john schenk

boardmember, chair

About

Administrative Executive/COO with 30+ years Financial, Operations and General Management experience in Law, Financial Services, and Technical Education fields. Specialties: Executive responsibility for Marketing, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Information Resources and Administrative Services. Have held various non-profit board posts from Secretary to Treasurer to Board Chair. Most notable contributions have been in building high-performing teams of administrative professionals, having developed the insight and ability to identify and coach individuals and groups of professionals much smarter than he is.

Country

united states

City

minneapolis

Industry

law practice

Skill

law firm administration, operations management, business strategy

Experience

boardmember

plymouth church neighborhood foundation

2009-1 - 2011-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

financial analyst

itt consumer finance company

1982-1 - 1983-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Prepared budgets and forecasts, analyzed financials, handled special projects for Western Region of this consumer financial company.

branch manager

control data corporation

1980-1 - 1982-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Managed the Milwaukee, WI branch of Control Data Institutes, which provided computer programming and computer repair education services.

chief operating officer

fredrikson & byron

1994-5 - 2015-1 · 20 yrs 9 mos

Executive responsibility for Marketing, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Information Resources, and Administrative Services, and an ex-officio role on the Firm’s Board of Directors, its Executive Committee, and the Fredrikson & Byron Foundation

administrator - non-minneapolis offices

dorsey & whitney llp

1991-1 - 1994-4 · 3 yrs 4 mos

In charge of Financial, Administrative and Human Resource management for firm's eleven offices outside of Minneapolis.

controller

dorsey & whitney llp

1983-1 - 1991-1 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Managed Accounting and Finance departments for this multi-office, national law firm headquartered in Minneapolis.

boardmember, chair

the loft literary center

2009-1 - Present · 17 yrs 9 mos

The Loft Literary Center is one of the nation's leading literary arts centers. The Loft advances the artistic development of writers, fosters a thriving literary community, and inspires a passion for literature. Our core values are that literature is essential, writing can be taught, inclusiveness is imperative, boldness brings excellence, community makes us strong, and wise management fuels our success.