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Relevant Personal/Professional Experience: Please describe your professional, civic, or community <br />~ participation which may be relevant in serving on this board/commission. <br />Professional Experience <br />During my career, I have worked with many diverse individuals and served in a number of roles. <br />Listening and communicating clearly while respecting differing opinions was foundational to <br />an•ive at a common understanding of how to move forward. Key competencies performed in <br />senior roles with national corporations include the following. <br />• Vision and strategy to provide leadership in identifying opportunities for growtl� <br />and competitive advantage. <br />• Development of objective-based business plans to achieve specific goals and <br />advance corporate initiatives. <br />• Effective communicator with demonstrated ability to build strategic alliances as <br />well as coach and mentor teams of professionals. <br />• Developed and implemented an effective relationship management structure to <br />support product distribution. <br />2. Co-founder of Community Music Festival <br />Co-founded t11e Lakes Bluegrass Festival (now in Pine River) with tllree goals: <br />• Promote American Grass-Roots Bluegrass Music <br />• Create a family-friendly community event <br />` • Create a venue to raise money for a worthy cause (i.e., non-profit). <br />With our personal finances backing the event, Tim and I launched the festival in 2002. <br />Using our business knowledge and experience, we developed a business model and the <br />tactical plan to execute it. We worked with community leaders to put together <br />sponsorship concepts and packages, create and execute a marketing plan, raise awareness <br />in the community, get volunteers to help at the event, plus many more activities required <br />to pull off a successful event. The festival has been profitable all 7 years and has raised <br />tens of thousands of dollars for local non-profits. [n 2012, the festival was acquired by <br />the Pine River Area Foundation that now owns and runs the event. We remain a close <br />partner of the Foundation and ���anage the entertain���e��t and ir�arketi��g. The event grew <br />from just a few hundred attendees to over 3600 in 2012. <br />� <br />