10,000 to a total of $209,910 for 2011.
    
    
  • Manage seven direct reports to plan business and service objectives, develop policies, and coordinate operations.
    • Led staff through a triennial accreditation survey by CARF (Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) resulting in a successful three year reaccreditation of agency’s programs.
    
    
  • Research and develop potential opportunities for expansion of agency services.
    • Drove the creation of a new client-operated curbside recycling enterprise by securing a $50,000 grant.
    
    
  • Review operating results, compare outcomes established objectives, and correct unsatisfactory results.
    • Instituted balanced scorecard strategic planning and management system to align business activities to agency’s vision and strategy, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals.
    
    
  • Liaise with all government and other funding and referral sources, consumers, families, and staff maintaining positive relationships and favorable perceptions of the agency.
    • Increased public awareness of the agency’s services through soliciting local, state and national media, attention, including a front page "Wall Street Journal" article.
    • Initiated face-to-face meetings with state and federal legislators; mobilized staff and family letter writing campaign to fight off looming, drastic state budget cuts, and timely payment; resulting in the passage of Prompt Payment Act 96-0802, which provides for a 2 percent interest penalty for payments that are more than 60 days late.
    • Formed a new guardian support group to provide learning opportunities on critical care issues.
    
    
  • Oversee interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
    • Directed and collaborated with staff on revision of agency personnel manual, performance appraisal system, wage and benefit structure and establishment of compensation philosophy.

• 2006 Visionary Velocity Worldwide - St. Louis, MO
  President
  
  • Develop international client base and present corporate motivation and business execution seminars throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
  • Research, developed, and wrote an organizational development curriculum on how to translate visions into outcomes and maintain momentum when executing change initiatives.
  • Published in "U.S. Business Review". Components:
    - Why Don’t Visions Translate Into Outcomes?
    - How "Engaged Apathy" Defines a Culture
    - Understanding Problem Employees
    - Identifying Executors, i.e. Engaged Employees
    - Doing More with Less
    - Availability: The Best Practices of Execution.

• 1995 - 2005 John P. Foppe Seminars, Inc. - Breese, IL
  President/Owner
  
  • Developed international client base
  • Researched, constructed and presented keynote speeches and seminars
  • Produced a revised and updated edition of "Armed With Hope: The Inspirational Story of John Foppe" video in 2001
  • Authored the book; What's Your Excuse? Making the Most of What You Have published by Thomas Nelson Publishers of Nashville, TN in May of 2002

• 2002 Chestnut Health Systems - Maryville, IL
  Employee Assistance Program - Outpatient Mental Health Therapist
  
  • Assessed clients' needs and strengths
  • Developed individualized treatment plan
  • Performed individual brief therapy

• 1992 - 1995 The Zig Ziglar Corporation - Dallas, TX
  Professional Speaker / Independent Contractor
  
  • Writer for Top Performance magazine and Zig Ziglar On-line Newsletter
  • Trainer for Zig Ziglar's "Born To Win" goal-setting and personal growth seminar
  • Lecturer for worldwide seminars

Education

• Master of Social Work - Family Therapy Concentration
  2001 St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
• Practicum
  • Gateway Outpatient Chemical Dependency Treatment Facility - Belleville, IL
  • Family Hospice of Belleville, IL Area
  • Chestnut Health Systems - Granite City, IL
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication - Graduated Cum Laude
  1992 St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
• Mater Dei Catholic High School
  1988 - Breese, IL

Awards

• 1993 - "Ten Outstanding Young Americans"
  U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
• 1992 - "Ten Outstanding Young People in Illinois"
  Illinois Jaycees