MARY STYRON WILSON, MBA, CPA *** Brackin Trace

Grayson, GA 30017

678-***-****

ab9gu4@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Fremont Group - Senior Principal

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The Fremont Group is a fifteen year old consulting firm delivering

financial and fundraising consulting services to Chambers of Commerce in 44

states.

Responsibilities: Work with clients to complete a comprehensive financial

analysis and prepare a feasibility study for a fundraising campaign.

* Business challenge - Economic environment made chamber's current

business model ineffective. My contribution:

o Worked with a developer to create new online fundraising tools

which required limited staff time and were a continuous source

of revenue - 24/7.

o Developed and taught monthly webinars to assist chambers in

effective methods to change their current business model making

their organizations viable now and in the future.

* Reason for job search - sold interest in company.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation - V.P. of Ops & Advancement

2007-2008

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has three children's hospitals and

numerous social service programs. (Annual revenue of $100M).

Responsibilities: Supervision of donor research, all accounting and

finance operations, treasury management, strategic planning, grant request

and reporting, database management had ten direct reports and 120 total

staff. Also responsible for working with program managers to make sure they

received needed reports, removing obstacles in the way of program success,

finance committee of the board of directors.

* Business challenge: The Foundation had grown and was successful in

fundraising but had not developed an adequate infrastructure which was

needed to support fundraisers, department heads and program managers.

Approximately 579,000 files were merged and the merger was a failure.

Staff who needed financial reports could not obtain them in a timely

manner and there were no systems in place to make sure that the report

was correct. My contribution:

o Worked with a programmer to remap all files which resulted in

accurate financial reports which provided the correct financial

information to program managers for successful decision making.

o Worked with senior staff to develop a five year strategic plan,

along with targeted goals and objectives, to keep organization

on track to meet the increased fundraising goals that were

needed to support the hospitals.

o Developed a reporting system that accurately reflected cash

flow, budget variances along with five year financial models to

support the strategic plan that was developed.

* Reason for leaving - I was recruited to develop the infrastructure.

However, given the economy hospital administration decided that we

would not be able to continue to invest in the foundation until the

economy improved.

Mary Styron Wilson

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The Jewish Federation of Atlanta - CFO

2006-2007

The Jewish Federation of Atlanta supported 17 Jewish agencies and had a

foundation with 454 donor advised funds, 17 private foundations and a

significant endowment. (Annual revenues of $100M).

Responsibilities: Supervision of federation accounting, foundation

accounting, treasury management, database management, facilities, food

service, conference center, security, human resources with eight direct

reports and 30 total staff. Also responsible for working with private

foundation boards, donor advised funds and finance committee of the board

of directors.

* Business challenge: The foundation had very complex reporting

requirements and had selected software that was new and it was being

beta tested at the Federation. The software did a very good job on

reporting the asset valuations but these did not always agree with the

financial reports. Since the Federation sent out about 800 statements

monthly this created real issues. My contribution:

o Provided the developer of the software a list of additional

financial reports that were needed and the necessary changes needed

to make all the reports accurate.

* Reason for leaving - recruited for another position.

Hands on Network / Points of Light Foundation - CFO

2002-2005

Hands on Network is an organization of branches in 55 cities that use

citizen volunteers to complete needed projects in economically

disadvantaged neighborhoods. The national organization held all government

grants, such as AmeriCorp, and was responsible for the financial reporting

to state and federal agencies. (Annual revenue of national office $10M).

Responsibilities: Supervision of accounting, risk management, financial

reports needed for all grants, financial modeling, forecasting,

administration and finance committee of the board of directors.

* Business challenge: The national organization had entered into a

relationship with a large foundation to develop software but did not

have systems in place for tracking the cost of the software

development; the national organization was responsible for opening new

branches but did not have an adequate methodology to use in the

development of feasibility studies. My contribution:

o Developed the procedures and reports that were necessary to

correctly cost the software.

o Developed financial models that provided the organization with a

consistent and efficient way to prepare feasibility studies for new

branches.

* Reason for leaving - recruited for another position.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - CFO

1995-2002

The Atlanta Symphony is one of the top twenty orchestras in the US. Of the

top twenty orchestras only the Cleveland Orchestra has won more Grammies

than the Atlanta Symphony. (Annual revenues $50M).

Mary Styron Wilson

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Responsibilities: Supervision of accounting, treasury management, database

management, outdoor amphitheatre, human resources with six direct reports

and 15

total staff. Also responsible for working with private foundation boards,

donor advised funds and finance committee of the board of directors.

* Business challenge - Organization with large annual deficits,

significant debt, serious cash flow shortage and frequent strikes by

union employees. My contribution:

o Created a financial infrastructure with emphasis on budgeting,

forecasting, controlling cost and growing revenue. These tools

were instrumental in a financial turnaround which:

. eliminated $5M of accumulated deficits

. positioned the organization to move from operating

losses of $1M per year to net income of $250,000.

. increased revenues by 40% in a period of national

industry decline.

o Completed an economic study and a report showing a $1.7B

economic impact of a new venue, which led to a $35M sponsorship.

o Gained a reputation as a "consensus builder" while negotiating a

union contract in three weeks - previous negotiations had been

adversarial.

o Implemented Balance Scorecard as a strategic framework to

evaluate operations from four perspectives - financial,

customer, internal business processes and

innovation.

o Using ten years of historical information to develop predictive

models for revenue this work earned a patent.

* Reason for leaving - recruited for another position.

Marubeni, Japanese international (revenue $500M)-Division Controller

1993-1995

Graduate Studies

1989-1993

Volunteers of America - CFO ? Divisional Controller

1984-1989

PKF International Public Accounting Firm - CPA-Manager

1980-1984

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

* Published a paper "Leading Change in A Performing Arts Organization,"

February, 2002.

* Served on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

(AICPA) planning committee for the 2002 National Not for Profit

Conference - attended by approximately 750 CPAs; served as chairman of

national planning committee for the American Symphony Orchestra

League's Annual CFO Conference in 1999 and 2002

* Adjunct faculty member teaching courses in Accounting, Finance,

Management and Operations Management, Nonprofit Leadership (1983 -

present)

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

* University of Florida Doctoral Studies (Leadership) 1992-1994

* Troy State University, B.S in Accounting, MBA in Management, 1981,

1990

* University of South Alabama, Masters in Accounting, 1992

* Certified Public Accountant, 1983 - active license

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