St Helena, California, United States
Responsibilities include program design, hiring of all staff, training of all staff, student recruitment, admissions, teaching, program management, staff reviews, and general administration.
I was charged with directing the efforts of a board-appointed strategic planning committee with the effort of securing, designing, and building a permanent home for the school. This included site search, land acquisition, consultant retention, design, entitlement, bidding, contractor selection, some fundraising, as well as on-going project direction during construction.
Managing all aspects of capital improvements property-wide. This included renovation of function spaces, fine dining restaurant and kitchen, guest rooms, as well as ongoing maintenance of this 250-acre estate. In addition to the construction work, my responsibilities included managing the design efforts of a comprehensive masterplan for the property envisioning $92M in new construction and renovations.
I was charged with maintaining all contract files for headquarters office of world's leading hospitality design firm. This included working with the Chairman/CEO, Directors, and Associates of the firm in drafting new proposals and additional service proposals. Once business was secured, I assisted the staffing and scheduling of projects with the Design Director. On a continual basis, I assisted senior leadership in allocating resources to ensure timely completion of project deliverables. In addition to the work in the Santa Monica headquarters, I collaborated with counterparts in our other offices around the world, but especially in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Atlanta to ensure that satellite offices were supported in their business development efforts.