Legal Advice and Consulting: available as a lawyer and consultant in the following areas regarding nonprofit organizations: organizing the nonprofit, management and governance, for-profit subsidiaries and joint ventures, federal/state tax and compliance matters, and management system improvement.
Management Experience: CEO of nonprofit [501(c)(3)] organization, National President of trade [501(c)(6)] association, State Director of government small business development efforts, Board Member of numerous nonprofit organizations, Business and Tax Attorney, President and Manager of for-profit businesses, Manufacturing Consultant.
Particular Competencies Regarding Nonprofit Organizations: legal technical issues; combining vision with planning, financial and legal requirements to produce a quality driven approach to organizational development and change; works well with management, governance and staff to implement the plan; also works well in turnaround situations.
Academic and Legal Credentials: B.S. – business administration and economics, Valdosta State University; J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University; LL.M. (taxation), Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary; licensed to practice law in Kentucky and Maine, U.S. Tax Court, various federal jurisdictions; member American Bar Association Section on Business Law, Committee on Nonprofit Organizations.
Recent Employment History:
2001-2006 – State Director, West Virginia Small Business Development Programs. Developed and managed five programs across 14 locations.
1996-2001 – President & CEO, Regional Contracting Assistance Center, Inc. (Charleston, West Virginia; statewide organization assisting private companies market to government agencies).
1993-1996 – Economic Development Professional, State of Maine; Director, Market Development Center (Bangor, Maine; statewide program assisting private companies market to government agencies and to develop new markets outside the Department of Defense).
1984-1993 – Business and Tax Attorney, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Quality Efforts: Examiner, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) 2007-08; implemented ISO 9001:2000 quality management system in West Virginia small business programs (only comparable statewide government ISO effort in the United States); Vice Chair, Accreditation Committee, Association of Small Business Development Centers.
Teaching Experience: Adjunct faculty, University of Maine Community College (legal research and writing, constitutional law), and New Hampshire College (financial accounting).