joshua croff

* Responsibilities * Assisted with the creation of promotional material including commercial spots and press releases. * Created training material to educate staff on engaging members, increasing loan referrals, and expanding member relationships. * Lead business development meetings with local businesses to attract new membership. * Attended legislative meetings, community meetings, and presentations to gain industry insight. * Managed member accounts and reconciled concerns to create positive member experiences. * Processed deposits, withdrawals, loan payments, cashier’s checks, money orders and cash advances. * Opened and closed membership accounts including savings, checking, certificate of deposit, and IRA accounts. * Responsible for following cash handling procedures and reconciling cash drawer and checks daily. * Responsible for actively cross-selling credit union services.

* Responsibilities * Assisted with instruction and curriculum development. * Instructed students on the use of ESRI ArcMap and ArcCatalog. * Researched and created geographic information systems (GIS) data layers for instructional use.

* My passion for community development led me to pursue an internship with the City of East Lansing where I managed the creation of the TIGER II Grant. The grant sought to redevelop and modernize the regional Amtrak Station to support an increase in transit ridership. * Planning Department Responsibilities * Managed the creation of a TIGER II Grant for redevelopment of the Amtrak Station in East Lansing. * Contacted and communicated with stakeholders involved in the Amtrak Station redevelopment. * Helped organize a design charette to determine highest and best use for Amtrak Station parcel. * Managed the creation of the city’s Economic Indicators report. * Researched and compiled data for a number of other ongoing community development projects. * Assessing Department Responsibilities * Assisted department with residential value documentation and discovery. * Created sketches of residential renovations and entered information into BS&A Assessing.net. * Measured and documented added residential square footage.

* Dev Bootcamp is an 18-week intensive full-stack web development program focusing on Ruby, JavaScript (AJAX, JQuery), Git, Ruby on Rails, SQL, HTML, CSS, agile development concepts, and test-driven development. * While a student at Dev Bootcamp, I lead one of 5 teams through the development of a web application of my own design. Our final project was called Spare Change. * As Team Lead, I held the responsibility for overall project success. To this end I spent my time writing code for the back-end in Ruby on Rails, front-end in HTML/CSS as well as: * facilitating planning sessions * establishing a productive git workflow * delegating project tasks * outlining mutual project goals * prioritizing features * and creating daily opportunities for feedback * Overall the experience was extraordinary. Our cohort and our final project team worked very well together, learned quickly from our mistakes and developed an MVP that we could be proud of.

As a student, I became actively involved in campus groups and helped attract a campus car sharing program to further reduce reliance on private automobiles. My passion for community development led me to pursue an internship with the City of East Lansing where I managed the creation of the TIGER II Grant. The grant sought to redevelop and modernize the regional Amtrak Station to support an increase in transit ridership. Activities and Societies: V.P. of Finance, Urban and Regional Planning Student Association; City of East Lansing Planning Intern; Office of Campus Sustainability Student Volunteer