Management Development
Resume:
Matthew M. Slaughter
Troy, New York 12180
e-mail: *****************@*****.***
Seasoned professional with management experience across multiple locations,
and multiple employees. Experienced in lease negotiation, site selection
and approval process ... Strong entrepreneurial drive and commitment to
success and results ... Accustomed to being accountable and responsible for
people, projects or special initiatives - and delivering on time and with
quality.
Experience: NEXT SUMMER
Bolton Landing & Saratoga Springs, NY
March 2006-Present Business Owner
. In charge of all aspects of retail management for store
with two locations named next summer
. Dealt with buying, hiring, scheduling, management of
retail website, blog, and store
. Dealt with all aspects of siting, permit process,
development, purchasing, and leasing multiple store
locations
January 2004-February 2006 LEGAL PRACTICE Upstate NY
Associate Attorney
DEVORSETZ, STINZIANO, GILBERTI, HEINTZ, & SMITH; KNAUF SHAW; FIX
SPINDLEMAN, BROVITZ & GOLDMAN, PC
. Land use and Environmental Legal work for Billion Dollar
Commercial Development in Central New York
. Land use and Environmental Legal work from land
acquisition to SEQRA process for $40 Million Mixed Use
Development in Downtown Albany
. Completed and Filed Brownfield Cleanup Program
Applications. Wrote Advocacy documents for applications
calling upon my legal and planning knowledge
. Dealt with most aspects of the development process in
New York State
June 1998-August 2001 INTERNSHIPS
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Silver
Spring, MD
Planning Intern summer 2001
. Researched and wrote policy paper presented to
Commission regarding the Commission's
Environmental Justice concerns related to current and
future transportation planning
WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER Eugene, OR Legal
Intern summer, fall, and winter 1999
. Researched and wrote memoranda regarding constitutional
takings claims, water use,
Bureau of Land Management land use plans and Federal
Land Policy and Management Act,
equitable remedies and private trusts, and degradation
of public lands
U.S. CONGRESSMAN EARL BLUMENAUER Portland, OR
Legal Intern summer 1999
. Focused on land use and transportation, particularly
Smart Growth issues
. Worked on legislation for the American Discovery Trail,
a transcontinental bicycle trail
. Helped organize press conference and literature for
promoting the Congressman's Livable
Communities Agenda
OREGON STATE SENATOR GINNY BURDICK Salem, OR
Legal Intern winter and spring 1999
. Focused on land use issues
. Worked with the Department of Land Conservation and
Development and the Democratic
Caucus to create recommendation papers on proposed legislation
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BICYCLING ASSOCIATION Boulder,
CO
Advocacy Intern summer 1998
. Researched landowner liability issues to help write
policy paper on mountain biking and landowner liability
. Participated in international advocacy campaign with
focused efforts in the Western
United States
. Wrote letters of policy to members of biking industry
that had misrepresented mountain biking
. Participated in board meeting and forum at Grand Canyon
discussing land access for
mountain biking
Matthew Slaughter Resume
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Education: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, NY
Master of City and Regional Planning Candidate
. Concentration: Land Use, Economic Development and
Policy, and Real Estate Development
. Teaching Assistant in Land Use Law and Environmental Law
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW
Eugene, OR
J.D., May 2000
. Received Certificate in Environmental and Natural
Resource Law
. Student legal assistant to the Constitutional Committee
for the Associated Students
of the University of Oregon for the re-drafting of
the student constitution
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Middlebury, VT
B.A., March 1993
. Major in Art History, specifically Architectural History
. Graduated with Honors in Art History
. Minor in Psychology
Qualifications: BAR STATUS
. Admitted to the New York State Bar, 2004
January 2012-Present TOWN OF BOLTON ZONING BOARD of APPEALS Bolton
Landing, NY
Member
. On local board in charge of hearing appeals to zoning
rulings in region with controversial rulings
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