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Parks & Recreation Director Candidates Bio Summary

Leah Rockwell West Palm Beach, Florida Assistant Parks & Recreation Director, City of West Palm Beach 1998 Present Leisure Services Director, City of Greenacres 1997 1998 Recreation Supervisor, Town of Palm Beach 1987 1997 Activities Director, Palm Beach Polo and Country Club 1985 1987 BS, Leisure Services and Studies, Florida State University 1984 Employment Highlights: o West Palm Beach Responsible for oversight and administration of facilities, services, programs and projects of the Parks & Recreation department, managing a budget of $14 million and 150 employees Completed a comprehensive fiscal and operational analysis of the Recreation division to determine if services should continue in-house or provide contractually. Resulted in out-sourcing some programs which created revenue generation and reduction in expenditures Established cash handling policies and procedures for the department Reduced operating budget by $2 million over three-year period during the economic downturn with limited reduction in service levels o City of Greenacres Established new policies and procedures for fiscal accountability Assisted with design and programming projections for new community center

Andy Stine Englewood, Colorado Director of Facilities and Regional Museums, History Colorado 2010 Present Assistant Director of Facilities/Regional Museums, History Colorado 2005 - 2010 Project Manager, Front Range History Project, Colorado Historical Society 2003 2005 Coordinator, Historical Marker Program, Colorado Historical Society 2001 2005 MBA, University of Denver March, 2014 BA, Anthropology, University of Colorado 1998 Employment Highlights: o History Colorado: Oversee operations for nine active revenue generating museum and historic sites statewide with a staff of 31 and a budget of $3 million Manage capital construction, maintenance and preservation projects with annual budget of $2 million Oversee agency relationships with various state, federal and local agencies, interest groups and contractors on a statewide basis o Front Range History: Successfully applied for $500,000 in grants Developed and managed collaborative effort between Colorado State Parks, Colorado Historical Society and local governments and historical societies to place interpretive markers along the 876 mile Colorado Front Range Trail

John Overstreet Commerce City and Steamboat Springs, Colorado Interim Parks & Recreation Director, City of Steamboat Springs President, Ovanda, LLC (Strategic and master planning, management consulting, statistical analysis, long-range operations analysis, etc.)

July 2013 present 2001- 2006, 2012 Present 2009 2012 2007 2009 2004 - 2007 2000 2004, 2012 1998 2000 1996 1998

Director of Policy & Planning, Matrix Design Group Principal, Norris Design Deputy Manager, Parks & Planning, City/County of Denver Project Manager, Britina Design Group Deputy Director of Parks & Recreation, DeKalb County, Georgia Director of Leisure Services, City of Lake Worth, Florida Director of Parks, Recreation & Emergency Management, City of Oviedo, Florida 1991 1995 MS, Management, Florida Institute of Technology 1994 BS, University of West Florida 1988 Employment Highlights: o Ovanda, LLC: Community Recreation Program Assessment, Town of Superior o City/County Denver: Managed $22 million operating budget; directed staff to manage over 200 capital projects, oversaw operations and maintenance of 20,000 acres of parks and open space; managed seven golf courses; authored the first design standards manual; initiated performance management standards for all department employees. o Matrix Design: developed City of Lamar Open Space and Recreation Area Site Plan; o Britina Design: lead the outreach and design for recreation design services including park planning, comprehensive park services, establishing budgets, community outreach, construction and maintenance plans

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