Assignments since 1993
Mohonk Preserve, Inc.; (New Paltz, NY) 2013-2014
Strategic plan to transform the organization's culture and develop new business models
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Auxiliary Enterprises Division; 2013
Administrative Quality Assessment Self-Study Process
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Auxiliary Enterprises Division; 2012-2013
Leadership Transformation and Development Process for 43+ Senior Managers
Glynwood Center, Inc. (Cold Spring, NY); 2011-2012
- Interim CEO (2012)
- Organizational and management support during chief executive transition (2012)
- Facilitation of Organizational Strategic plan (2011)
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission (Regional, NY); 2009/2010
- Facilitation of a “Listening Workshops" Series to identify priority regional issues
- “Mechanisms for Action” Task Force Planning Session (day-long retreat)
Lakes-to-Locks Passage (Regional, NY); 2011
Facilitation of Board Retreat (day-long)
University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Computer Science (International); 2009
Facilitation in US and UK of 30-year visioning sessions RE: computers and education
Downtown Albany Business
Improvement District (NY); 2007
Facilitation of constituent
input sessions in connection with planning for a new downtown convention center.
Town of Bethlehem, NY; 2006
Facilitation of stakeholder
input for a proposed sustainable hamlet design project
New York Planning Federation;
2005
Facilitation of statewide Board
meeting
State of New York Secretary of
State and New York Planning Federation; 2004
Facilitation of statewide
“Smart Growth Communities Revitalization Think Tank”
City of Chattanooga Tennessee;
2003-2004
Strategic Planning Process for
a Regional Outdoor Recreation Initiative
National Park Service &
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission; 2003
Moderator and Lead Facilitator
for Regional Convocation (250 community representatives)
Lake Champlain Region (Bi-state
– NY/VT); 1998-2003.
Lake Champlain Bikeways:
Facilitation of Futures Retreat
Lake Champlain Byways: Economic
Study and Tourism Marketing Plan
Lakes-to-Locks Passage:
Facilitation of Community Heritage Organizations
Lakes-to-Locks Passage:
Facilitation of Slate Industry Leaders
Lake Champlain Byways:
Facilitation of Organizational Merger
Adirondack Architectural
Heritage (NY Regional); 2000.
Strategic Organizational
Planning Retreat
Alliance for Community Traffic
Safety – Oregon (State-wide); 2000.
Child Safety Seat Resource
Center Strategic Plan
The Development Corporation
(Clinton County, NY); 2000.
Quality-of-Life Planning
Process for the Region’s Community Leaders
Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Area Cultural Planning; 1999-2000.
For the Akron Cultural District
Leadership Committee (Ohio): Public Process For
A Proposed Downtown Cultural District
For the Akron–Summit Convention
and Visitors Bureau (Ohio): Summit CARES
District Board Development and Orientation
For the Akron Area Arts
Alliance (Ohio): Strategy Planning
for a Community Quality-of-Life Fund
Community-Building
Process for Summit County Quality-of-Life Providers
Hudson River Valley
Organizations (New York); 1994-2000.
Guidelines Development for a
Regional Land Use Compact
Planning Retreat for a Newly
Formed Sub-regional Economic Partnership
Regional [Heritage] Tourism
Development Strategy
Community [Heritage] Tourism
Development Model
Facilitation of Bi-Monthly
Meetings of the Region’s Tourism Development Council
Planning Support for the
Region’s Historic Sites Alliance
Implementation Strategy for
Regional Tourism Marketing
Linkage Strategy for American
Revolutionary War Sites in the Hudson Highlands
National Heritage Area
Management Plan
Historic River Towns of
Westchester County Heritage Marketing Plan
Institute of Marine Sciences
(Biloxi, MS). 1999.
Aquarium Development
Study
National Main Street Centre
(Boston Office); 1999.
Organizational Diagnosis:
Hyde/Jackson Sq. Main Street Project (Jamaica Plain, MA)
Oxford-Lafayette County (MS)
Economic Development Foundation; 1999
Organizational Diagnosis
Providence Rhode Island
Studies; 1997-1999.
For a coalition comprised of:
City of Providence Department of Planning and Development; Providence
Foundation; Providence-Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau; and Greater
Providence Chamber of Commerce: Tourism Destination Strategy
for Providence, Rhode Island Management Consulting to the
CVB
Washington County Tourism
Association (New York State); 1999
Community and Tourism
Development Strategy for the Whitehall Area
Westchester County (NY);
1999.
County Tourism Development
Strategy Facilitation of Planning
Sessions for a “New Era” Economic Development Master Plan
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council
(Oxford, MS) 1999.
