Areas of Experience/Accomplishment
35+ years of experience in:
- Labor Arbitration (AAA)
- Labor contract negotiations
- Employment Mediation
- Labor-Management Relations (Proactive)
- Conflict-Dispute Resolution
- Negotiations Training
- Implementing an Employer of Choice Environment
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
- Mediation, Problem Solving, & Arbitration
- Affirmative Action/Diversity Plans
- Union and Labor Relations
- Hiring Right & Retention Programs
- Human Resource Audits
- Team (TeamsWork!) Development and Maintenance
- Staff/Management Training
- Team Member Communications
- Start Up, Merger and Consolidation Coordination
- Team Member Relations
- "Reinventing" the Organization and Managing Change
- Minority Business Development
- Employer of Choice Development
Current and Former Clients - A Partial List
- Tampa United Methodist Center
- Divine Providence Food Bank
- Radiant Networks
- Corporation to Development Communities
- United Cerebral Palsy
- 64th St. Church of God
- The Florida Orchestra
- The Master Chorale
- Helping Hand Nursery
- Hillsborough County Education Foundation
- Lakeland Housing Authority
- Pathology Associates, St. Joe
- Pasco Housing Authority
- City of Tampa (two departments)
- BAEPER Group
- Tampa Bay 1 to 1
- Family Enrichment Center
- Suntasia Marketing
- Various Hospitals (mergers, etc.)
- AJW Technologies
- FirstWatch Restaurants
- Bay Area Concessions
- Ferman Automotive Management
- Tampa Metro YMCA
- Premdor Manufacturing
- AdvanTech Solutions
- Beth El Farm Worker Mission
- St. John's Episcopal School
- Various Physician Group Practices
- The Spring
- G.E.Walker Inc.
- Carter Construction
- Hillsborough Kids
- City of Lakeland
- The Omnia Group/CompLogix
- Mental Heath Care
- The Mustard Seed
- Hillsborough Community College
- Coldwell Banker, Southeast US
- Team Staff
- Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
- Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
- Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County
- Consolidated Repair Service
- Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas County
- WorkNet Pinellas
- Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants
- Fowler White Boggs Banker Law Firm
- St. Petersburg College Collaborative Labs
- Eckerd Family Foundation
- Healthy Start Coalition/Sarasota
- Manatee County, Fl.
- St. John's Episcopal School
- Healthy Start Coalition/Polk
- Town of Longboat Key
- The Florida State Fair Authority
- Anesthesia Associates /Pinellas
Community Involvement
- Former Member City of Tampa (Fl.) Human Rights Board and the Hillsborough County Human Rights Board
- Former Chair Tampa-Hillsborough Urban League Board
- Former Chair Suncoast Ronald McDonald House Board
- Have been involved in various other community organizations.
Teaching (Current and Ongoing)
- Senior Lecturer Management Studies - College of Business, University of South Florida, Tampa and Sarasota-Manatee (Human Resources, Management, Employment Law, Organizational Behavior, etc. -Bachelors and Masters)
- Instructor - Webster's University MBA Program
Education
- Michigan State University Economics & Social Science - Bachelors Degree
- Michigan State University Labor Relations - Masters Degree
- University of South Florida - Circuit / Civil Mediation Program (40 hours)
- American Arbitration Association - Various labor arbitration training
- Harvard Law - Program on Negotiations