Melvin R. Musser, Major (Ret)

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West Milton OH

937-***-****

ab8tuu@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Highly skilled retired Personnel Officer seeking to return to the Personnel

arena.

Work Experience

Pastor

7/2008 - 4/2012 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, West Milton, OH

As a First Call Pastor in a small town church, I was successful in refocusing

the congregation from self-care to seeing God's mission in our neighborhoods.

Started a Community Garden, Farmer's Market, Angelfood Ministry, Relay for

Life Team, and quarterly mission trips into downtown Dayton to feed the

homeless and provide spiritual care for the disadvantaged in Dayton.

Contributions:

Provided spiritual and pastoral care for congregation of 219 baptized members.

Visited homebound parishioners as well as those in nursing homes and assisted

care living situations. Provided for funerals, weddings and other religious

rites and ceremonies for congregational needs.

Began a monthly worship prayer service at Sienna Mercy Village assisted living

apartments and care facility in Dayton. Average attendance is 27 individuals

representing numerous faith backgrounds.

Provided pastoral care for hospitalized members and others at all Miami Valley

Hospitals. Currently hold chaplain credentials at Good Samaritan Hospital and

Upper Valley Medical center.

Demonstrated outstanding leadership by raising the funds and procuring the

equipment to renovate the sanctuary with state of the art projectors, cameras,

and video equipment allowing the church to provide contemporary worship

experiences and also to provide video recordings for weddings, baptisms, etc.

Studied demographic data and door to door calling to determine the target

population and their needs. Designed a worship experience to appeal to those

who are unchurched in our neighborhood. The result: welcomed a class of 11

brand new Christians within the first 8 months of the worship service being in

place. Good Shepherd hadn't had 11 new members at one time in over 20 years

and none of these had any prior church affiliation.

Led congregation to increase stewardship giving despite denominational

struggles and national economic downturn. Good Shepherd's budget increased

each of the three years I've been here.

Completed the Southern Ohio Synod's First Call Theological Education program

and the Southern Ohio Synod's Leadership Institute. Setting the stage for

future leadership challenges.

United States Air Force Personnel Officer

01/1985-02/2005 Various Air Force installations (Phoenix, AZ; Hampton Roads,

VA; San Antonio, TX; Anchorage, AK; and Dayton, OH)

Held various positions of increasing responsibility within the Personnel or

Human Resources career field over a twenty year military career. Positions

included Officer In Charge of every major section within the Personnel Office

including manning utilization, education and training, and Customer Service

and Quality Force. As a staff officer at the headquarters level, responsible

for authoring several Personnel regulations and processing officer permanent

changes of assignments for an entire career field. Selected for highly

technical knowledge of the overall Personnel career field to lead the

Inspector General's Personnel Inspection Team for the Air Force Materiel

Command. Travelled to over a dozen different Air Force installations

documenting both findings of fact and best practices. Culminated career as an

Inspector General Administrative Investigations Officer looking into claims of

Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.

Contributions:

While at the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center (AFMPC) I was selected as

a member of the Tiger Team that wrote the original requirements for what

became the Personnel Information Management System. As the senior Personnel

member of the Air Force Materiel Command Office of the Inspector General, I

performed all actions regarding the unit manning document. I successfully

worked with MAJCOM Personnel officials to ensure we were 100 percent manned

with highly qualified individuals to fill our inspector positions. I insured

the IG staff UMD reflected the vision and goals of the Inspector General in

terms of balance between active military and civilian positions.

As a member of the Officer Assignment Branch at AFMPC, I was selected to be

the Manpower Officer Resource Manager. In this capacity I ensured all

Manpower Officer positions were equitably manned. I selected, staffed, and

performed the necessary data system updates to affect the reassignment of

every reassignment action for this entire Air Force career field.

While at AFMPC I was the overall support Officer career progression manager.

In this capacity I analyzed the career progression pathways of every Support

Officer career field. I arranged the data into charts and graphs that were

used by the Commander of AFMPC in "Spread the Word" briefings given at every

Air Force Base, world-wide.

Selected numerous times throughout military career as Company Grace Officer of

the Quarter, and as key member of teams that set the standard for

effectiveness and efficiency in personnel operations.

Deployed twice to the Middle East including Operation Desert Storm, the

"First" Persian Gulf War. Led the largest Personnel Support Team during the

entire Desert Storm operation in 1990 and 1991.

Education

1/2005 - 5/2008 Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH

Master of Divinity

Internships:

Pastoral Intern, First Lutheran Church - Xenia, OH Provided spiritual and

pastoral care for congregation of over 200 individuals including home and

hospital visits, providing for funerals, weddings and other religious rites

and ceremonies: 6/2005 to 6/2007

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Dayton Veteran's Medical Center, Dayton, OH

Provided spiritual and emotional support for patients and families on a

medical/surgical floor; participated in teaching the spirituality component of

the inpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment program and the Homeless Veteran

Program; provided for emotional and spiritual care for patients and families

in the Veteran's Medical Center's Nursing Care Facility: 5/2005 - 9/2005

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Ohio State University Hospital East,

Columbus Ohio Provided spiritual, emotional, and Pastoral care for patients

and families on medical and surgical units: 1/2005 - 1/2006

9/1993 - 7/1995 Webster State University

Master of Computer Resource Management

9/1975 - 7/1979 Kent State University

Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Med/Zoology

Additional Information

Respected leader and member of interdisciplinary teams -- instill a shared

sense of purpose to provide optimal services for doing the mission, efficient

and effective use of resources and innovative in providing programs for

meeting the needs of people whether they're parishioners, community members

needing assistance, or patients and families in nursing facilities or hospital

environments or military members and their dependents. Committed to meeting

their physical, emotional, and spiritual health needs. Deeply committed to

improving the quality of life for all people, with a special interest in

providing support for people in crisis situations in order to help them become

more productive in meeting mission requirements.

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