30 Cottage Lane
Gray Lake, MN 55735
(612) 342-7000

• Eight years experience in park and recreation management, including implementing creative programs to increase interest in the park and benefit the community.
• Solid background in facilities management and maintaining attractive park grounds.
• Skilled administrator with experience in fund raising and budget management.

Parks Director, Prairie Parks System, Prairie, ID (September 1990-present)

Manage two community parks and six employees. Chair board of directors and oversee $400,000 budget. Monitor and enhance ecological aspects of park.

• Initiated and implemented variety of new programs, such as photography contest, Easter egg hunt, summer community band concerts, Haunted Trail, hayrides and annual volleyball tournament, which have increased participation in park activities.
• Secured funding and managed $125,000 building expansion, which provides ne baseball park press box and improved protection for maintenance and playground equipment.
• Established "Trees to Remember" program, which allows residents to donate trees as memorials and enhances park's ecological balance.
• Worked with civic organizations and Boise Symphony Orchestra to establish "Symphony at Sunset at Prairie Park," which draws people to park , provides cultural opportunity and enhances orchestra's visibility in rural area.

Assistant Parks Director, Glendale Park System, Glendale, ID (June 1987-September 1990)

Developed educational programs and supervised grounds-keeping and picnic shelters for four park system.

Supervised park swimming pool renovation, which finished one week ahead of schedule and $10,000 under budget.

Worked with athletic trainer to develop park fitness walk, which provided educational material and suggested exercise programs for a variety of age and ability levels.

Initiated and conducted summer camps, which included teaching school-age children about ecology and biology to increase their interest in the sciences. Biology Teacher, Glendale Community School Corp., Glendale, ID (September 1985-June 1987)

Instructed junior high and high school students in biology and general science.

• Designed ecological learning center and outdoor lab, which provided students with opportunity to study relationships between living things and their environments.

Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Idaho, Boise (1985)
Minor: Horticulture
Idaho State Teaching License (1985)