KRISTIN LAMBERT
35555
Spur Hwy #305 • Soldotna, Alaska 99669
email: kristinalaska@gmail.com website:
http://kristinalaska.freehostia.com
Country
of Service: ROMANIA • Close of Service: April 16, 2009
RESUME
EXPERIENCE:
February
2007 – April 2009 United States Peace
Corps, Romania
Seminar
instructor in American Studies for last year students, Ovidius University,
Constanta;
Special projects with Natural Sciences
Museum Complex – Dolphinarium, Planetarium, and Micro-Reservation with Black
Seas habitat flora and fauna; International Consultant for Business with
Regional NGO in Gorj county, assist and coordinate local rural development and community
development projects; Make presentations about the United States,
cross-cultural communication, participatory community planning, introduce new
educational ideas.
January
2005 – January 2007 Loren Lake Bed and
Breakfast, Soldotna, AK
Owner
/ Operator
Manage and operate Bed and Breakfast
operation from large home on Loren Lake, working with worldwide visitors.
July
2004 – January 2007 Rotary District
5010 Website, Soldotna, AK
Webmaster
/ District Governor Newsletter Editor
Maintain and Edit website for Rotary
District 5010, which includes Russia East of Urals, Alaska, and Yukon,
Canada. Design webpages, online feedback
forms, monthly newsletter, and worldwide feedback. Website:
www.rotary5010.org
February
2003 – June 2004 Alaska Development Associates,
Barrow-Soldotna, AK
Owner
/ Rural Development Services for Housing, Management and Consulting
Administration and management to assist
rural Alaskan communities with housing and other public service programs,
grantwriting, establishment of management systems, administrative setup and
systems analysis.
August
2002 – May 2004 North Slope Borough
Housing Department, Barrow, AK
Deputy
Director of Administration (1 year)
Direct
administration and management of Indian and Public Housing programs, in
accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations and
policies, with annual budget of nearly $7 million. Supervise construction development team of grantwriters and
project administrators. Negotiate legal contracts, provide municipal and
federal reporting, and complete documentation to comply
with Federal guidelines and requirements.
Supervise
all housing management activities for central office of 29 staff. Respond to tenant, homebuyer and public
concerns. Develop and improve program
services, and plan for transition of housing department
to independent housing authority entity.
Provide
staff supervision for Occupancy Specialists serving 800 residential units in
Arctic eight villages. Work
with HUD ONAP and Grants Management, Alaska Housing Finance, consultants and
engineers.
Development
Officer / Grantwriter (1 year)
Coordination and administration of grants
and contracts. Develop and implement
community interagency youth leadership program with grant and agency
funds. Conduct internal self-monitoring
to evaluate compliance with NAHASDA HUD guidelines and recommend management
plan to resolve difficiences. Provide
paralegal and real property services for North Slope Borough leases and
property transfers. Negotiate lease
renewals and property exchanges to assist the Borough administration to reduce
annual operating expenses. In this
capacity, worked with Native Village of Barrow, City of Barrow, and Ukpeagvik
Inupiat Corporation as NSB Mayor’s office representative. Draft resolutions and ordinances for
municipal code laws and regulations.
Analyze accounts receivables for various programs totaling $6 million,
and set up collections system for delinquent accounts. Manage rental sales, provide financing
information to homebuyers. Travel to all
North Slope villages to work with tribes, small municipalities, and rural
residents to disseminate information, discuss problems and needs, then find
acceptable solutions. Prepare public
powerpoint presentations, provide media interviews on behalf of the Borough.
Mar
2000- Aug 2002 Central Area Rural
Transit System, Inc., Soldotna, AK
Executive
Director and founder
This position followed two years of
community coordination as facilitator of an interagency transportation task
force of over 40 agencies, developing a regional transportation plan, and
acquiring four annual $500,000 Federal earmarks for this program, the first FTA
funding provided directly from Congress to a nonprofit in Alaska.
Develop
and Implement first Transportation Brokerage corporation in the State of Alaska
Grantwriting
and grant monitoring, contract reporting, public presentations and community
advocacy. Staff supervision, team building
and program development, establishment of innovative new program. Multiple funding administration, direct interaction with FTA
RegionX, Alaska Department of Transportation, other transit systems. Responsible to Board of Directors and
coordinator for Community Advisory Partners. Program and update complex database system for tracking rides
and passengers, covering numerous parameters for
multiple reports and statistical analysis for grants. Represent community transit needs on a statewide and national
level Public
presentations on a regular basis to Borough Assembly, City Councils, community
agencies, State department officials and special
interest groups.
Sept
1997 – Mar 2000 Central Peninsula
Counseling Services, Kenai, AK
Vocational
Services Coordinator
Grantwriter,
Counselor and Trainer:
Establish
Community Coordination for business and work efforts. Provide direct service to clients
with chronic mental illness, substance abuse, traumatic brain injury, cognitive
impairment, severe emotional disturbance and other mental disabilities. Develop Vocational/Work Model Program for clients with chronic
mental illness and substance abuse. Facilitate Public Transportation Task Force, including over 40
agencies, community and governmental representatives, 2 years.
