jody smith

Recruited public and private sector senior women. Created and delivered new educational initiatives/products/programs.Managed development and training of volunteer and professional staff. Designed and delivered seminars to small and large groups during national conferences. Established alliances with business/community partners.

Designed new member marketing strategies and increased member retention in regional trade association. Increased non-dues revenues. Served on interim executive staff council.

Created nation's first private club for executive women. Secured financing. Marketed to senior professionals. Design and built prestigious dining, library, spa, conference, lodging facilities. Secured national exposure in print, radio & television. Numerous speaking engagements.

Conducted targeted research and candidate identification for multiple simultaneous C- and senior level searches in sales and marketing functional areas within IT, health services, not-for-profit, general business, telecommunications and higher education. Developed strong client relationships and advised on recruitment and hiring strategies, Created a regional database of senior technology executives.

Founded in 2003, ACF Solutions is a rapidly growing consulting firm focused on implementing cloud-based business systems solutions. ACF is a Tier 1 Salesforce.com Foundation Partner and the leading implementation consultancy for the Higher Education and Not for Profit sectors throughout the country. Served as Interim HR Manager in absence of permanent HR.executive. In a period of high growth conducted executive search and On-boarding of several open positions from senior to mid-level technology consultants at HQ and across the country. Facilitated one-on-one coaching and supported the VP of Operations and the President on growth initiatives. Supported HR functions including benefits, company meetings, and facilities management.

Co-developed the NLI to provide award-winning executive leadership development programming and managerial assessment. Managed faculty to conduct residential leadership development programs. Targeted and marketed to new organizational clients Prepared collateral material to support multi-tier communications targeted to a highly sophisticated market.

Consulting to organizations on executive and professional search, recruiting for effective team building,effective leadership development, training & coaching, advisory board development, new educational programs, marketing and alliance-building, One-on-one coaching toward career/life balance, career transition, career management. Special interests in Encore careers, re-entry, career transition, upward mobility.