Data Entry Housing Specialist

Linda S. Goodman **-** ***th Street

Jamaica, New York 11423

718-***-**** (B) 718-***-**** (H)

EXPERIENCE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Midwood Development Corporation

**** - *******

•Overall administrative and fiscal responsibility ($750,000 annual operating budget) for an established local development corporation with housing, commercial revitalization, community advocacy, supported employment and youth programs.

•Supervise a staff of 14 full time and part time employees and 32 school based employees.

•Initiated a continuing comprehensive Board development program by recruiting new members and establishing active working committees.

•Revised personnel procedures and employee manual.

•Revamped operating procedures of 5 year old supported employment environmental services program resulting in an increase of 13% in collection rate and 40% in gross revenue.

•Developed new housing and community quality of life initiatives.

•Obtained UDC funding for enhanced commercial revitalization program.

DIRECTOR OF HOUSING/COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS

Flatbush Development Corporation

Housing

1990 - 1993

•Formulated housing policy for a multi-faceted housing program in conjunction with Board of Directors' Housing Committee.

•Administrated City and State housing contracts totaling $103,000.

•Wrote housing proposal securing $15,000 per annum in unrestricted operating funds.

•Initiated and conducted pre-development activities for the development of a day care/Head Start facility with 45 units.

•Conducted a study of apartment buildings converted to co-operative status.

•Created assessment tool for financial analysis of co-ops.

•Established an ongoing series of workshops for co-op residents.

•Provided homeowners and owners of multi-family properties with counseling and

Technical assistance services, applications for refinancing, rehabilitation loans, MCI increases, J-51 tax abatements. Lesioned with municipal service providers.

Special Projects

•Initiated $1,100,000 public/private commercial revitalization project for a 24 storefront shopping strip with 82% of the stores participating.

•Conducted feasibility study for BID encompassing two commercial strips.

•Inaugurated quarterly Merchants Association newsletter.

•Wrote funded ($75,000) Safe City - Safe Streets proposal for outreach and programming for at-risk youngsters.

•Administrated fuel buyers co-op; increased membership 10%; project revenues 13%

MANAGER OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

•Prepared City and State funding applications and programmatic reports.

•Supervised and trained clerical staff in computer software and data (mortgage, ownership, violations, etc.) collection and data entry.

1987- 1990

•Generated pro-forma, wrote proposals and funding applications, negotiated with lenders and funders.

•Acted as technical advisor to a community based organization's anti-drug task force.

•Counseled tenants.

NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Community League of West 159th Street

•Wrote proposals and grant applications for low-income housing development projects.

•Researched private sector funding sources.

•Represented the agency at meetings and conferences.

HOUSING SPECIALIST

Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation

•Researched and wrote comprehensive report on the impact of non-institutional

1986-1987

1984-1986

Mortgages on multi-family housing. Analyzed relationship between mortgage type, number of title changes, and number and kind of violations.

•Organized, ran and publicized community events.

Linda S. Goodman 80-47 188th Street

Jamaica, New York 11423

718-***-**** (B) 718-***-**** (H)

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Special Education Teacher

EDUCATION

M.S. Urban Planning, Hunter College, CUNY

M.S. Special Education, Yeshiva University

B.A. Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY

REFERENCES Furnished upon request

1966 - 1980

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