Mar
1994 – Dec 2002 Publishers’
Representative, Washington and Alaska
Owner
/ Nature and Outdoor Publications
Represent
11 publishers of nature and outdoor books, including Mountaineers Books, Random
House, John Muir Press, Wilderness Press, Graphic Arts Center Publishing (owner
of Alaska Northwest Books), Lone Pine Publishing, Dawn Publications,
Vernon Publications, American Geographic, Menasha Ridge Press, Northland
Press. Responsible for region including Alaska, Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana for all Pacific Northwest national parks, many nature shops,
recreational and outdoor outlets. Develop personal relationships with Northwest Interpretive
Association that manages all National Park and Forest information sites in the
Pacific Northwest, REI corporate headquarters and many others. Refine customer service delivery and public relations
campaigns. Develop complex integrated database of
over 10,000 cross-indexed entries, forms and reports.
1992-1993 Sailing Vessel Antares, California, Mexico,
Pacific Ocean
Navigator
-- Navigation via GPS satellites and stars, night watch, rotating shifts for
all other duties.
1982-1992 Kenai River Realty & Investments,
Soldotna, AK
Owner
/ Broker / Real Estate Sales and Investment Consulting
Manage
office of associated licensed Brokers and support staff,
provided oversight for all phases of office management and supervision. Responsible for budgets, computer operations, systems
development, personnel management, market analysis, fiscal and Federal audits,
and individual investment consulting. Expand sales to average $10 million per year,
developed exceptional customer service and professional expertise. HUD Area Management Broker from 1986-1992, averaging 150
foreclosed properties per year, including all appraisal and repair valuations,
subcontracting for reconstruction and
remodeling at annual average $3.5 million,
marketing and sales of foreclosures. Responsible for all HUD properties in
Kenai Peninsula Borough including Tyonek, Seldovia, Kachemak, Homer, Seward,
Ninilchik, Kenai and Soldotna. Handled acquisition, renovation, reconstruction, management,
and disposal of properties.
Responsible
for each legal detail of thousands of real estate closings.
1978-1982 Cook Inlet Native Association, Kenai, AK
Branch
Manager
Manage
office for nonprofit arm of Cook Inlet Region, covering all CIRI except
Anchorage urban area, provide job training and counseling for youth, displaced
homemakers, adults with substance abuse, and others remanded by Alaska Court
System. Manage staff of 14, with over 300
employees on payroll.
Solicit
and obtain grants to increase funding to average annual budget in excess of
$4.5 million, with up to 18 concurrent grant funding sources for job training,
youth programs, substance abuse, displaced homemakers. Travel extensively throughout Kenai Peninsula Borough, serving
areas of Tyonek, Seldovia, Anchor Point, Ninilchik, Homer, Kenai and Soldotna,
as urban-rural liaison.
Provide
occupational and personal counseling, job development, training,
youth in crisis, alcoholism and substance abuse counseling, vocational
rehabilitation. Extensive grantwriting, personnel
management, fiscal and Federal audits, community resource development, market
analysis and business development, public presentations
and training.
1976-1977 Emmett School District, Emmett, ID
Teacher
Substitute for grades K – 12, average 4
days per week
Summers
1976-1977 Ester Creek/Ready Bullion
Mine, Fairbanks, AK
Gold
Mining partner
Placer gold mine, full operation with two 5-yard
loaders, dragline, two D-8 cats, hydraulic giant, 50-foot sluicebox, FE Company
water line.
1975-1976 Arctic First Federal Savings & Loan,
Fairbanks, AK
Loan
Officer
Process,
close and monitor progress on mortgage loans.
Work
to improve Customer Service, handling of confidential information, drafting of
legal documentation, and implementation of wide variety of office skills. Work independently to provide specialized banking
investment services.
1974-1975 KUAC-TV
Alaska Native Magazine, Fairbanks, AK
Writer
/ Commentator
Interviewer
and writer with traveling film crew, on Federal grant contract through public
television funded by NASA, first video two-way satellite
educational program (ATS-6). Alaska Native Magazine, television news
and current Alaskan issues, directed by non-profit Board of Directors comprised
of one representative from each of 13 regional Alaska Native Corporations,
staff alternated attendance at monthly Board meetings held in
various Alaska communities. Assist with production of 60-minute
weekly television broadcast, shown live in Fairbanks and at 18 community
receiver sites throughout Alaska, also by video delay at many more locations. Featured issues – controversial startup of Limited Entry,
running and finish of the Iditarod, emerging rural governance, issues of Land
Claims settlement, elderly natives on lifestyles and subsistence, community
celebrations, traditional arts and crafts.
1973-1974 Cooperative
Extension Service, Fairbanks, AK
Office
Manager / Researcher
Specialist
in Cold Lands survival and alternative technologies research. Conduct mushroom identification workshops, electrical
generation with wind power, subsistence. Manage full range of office functions, including production of
publications.
1972-1973 Alaska State-Operated Schools, Fairbanks,
AK
Photographer
/ Writer
Develop
audio and video materials to enhance school curriculums relating to Alaska
Native and other rural issues and events.
