Dan’l C. Markham

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Mount Vernon, WA 987274

Mobile: 818/590-1736 Email: acwm6f@r.postjobfree.com

Core. A lifetime passion to help others through social service organizations. A great love for people. A heart for the poor, forgotten and oppressed. Experienced and accomplished in developing projects and programs. Effective in organizational development, major donor development, public speaking and grant writing. Great enjoyment out of inspiring others to accomplished excellence in character and performance. Want to give my best to an organization for the next 5-7 years.

WORK/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VP of Development and Partner Relations for Life Without Limbs. July 2012 - Apr. 2016 Major donor and grant development. Organized and built major donor development program from no income to $750,000 in two years with annual income the following two years averaging $650,000 per year. Program Development

Managing Director, Field Services, Joni and Friends 2001- 2011 Directing the development of new field offices and strengthening existing offices across the U.S. while establishing strategic partnerships and outreach programs to the disability community. Oversight and coordination of five departments. Grew U.S. field operations from 9 struggling field offices to 22 field and 60 strategic partners, affiliates and associates. Oversight of 63 employees and forty budgets collectively amounting to $7.8 million annually.

Foundations Department Director, Food For The Poor, Deerfield Beach, FL 2000-2001 One of the largest NGOs in the United States serving the poorest of the poor in the Caribbean and Central America. Doubled grant income first year. Developed and systematized grant development program. Over 80 per cent of grant applications approved.

Non-Profit Consultant 1994-present

Consulting secular non-profit conservation and sustainable development organizations, Christian aid and development organizations in fund raising, organizational, board and staff development, and in strategic planning and project development and management, annual planning and grant reviews. A selection of past clients: Adventure Learning Center, The Nature Conservancy of Washington, Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, Small World Foundation and Pacific Marine Fisheries Council.

Executive Director, The Willapa Alliance, South Bend, WA 1994-1998 2

Moved from a fledgling organization with significant financial challenges and two employees and a budget of approximately $100,000 into a one of the most recognized and robust sustainable development non-profits in the Pacific Northwest. Developed and managed diverse board of thirteen directors, staff of seven, multiple contracts and contractors. Developed annual and strategic plans, annual reports; Pioneered numerous innovative conservation based development, community education, conflict resolution, community development and science projects. Worked collaboratively with over thirty diverse and at times opposing organizations and agencies. Under my direction and direct work raised $350,000 to over $1,000,000 per year; over 80 per cent of grant applications approved. Provided leadership and vision for what was called by numerous parties as one of the most meaningful community based sustainable development organizations in the Pacific Northwest. Received recognition for my work from the Vice President of the United States Al Gore, President’s Council on Sustainable Development, NW Policy Center, Sustainable Northwest (Founders of a New Northwest award), American Forests, Christian Environmental Council, and the National Religious Partnership for the Environment. Developed a balanced fundraising portfolio consisting of a mix of industry and private foundations and government funders including but not limited to the Ford Foundation, James C. Penney Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Bullitt Foundation, Murdock Charitable Trust, Meyer Memorial Trust, Stewardship Foundation, Sequoia Foundation, Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, Patagonia, Wheelabrator/WMX Technologies, Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, Rayonier, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, EPA, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, WA Dept. of Natural Resources and US Forest Service.

In 1997 given the “Founder of A New Northwest” award by Sustainable Northwest and Cecil Andrus, former Governor of Idaho and former Secretary of the Interior.

Pacific County Commissioner, South Bend, WA 1984-1990 As the highest elected official in Pacific County, Washington, wrote county legislation, served as a judge in land use and community health cases, lobbied state legislators, U.S. Representatives, and U.S. Senators. Oversaw staff of 101 and $12 million dollar budget. Developed various land use programs and projects including the Pacific County Dunes Management Plan, the Pacific County Flood Control (water management) Program, amending the County Shorelines Master Program, Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and the County Zoning Ordinance.

Bachelor’s Degree, Pacific School of Theology, Seattle, WA, 3.6 GPA 1978

Associate Degree – liberal arts, Clatsop College, Astoria, OR, 3.6 GPA, member Phi Beta Kappa 1983

Certificate of Completion – Sheriff Chaplains Association, Idaho St. U 1990 PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Author – The Cultic Phenomenon: A Revealing Look at Ourselves - a sociological, political, and theological examination of the use and abuse of religious and political power; Albatross Publishing, Sydney, Australia with Lion Publishing, Great Britain, 1987. 3

Author – The Lost Mandate: Turning Weakness and Religious Attitudes on Their Heads – a theological and motivational book on the Luke 14:12-24 passage exhorting the church and believers to embrace Christ’s command to bring the poor and the disabled into the church. Father’s Press, 2013. Special Needs, Amazing Grace, a second edition of The Lost Mandate. Presently being published by Keep the Faith Publishing, Nashville, TN, 2016.

Co-Author – Man & the Sea – a complete maritime history of the shipwrecks Columbia River Bar and its environs. Midway Printery, Long Beach, WA, 2013.

Articles, essays, editorials published in a variety of periodicals and books such as the High Country News, The Rain Forest of Home (Island Press), American Forests, Target Earth, Oregon Statesman-Journal, Second International Spartina Conference Proceedings, Spirit & Nature – Protecting Washington’s Sacred Trust Proceedings, Willapa Indicators for a Sustainable Community.

Presentations to symposiums, conferences, and workshops on various conservation, faith based conservation, religious, and community development topics to organizations such as the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, West Coast Church Summit (Joni and Friends), Rivers Council of Washington, Clinton Administration (joint gathering of the Office of the Vice President, Office of Secretary Bruce Babbitt, and other Clinton Administration representatives), and Washington Chapter of The Nature Conservancy as well as testifying numerous times before the US Congress and the Washington State Legislature.

References

Jeffrey Campiche, PLLC Trial Attorneys, 2025 1st Avenue #830, Seattle, WA 98121, 206-***-****.

Scott Cleave, Lieutenant, Mt. Vernon Fire Department, 18502 Skagit City Rd., Mt. Vernon, WA 98273, 360-***-****.

Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder and CEO, Joni and Friends, PO Box 3333, Agoura Hills, CA, 91376, 818/707-5664.

Dr. Steve Pope, Senior Pastor, Centerpiont Church, 2369 Royal Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065, 805/443- 2083.