Responsible for management of all on-going private and public-sector projects. Serves as chief strategist and consultant on all matters pertaining to the creation, management, and administration of special purpose districts and zones. Develops project plans and project financing plans to aid clients and stakeholders in reaching community development objectives. Represents and advocates on behalf of clients with elected officials, the business community, and all levels of government.

Professional Experience:

• City of Houston - Finance and Administration Review and Research Manager, 1991-1995
  Served as chief economist and member of city of Houston Bond Financing Team. Developed and managed evaluation, analysis, and process for creating public improvement districts and tax increment reinvestment zones. Developed and managed financial methodology for city annexations and dissolution processes for annexed municipal utility districts. Maintained city’s General Fund Revenue database. Provided in-house development of city’s OMB A-87 Cost Allocation Plan.
  
  
• TCARE, Inc. - Chief Executive Officer, 1985-1991
  Responsible for state-wide nonprofit corporation providing residential treatment services to Level V and VI adolescents. Responsible for management of the corporation’s treatment programs in three facilities across Texas. Developed organizational, financial, and program strategic plans to support corporate mission. Negotiated and administered all contracts dealing with procurement, employee health care, workers compensation, and supplies and services. Supervised management and health professionals (120 staff) to ensure effective delivery of adolescent residential treatment services.
  
  
• Texas Department of Human Services - Finance and Data Assistant Commissioner, 1979-1985
  

  Responsible to the Deputy Commissioner of Programs, Commissioner, and TDHS Board for providing strategic planning, financial analysis, and recommendations concerning budget policy and management decisions. Provided management and supervision of three major divisions (130 staff) including Programs Budget Division, Data and Technical Support Division, and Economic Analysis Division. In this capacity, served as the state finance director for the third largest Medicaid program in the U.S.

• Urban Land Institute
• Midwest Political Science Associate, Urban Affairs Association
• Friends of Scouting, Chairman Aldine Pathfinder District

• “Urban Growth and Decision Making,” Berkeley, California: IGS Press, 1998
• “TIFs, PIDs, and Other Exotic Creatures,” Houston Economics, 1997
• “The Tax Abatement Controversy: Form and Substance in Public Policy,” Houston Economics, 1995

• Masters of Public Administration
  - University of Houston
• Bachelor of Arts, Government
  - The University of Texas at Austin