Funded by NASA, two-way audio satellite educational program (ATS-1), educational. Travel throughout rural Alaska to research
and cover community events and celebrations, collect oral histories and provide
photographs and visual materials to enhance educational programs.
1970-1972 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
Archeological
Field Coordinator, Anthropology and Archeology
Department
Manage
archeological teams and compile documents researching feasibility of
Trans-Alaska pipeline route passing through traditional
Alaskan native sites. First TAPS project, funded by Houston-based
oil interests, preceeding Alyeska Oilfield Services.
1961-1970 Alaska and Oregon Newspapers, Soldotna,
Fairbanks and Corvallis
Reporter,
Writer, Editor, Secretary, Proofreader, Teletypesetter
DEGREES:
High School Diploma, Kenai Central High
School, 1964
Bachelor’s Degree, Oregon State University,
1969 -- Psychology and Social Sciences.
Graduate School, OSU and University of
Alaska, 1970-1976
Additional Classes, Kenai Peninsula
College, 1976-present, Ilisagvik College, 2001-2004
University
Classes – American Governments, International
Relations, Political Process, International Law & Order, Local and State
Govt., Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Clinical
Psychology Practicum, Group Dynamics, Criminology & Penology, Family
Relations, Educational Psychology, Principles & Practices of Guidance,
Genetics, Psychology of Language & Thought, Architecture, House Planning
and Interior Design, Journalism, Photography and Theater, HTML Website Design,
Microsoft Access, Photography, Eskimo Dance, Inupiat language, Skin Sewing,
Carving, Art of Digital Photography
Graduate
Classes – Counseling Psychology, Ethnology and
Sociology, Environmental Adaptation and Northern Studies, Arctic Engineering,
Cold Lands Environments
TRAININGS:
Grantwriting
and Grants Monitoring
Community
Coordination to Maximize Resources
Techniques
for Coordinated Community Services
Operational
Funding for Rural Services
Medicaid
Billing Procedures and Regulation Changes
Business
Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Grantwriting
– Federal, State, Corporate and Foundation Funding
Developing
and Evaluating Outcome Measures
Local
Economic Development and Business Implementation
Working
with Difficult People
Substance
Abuse Counseling
Customer
Service – Internal and External
Financial
Resources for Community Programs
Financial
Management for Community Systems
Advanced
Issues in Community Coordination
Progressive
Employment Partnerships
Brokerage
Start Up for Community Systems
Scheduling
and Dispatching for Transit
Rural
Resources for Community Services
Advanced
Issues in Brokerage and Centralized Dispatching
Federal
FTA Transit Funding Training
Federal
TEAM Training (electronic grants management) and ECHO
software for grant applications, progress reports, and treasury fund transfers
Market
Analysis and Commercial Investing, 5 years
o
Fundamentals of Real Estate
Investment and Taxation
o
Fundamentals of Location and Market
Analysis
o
Advanced Real Estate Taxation and
Marketing Tools for Investment Real Estate
o
Impact of Human Behavior on
Commercial Investment Decision Making
Federal
Financial Records and Audit Procedures
Sales
Strategies for the Residential Specialist
Federal
and Nonprofit Middle Management Training
Strategic
Planning and Vision Development
Brokerage
and Personnel Management
Mediation
and Negotiation Procedures
Fair
Housing Training
International
Law and Case Studies
International
Trade and Protocols for Russia, Japan and Korea
COMMUNITY
SERVICE – Central Kenai Peninsula, for over 25 years:
Rotary
Clubs -- Barrow Nuvuk, Kenai, Kenai River-Soldotna,
founder and president,
Pontus-Euxinus
in Constanta, Romania
Soldotna
Chamber of Commerce
Kenai
Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council
Alaska
Mobility Coalition, President
Alaska
Community Transportation Association, President
Kenai
Peninsula Housing Initiatives Board of Directors, 2 years
Kenai
Peninsula Board of Realtors, 1982-1992, President,
President-Elect, Secretary
Alaska
Chapters -- CI, CRS, RNMI, Graduate Realtor Institute certification (GRI)
Soldotna
City Council, 9 years
Alaska
Municipal League Board of Directors, 4 years
Kenai
Community Care Center Board of Directors, 3 years
(chair, 2 years)
Cook
Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Board of Directors, 3 years (chair, 2
years)
Central
Peninsula Sports Center Construction Committee, 2 years
Central
Sports Center Advisory Board, 2 years
Kenai
Peninsula Economic Development Commission, 2 years
Soldotna
Planning & Zoning Commission, 2 years ex-officio member
Soldotna
Airport Commission, 2 years as chair
Soldotna
Community Development Commission, 2 years as chair
Soldotna
Schools Advisory Board, 2 years
Cooper
Landing Schools Advisory Board, 2 years
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES:
Spanish
– 2 yrs high school in Kenai, Alaska, study in Mazatlan, Mexico
French
-- Summer college session at Oregon State University
Romanian
– Intensive language and culture program of the United States Peace Corps
PERSONAL
INTERESTS/HOBBIES:
Website Development
Photography
Video
Production and Editing
Traditional
Folkcrafts
Travel
and Cultural Exchange
Hiking
and Camping
Reading
and Writing
Sea Kayaking and Sailing