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Coordinator of Governmental Relations November 1994 – June 1997 <br />Kansas Association of School Boards <br />Management and coordination of the Association’s legislative agenda before the Kansas <br />Legislature. Also manage and coordinate specialized sections of the federal legislative agenda. <br /> <br />EDUCATION AND TRAINING <br /> <br />Hamline University <br />Master’s in Public Administration and Management (MPA) <br /> <br />Washburn University <br />Bachelor’s in Public Administration (BPA), Cum Laude <br /> <br />Training <br />• Keys to Supervison <br />• Customer Service <br />• Respect in the Workplace <br />• Ethics Policy <br />• Preventing Harassment <br />• Cross Teams Training <br />• Business Process Improvement <br />• Minnesota Government Finance Officers <br /> <br />ORGANIZATIONS, COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTEER WORK <br /> <br />Christ the King Lutheran Church Block Party Planning Committee; Higher Education Legal <br />Managers; National Association of Legal Administrators and Minnesota Chapter; Bel Air <br />Elementary PTA; Minnesota Governmental Relations Council; Greater Mpls Chamber of <br />Commerce’s Leadership Minneapolis Steering Committee and program participant; Kansas <br />Society of Association Executives; Communities in Schools-Kansas Board of Directors; Koch <br />Crime Commission Statewide Community Participation Program Steering Committee; Board of <br />Directors, Kids Voting Kansas, Inc. <br /> <br />SPECIAL PROJECTS <br /> <br />Hosted 2015 Annual Meeting of the Higher Education Legal Managers; Fire Department <br />Headquarters Relocation; Department of Homeland Security/FEMA Training IS-00100, IS-00200, <br />ISC for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents and IS-00700; Attended 1999, 2000 and <br />2001 annual Congress of Cities and Exposition of the National League of Cities; Participated in <br />United States Justice Department Summit on Corporate/Community Partnerships for Public <br />Safety; Member of the National School Board Association’s Federal Relations Network; <br />Attended1995 and 1996 national “Day on the Hill” conference; Attended the 1995 annual <br />meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Served as <br />liaison with the Information Network of Kansas (INK) in developing on-line services to member <br />school districts. Developed and participated in training sessions and coordinated promotional <br />efforts of the new service. <br /> <br />