Emmett Hansen

POB ****

Christiansted, Virgin Islands 00823 United States

Mobile: 340-***-****

Email: adtxs5@r.postjobfree.com

Work Experience:

Director, Corporate Communications

Water and Power Authority

Sunny Isle Annex

Christiansted, VI

3/2022 - 7/2022

Salary: $100,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 40

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Built and maintained relationships with local media to advance the organization's strategies.Liaised with executives, key stakeholders and dedicated teams to support public relations opportunities.

Managed and monitored social media and news channels to define goals and develop content. Defined, measured and reported on communications performance to build consensus among peers and senior leadership on strategy. Developed strategies to translate goals into marketing campaigns and targets Provided timely responses to media inquiries and community alerts to the media and public, arranged interviews across a number of media sources to include television, internet and radio sources

Created the annual budget for the communications department and made fiscal adjustments in accord with the overall financial standing of the agency Provided monthly reports which identified accomplishments as well as issues affecting the agency.

Associate Executive Director

V.I. Board of Education

Strand St.

Christiansted, VI

12/2016 - 11/2021

Salary: $85,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 40

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Served as the COO and acting agency executive director, wrote, developed and researched existing and current policies to enhance the board’s oversight of the Department of Education and more efficiently manage the agency’s human resource component

Led the agency's FEMA territorial grant applications and monitored all RFPs and contract processes to ensure compliance with federal and local procurement and funding expenditure regulations

Contributed to the establishment of policies, operation and marketing of new scholarship grants; resolved issues or inconsistencies in their application according those established procedure

Represented the board before the state legislature and provided in-depth analysis of proposed legislation, managed the mediation and reporting of board activities by providing a monthly progress report of accomplishments and impending challenges

Revised the agency’s by-laws, conflict of interest policy, ethics policy and manual of standard procedures. Also revised office procedures to provide more efficient service to stakeholders

Executive Director

Juan F. Luis Foundation

Sunny Isle Annex

Christiansted, VI

3/2015 - 12/2016

Salary: $85,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 40

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Served as the spokesperson, financial manager and chief development officer, developed annual fundraising activities, re-established rapport with the business community, managed communications and media relations Recruited new board members and rewrote by-laws, and heightened the community’s awareness of the Juan F. Luis Hospital’s need for community-based grants and funding

Identified and pursued individual donors, bringing in $80,000 in donations in a quarter for JFL Foundation.

Established and complied with grant tracking best practices and reporting requirements outlined by non-profit best practices

Submitted a monthly report inclusive of analysis of donor participation, budget status and upcoming events

Chief Strategy and Communications

Juan F. Luis Hospital

4007 Est. Ruby

Christiansted, VI

12/2014 - 3/2015

Salary: $95,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 50

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Began a five-year strategic planning process, developed fundraising and donation activities, improved the institution’s public standing, handled media relations and managed customer service and security issues

Garnered a $1.2 million corporate donation for the JFL Hospital from a private business and developed and implemented an image-enhancing media plan and wrote a hazard mitigation protocol for each department Developed and organized a monthly community clean up at the JFL Hospital and, served as JFL liaison to community organizations, local and federal organizations

Increased brand awareness through new product launches and re-branding strategies, identified and corrected deficiencies with forward-thinking approaches to address organization-wide and department-level problems. Business Counselor

Small Business Development Center

Sion Farm Shopping Center

Christiansted, VI

1/2011 - 12/2014

Salary: $48,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 40

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Instructed clients in financial proposal development and lending, created financial pro formas, wrote business plans, developed strategic operating and media plans for management and market development, fine-tuned business structure, presented seminars on SBA Disaster Loans and resolved current financial and management issues

Re-interpreted Stafford Act, Small Business Administration and Farmer Home Administration regulations, loan programs and technical financial reporting guidelines for entrepreneurs

Evaluated business practices and created strategies to improve productivity and efficiency and presented business-related seminars for small business owners in English and Spanish and gave numerous presentations on importing,exporting and small business creation

Director, Outreach and Public Relations

Virgin Islands Census

Villa La Reine Shopping Center

Christiansted, VI

5/2009 - 1/2011

Salary: $52,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 50

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Coordinated the public education campaign to ensure inclusion, understanding and participation from the diverse ethnic groups on the island Coordinated the translation of materials from English to Spanish and oversaw the procurement and distribution of outreach and promotional materials and supervised media buys

Established relationships with local government agencies, businesses, the media and community

Director of Recruiting and Retention

Virgin Islands Police Department

Rainbow Plaza

Frederiksted, VI

3/2007 - 3/2009

Salary: $70,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 50

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Re-established the ancillary officer recruitment and delivered 100 fully vetted candidates

Created partnerships with historically black colleges and universities for new officer recruitment and training of current officers

Networked with community organizations to change the image of the department and provided advice and counsel regarding existing and proposed legislation

Executive Director

Employer Support of Guard and Reserve

National Guard Headquarters

Christiansted, VI

1/2005 - 3/2007

Salary: $60,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 50

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Prevented, resolved and reduced human resource issues due to equal employment opportunity issues arising from non-compliance with the Federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USEERA) due to mandatory or voluntary military training or deployment Prepared the annual budget in accordance with federal guidelines submitted quarterly reports and ensured funds were expended in compliance with federal guidelines

As mandated, I prepared a monthly report which was inclusive of budget expenditures, the results of my meetings with employers, future plans for presentations and suggestions to improve the policies and programs. Gave numerous television, radio and newspaper interviews, speeches and wrote press releases in support of active and part-time National Guardsmen, Reservists and other military personnel

State Senator

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall

Charlotte Amalie, VI

1/2001 - 1/2005

Salary: $65,000.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 60

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Chaired the Committee on Government Operations in the 24th Legislature of the Virgin Islands and provided territorial oversight of the budgets and operation of the majority of government agencies, departments and semi-autonomous agencies

Chaired the Committee on Housing, Parks and Recreation in the 25th Legislature and worked closely with U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD) to author the Home Ownership Act of 2004 which provided the legal framework to build 2, 500 homes over a five-year period Prime-sponsored major legislation authored included the Gun Control Act, the Infrastructure Maintenance Act and the Home Ownership Act of 2004

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