Community Cultural
Plan
Baton Rouge Convention and
Visitors Commission (Louisiana) 1997-1998.
Plantation Country Regional
Heritage Tourism Strategy
Columbia County, New York;
1997.
Tourism Development
Strategy
Columbia County Chamber of
Commerce (New York); 1997.
Organizational Planning Process
- Board Retreat
The Conservation Fund
(Arlington, VA); 1997.
Facilitation of Three-Day NY/NJ
Harbor Estuary Environmental Education Retreat
GORGETRUST (Regional; Oregon;
Columbia River Gorge); 1997.
Revision of the Organization’s
Strategic Business Plan
Pacific Asia Travel Association
(Global Region); 1997.
Three-Year Work Plan (Executive
Staff Retreat)
Cities of Jackson, Natchez and
Vicksburg, Mississippi (Regional); 1996.
Exploratory Study to Create a
Regional Cultural and Heritage Development District
Greater Buffalo Convention
& Visitors Bureau (New York); 1996.
Regional Heritage Tourism
Development Plan Attraction Feasibility Study
(Darwin Martin House Restoration)
MetroJackson Chamber of
Commerce (Mississippi); 1994-1996.
Organizational Planning Retreat
and Community Strategic Planning Process Strategic Leadership Plan for a
metro-wide Youth Mentoring Program
Alabama Economic Development
Partnership and Alabama Association of
Convention & Visitor Bureaus; 1995
Statewide Study on Tourism
Potential
City of New Rochelle, New
York; 1994.
Vision Plan for the City’s
Comprehensive Master Plan
Thames Maritime Heritage Park
(New London/Groton, Connecticut); 1993
Implementation Plan
Earlier Quality-of-Life Projects: 1988-1993 (Burt Woolf as
Senior Consultant with Economics Research Associates)
Art Teachers; Berrien County
Intermediate School District (Michigan)
Advocacy Planning
Session
ArtsAlliance of Jackson and
Hinds County (Jackson, MS)
Organizational Strategic
Plan
Association of Youth Museums
(National)
Policy and Strategic
Plan
Blossomland Arts and Cultural
Council (Southwestern Michigan)
Organizational Planning
Workshop
Bucks County Economic
Adjustment Committee (Pennsylvania)
Visioning Retreat for
Base Closure Committee
City of Greensboro, North
Carolina
Cultural Development and
Diversity Study
Chesterfield County Committee
On the Future (Richmond area, VA)
Vision 2020 Planning
Process
Connecticut State Parks and
Recreation (State-wide)
State Heritage Park
System Master Plan
Cornerstone Alliance (Benton
Harbor/St. Joseph, Michigan)
VISION '93: Quality of
Life Planning Process Five Year Organizational
Strategic Plan and Fundraising/Marketing Campaign Convention & Visitor
Bureau Market Study
DuPage Symphonic Park Committee
(Metro Chicago)
Feasibility Study for a
Proposed Outdoor Symphonic Park
Horizons Waterfront Commission
(Buffalo, New York).
Horizons (Lake Erie)
Waterfront Master Plan
Kansas Department of Commerce
(Statewide)
Travel and Tourism
Marketing and Development Plan
McAllen, Texas Chamber of
Commerce
Tourism Development
Presentation
Middlesex County Cultural and
Heritage Commission (New Jersey)
Use Plan for East Jersey
Olde Towne; Program Needs Study for
the New Jersey Folklife Project
Montgomery Area Chamber of
Commerce (Alabama)
Tourism Development Plan
for the Convention & Visitors Division
National Park
Service
Facilitator for 1991
"Partnership Parks and Preservation" Conference
New York State Department of
Economic Development
Southern Tier (New York
State) Economic Adjustment Strategy
New York State Urban Cultural
Parks Program (State-wide)
Scoping Session for
State-wide System Management Plan
Pittsburgh’s Downtown Cultural
District (Pennsylvania)
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
(Pittsburgh Cultural District Implementation Plan) Pittsburgh Filmmakers
(Analysis of Alternative New Facilities) Pittsburgh Public Theater
(Relocation and Market Demand Study)
Portland School of Art
(Maine)
Organizational Needs
Assessment
Rhode Island State Council on
the Arts (State-wide)
Feasibility Study for
Multi-function Arts Facilities
Town of Bethlehem, New
York
Community Center Planning
Study
United States Travel and
Tourism Administration (National)
National Study on Rural
Tourism and Small Business Development
Volusia County, Florida
(Daytona Beach Area)
Facilitation of Economic
Development Leadership Retreat
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