EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RESUME

PAM COOLEY, CONSULTANT

Pam Cooley is an expert in collaborative partnerships, facilitation design and implementation.

Her passion is to work with others on controversial multi stakeholder challenges to design

processes that optimize stakeholder engagement and make projects successful. Pam loves to

design and facilitate processes that work to bring people together towards making a positive

impact in peoples lives, in communities, cities and on the planet. She was recently featured as an

Eco Innovator in the book Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada for her work

and in particular, developing the CarShareHFX program in Halifax.

FACILITATION EXPERIENCE CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS

DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS WILD SALMON CONSULTATION (2012)

Pam developed the Terms of Reference for the DFO multi-stakeholder advisory committee on

wild salmon harvesting in the Pacific Region. She has provided facilitation services on this

project since 2005 and will serve for an additional 3 years. The Integrated Harvest Planning

Committee consists of BC s top leaders in the Federal and Provincial governments,

environmental groups, the Sport Fishers Association, Commercial fishers and the Aboriginal

communities.

VANCOUVER FARMERS MARKET (2012)

For the last 10 years, Pam has worked with the Farmers Market Association to move them from a

one market organization to a food security organization with rapid growth and revenues for

farmers from 600K 6 M.

REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (2011)

Pam has assisted the Foundation in prioritizing the grants program and becoming more strategic

with organizations in the area of Land Use and Sustainability. She has engaged experts in the

fields of food security, water and the built environment to understand the priorities and best

practice in BC.

ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE

CARSHAREHALIFAX (2008)

Pam co-founded the first multi-vehicle CarShare service in Atlantic Canada. Within a year

CarShare was awarded Gold New Business of the Year for 2010, by the Halifax Chamber of

Commerce and Woman of Excellence by the Canadian Progress Club. CarSharing provides a

cost-effective alternative to vehicle ownership, where members pay an annual fee and have

round-the-clock self-serve access to the entire fleet via a phone-in or online reservation system.

Society benefits with expanded mobility, lower traffic congestion and GHG emissions.

abpknv@r.postjobfree.com Halifax office: 902. 403.8407 Vancouver office 778-***-****

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RESUME

TRAINING EXPERIENCE

Trained over 500 people in facilitation skills and professional development.

Designed many custom corporate training and workshops including cultural sensitivity, conflict

resolution, facilitation development, system management, and strategic planning and design

Trained and facilitated over 60 strong leaders of a US based national urban activist organization.

PROJECT AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

Designed, developed and directed community consultations and grants mapping projects for a

large credit union community grants program providing them with reports and recommendations

for future organizational priorities.

Planned and facilitated a series of community-based consultations with surrounding

communities regarding Vancouver's 308 acre False Creek Flats on behalf of the Vancouver

Planning Commission. A visioning process consultations focused on the question, "What kind of

a Vancouver do we want in that area?"

Developed an Organizational and Performance Review Process for business and not-for-profit

organizations that effectively reduced costs and capably resolved organizational limitations.

Managed a large de-centralized operation: recruited, trained and directed a staff of 1,200

employees to conduct enumeration of over 400,000 households in Greater Vancouver area,

including the Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound, under time and budget.

Created and executed a nation-wide project that developed from five offices to over 200 groups

in three years that addressed Canada s foreign policy and participation in Central America

including liaison role with major non-governmental, governmental and church organizations.

Fulfilled media relation functions including press releases, and interviews for television, national

and local radio, and newspaper.

Co-created and developed a unique project called the Social Purchasing Portal (SPP) where on-

line lists of participating corporate businesses harness their purchasing power to simultaneously

promote economic activity and business growth while providing employment opportunities for

the disadvantaged in our community.

Created Corporate Social Responsibility Programs for businesses, one that led to lucrative

contracts with the 2010 Olympics and finalists to Ethics In Action Awards.

abpknv@r.postjobfree.com Halifax office: 902. 403.8407 Vancouver office 778-***-****

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RESUME

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE EXPERIENCE

Consulted with over 100 businesses and organizations using custom designed processes for

companies and organizations to develop through challenging organizational and staffing changes.

Restructured the office and operations of a recognized national academic policy institute,

streamlined the administration structure that permitted the CEO to focus on the public relations

work toward their mission, goals and objectives.

As interim Executive Director, stabilized an in crisis Pre-employment Program for Women,

trained the staff, developed Board policies, project managed their renovations and moved them

physically to their new office and training center.

Designed, developed and directed community consultations and grants mapping projects for a

large credit union community grants program providing them with reports and recommendations

for future organizational priorities.

Developed organizational structure, short and long term strategic and operational planning

processes for a growing Not-For-Profit inner city sport organization that was featured in the 2010

Olympics plans.

HUMAN RESOURCES EXPERIENCE

Over 15 years in professional, personal and ethics coaching.

Skilled manager of volunteer and conventional work forces.

Experienced in motivating and developing employees and volunteers from a wide variety of

cultural groups and age ranges.

Recruited, trained and managed staff and volunteers to execute major (3000) and minor (300)

special events, long-term projects and campaigns.

Hired, terminated, supervised and managed employees (union and nonunion) within a

decentralized and centralized organization. The range of experience includes a single shop with

one staff person to managing all systems reporting with 5 offices decentralized throughout B.C.

abpknv@r.postjobfree.com Halifax office: 902. 403.8407 Vancouver office 778-***-****

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