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Public Servant Government Innovator Legislative Operations and Staffing Specialist

SAGE is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults. SAGE has pioneered programs and services for the aging LGBT community, provided technical assistance and training to expand opportunities for LGBT older people across the country, and provided a national voice on LGBT aging issues. In 2005, SAGE became the first official LGBT delegate at the White House Conference on Aging. In 2010, SAGE was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration on Aging to seed the creation of the nation's only National Resource Center on LGBT Aging.

Innovation catalyst; information and technology champion; and operations-, business-, and process-improvement manager in the Public Sector. Highly skilled at building and enhancing complex functional relationships; coordinating and strengthening high-performance teams; and developing strategic enterprise-blueprints with a communicative, collaborative, and inclusive philosophy. Most comfortable in the highly visible, open, and publicly-accountable legislative environment. Specialties: Public Speaking, Strategic Planning, Staff Development, Process Re-engineering, Change, Project Management, Contracts, IT Infrastructure, Budgets, Policy Formulation and Implementation, Vendor Management, Boards & Committees, Government Relations, Human Resources, International Relations and Developing Democracies, Conflict Management, Organizational Development and strengthening.