Jon R. Sumesar-Rai

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Professional Profile

Highly experienced and mission driven executive director dedicated to improve the image of your organization with respect to youths, family, and young adults in the community. Well-developed skills and expertise in the following areas:

Ø Develop strategy to create diverse financial participation to achieve maximum impact

Ø Extensive knowledge in measuring performance with the use of performance tools

Ø Develop/Market/Coordinate/implementation of outreach campaigns

Ø In depth knowledge of public and nonprofit budgeting systems

Ø Successful in strategic planning cycle tailoring resources to align with mission/goals

Ø Six Sigma/Budget/Program Development/Operation/ Logistics/Strategic Planning/Policies

Experience with Upper Management Decision Making and Implementation

Executive Board Director- GrassHarper Foundation Portland, OR. Translate goal statement into specific objectives and convert into programs. Establish fiscal policy, budget, and financial control. Resource management by direct financial donor contribution and commitment to fund-raising. Develop, analyze, and interpret trends extrapolation, expert forecasting as a planning aid and data analysis. Strategic planning / strategic management to align activities, core process, and resources to meet organization’s obligations to stakeholders. Construct matrix for performance measurement/program outcomes by outcome evaluation, impact evaluation, process/implementation evaluation, and cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analyses. Develop and coordinate communication for proposal and current donors. Acknowledgement letters preparation and response to queries by electronic means. 01/ 2011- Present

Volunteer, Award Recipient 2011 Oregon Food Bank - Tualatin Valley Gleaners.

Work in the frontline to help serve customers (fresh vegetables, produces, frozen, bread, pastries, and can food). Calculate inventory or food available to customers’ needs. Supervisor volunteers to deliver quality for service and assist to translate strategy priorities into bold leadership that aligns with Tualatin Valley Gleaners mission statement. Participated in Oregon Food Bank Network’s day of legislative action in Salem. Summer 2010 and 01/2011 to present

Prince Hall Masons (Idaho, Montana, & Oregon). Fiscal Development Analysis. Planed, designed, coordinated, implemented innovative financial planning, fund raising roadmap, and membership drive for two years. 01/2011- Present

Personal Assistant to Executive Director. Federal Government Washington, D.C. Developed and implemented Disability Mentoring Days 2009 and 2010. A program designed to introduce high school and college students to potential employment opportunities within the District of Columbia, private, and public entities. Stakeholders were more that twenty-five (25) government agencies and fifty (50) high school and colleges. 2008-2010

Interned for Deputy Director of Government Relations. Developed budget, secured funding. Directed and strategized the task of compiling various departments data for the annual budget for the DC Council. UDC’s annual budget had not met district requirements for seven years. Led cross-departmental teams, implementing financial and decision-making models and establishing specific guidelines to meet requirements and deadlines. Won first “Clean Slate” rating by independent agency. 2009-2010

Built successful company. Established Rai Trucking operations. Developed and implemented business plan and marketing strategies to expand market presence. Created key partnerships with retail customers and negotiated contracts. Directed on-time/on-budget delivery of products. Grew to $200K annual revenue. 2004-2008

Turned around struggling non-profit organization. UDC’s Disability Club was nonfunctional. Elected President. Designed and implemented processes, operations and growth plan. Wrote laws/by-laws compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act, incorporating into Student Affairs Rules. Grew group from ten to 200 over three-year period.

Managed logistics for national conference. Selected by UDC to co-plan conference. Led cross-functional teams from 25 different universities, establishing metrics, logistics, guidelines, program content and communication efforts. Led 50 volunteers. Laid groundwork for launch of successful disability conference.

Additionally Experience

Student Leader: I was very active in student life, which afforded me a better understating of cultural diversity. I was a member of the International Club, which housed more than (120) one-hundred and twenty countries in the multicultural undergraduate and graduate student body. I assisted in addressing the concerns of the international body and filtering it to the Board of Trustee. Also assisted the Undergraduate Student Government to display “International Week” which provided food, art, cultural shows from more than (50) fifty countries.

Graduate Student Government Association, Record Officer. Provided leadership, motivation and coordinated for all graduate students towards achieving social and academic excellence; coordinated cultural and social activities for members, faculty, and administration. Additionally, maintained all records of minutes, Constitution, By-laws, compiled monthly/annual reports and presented to the UDC Board Trustees.

National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA), Graduate School Chapter President(Appointed by the Graduate School). Conducted outreach to help linked public, private, and academic institution into management innovation and professional development among Historically Black Universities. Promoted, expanded, and strengthened roles of black administrators. Provided scholarships to assist and groom young emerging Black public administrators in meeting challenges in leadership. Workshops and training were provided once every month and for 20-30 students in career development, resume writing, interview techniques, and navigating the federal website. NFBPA had approximately (80) eighty students membership.

Undergraduate Student Government, Junior Class President (elected). Developed and presented programs into three phase workshops to assist well over (250) two-hundred and fifty students to matriculate from sophomore to Junior and to seniors.

Phi Eta Sigma Academic Honor Society, Treasure (elected). Provided workshops to help students increase their grades and served as mentors.

Earlier: Supervisor, Cupid Trucking Inc.; Fire Manager, Trinidad and Tobago Fire & Ambulance Services; Fire & Safety/Compressor Mechanic/Launch Engineer, Petroleum Oil Company of Trinidad and Tobago.

Education

Bachelor’s of Science Degree, University of the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C. and the D.C. Fire Training Academy

Major: Fire Science Administration (graduated with honors) 2009

Master’s Degree, University of the District of Columbia and Howard University. Washington, D.C.

Major: Public Administration. Program Emphasis: Public Policies (graduated with honors) 2010

Professional Affiliations and Volunteer Services

(Selected list, recent and previous)

• Board of Directors GrassHarper Foundation, Portland area

• Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce

• Chair, Diversity Committee Prince Hall Mason Enterprise Lodge #1,Portland area

• Volunteer, Award Recipient 2011 Oregon Food Bank - Tualatin Valley Gleaners area

• Member, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, Portland area

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