Responsibilities of Operations Consulting Manager/Development Sponsor (Contact)
Homes for the Rest of Us
Development Aspects of Responsibilities
Advocate for home buyers' interests
Investigate & write for potential grants
Creating proposals and agreements with partners and affiliates
Build relationships & partnerships with builders/developers & general contractors
Create speeches and presentations, including materials for website and literature hand outs
Network with other groups & individuals in the county that are of a similar orientation
Make presentations to larger groups and boards where we could find support
Identify financial organizations we can work with
Discuss our goals with governing authorities
Fund-raising
Investigate & write for potential grants, for this and affiliated organization (HRU)
Negotiations
Identifying Land we could buy
Negotiate land purchase/lease opportunities with land owners
Identify financial organizations we can work with
Build relationships & partnerships with builders/developers & general contractors
Planning & Management
Communicating & Planning with CPAs and Attorneys
Filling in incorporation papers & creating by-laws
Facilitating while attending board and management meetings
Develop and re-develop ongoing plans and goals
Working with has contracted with CPR to build homes for clients of HRU. CPR as the master developer for HRU projects contracts with other developers and general contractor(s) depending upon the project, in order to accomplish goals stated herein.
Letter to the Editor about this work
Comparable Experience of Gary Cook
United Way of Santa Barbara County
Seasonal
Campaign Executive - fundraiser
Public
Service
Advisor to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Homeownership
Past President, Elected to office in 1994, Lompoc Valley Business Association
Wrote campaign for Lompoc city councilman who was elected and re-elected
Author/Editor/Publisher of the free Journal of Economic Development for Santa Barbara County