Sarah Summer Jackson, B.S.

Human Services Emphasis Gerontology 1

(734) 678-4179 summerjac@live.com
16910 Waterloo Rd. Chelsea, MI 48118

Director of Aging Services Outreach
Innovative and Christ-centered Leadership Program Design and Implementation
Accomplished Entrepreneur with extensive experience and consummate achievements in building
successful organizations. Called by GOD to a ministry for the aging population in 2004, the ministry
would help aging adults to live an unprecedented quality of life as they age in the comfort and
familiarity of their own homes. Assisting the aging population with being proactive, the ministry would
help to reduce and relieve the suffering of the aging population many of which live in isolation having
very few resources, in America and around the world. A savvy team leader skilled and anointed for this
calling, Summer has and will continue to inform and engage people, challenging them to take up the
aging cause. She is an Innovative problem solver, strategic decision maker, strong communicator and is
an avid student of the Word of God and follower of Jesus Christ.
Core Competencies
Strong values and integrity, passionate, possesses social expertise, big picture orientation and vision,
articulate and enthusiastic, sound decision maker, customer focused, good with conflict management,
creative with talent development, results oriented, resourceful, values diversity and inclusion,
continuously learning and improving, strong verbal and written communication skills.
Professional Experience
Viva! Choices - Marysville, CA
Founder and CEO October 2004 to Present
In 2004 I began working on the business plan for Viva! Choices, a business that would help Baby
Boomers and their parents to age in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. My experience as
the administrator of a retirement community where adult children lined up in front of my office daily to
speak with me about what they could do for their parents, weighed heavy on my mind. For over four
years I had been working on solutions to the problems I had seen and experienced first-hand, and the
fact that I knew I would never want to be in a position to have to use many of the existing services
available motivated me all the more. In 2008 two investors committed to investing $500,000 each, but
they backed out due to the bad economy.
Developed the business and marketing plan along with marketing materials.
Hired consultants and oversaw logo and website design and developed the model.
Spent ten years and thousands of hours on research and development personally invested
$150,000.
Ongoing experience working first-hand with seniors helping them to stay in their homes.
Recruited the Chief Financial Officer, Administrative Assistants and Service Providers.
Acquired an office and set up all administrative policies and procedures.
Developed the organizations mission and value statements.
Viva! Choices, cont.
Sarah Summer Jackson, B.S. Human Services Emphasis Gerontology 2

Wrote a training manual for business owners to better understand the market and a guide with
links to important resources for adult children.
Filed trademark documentation.
Set up and wrote the entries for the organizations social media and blogs.
Developed and gave presentations to adult children and to potential investors.
Created a new professional called an Adult Life Guide and developed the training.
Developed a service provider network.
Did presentations to Coldwell Banker presenting a potential partnership where their agents
would be trained to become Boomer Residential Specialists (BRS) and developed the training.
Moved up through the ranks of Coldwell Banker all the way to the Director of Special Markets in
New Jersey who said the training was a no-brainer and he was prepared to act, but the
company was bought out by a private equity investment company a month later and he was
nowhere to be found. This partnership would have provided the money to roll the model out.
Worked on a Harvard University pilot program with Care.com.
Was recommended to Life and Leisure Television as being the most innovative aging program in
the country by the American Society for Aging.
Became a Certified Red Cross Caregiver Trainer and held Caregiver Training Events.

Keller Williams Realty Yuba City, CA
Realtor Seniors Real Estate Specialist January 2005 to February 2008
Represented both buyers and sellers helping them to achieve their residential real estate goals. As a
Seniors Real Estate Specialist I specialized in working with Senior Citizens and their adult children as
well.
2007 Rookie of the Year and 2007 Top Referral Agent.
Sold in excess of 4 million dollars first year.
Seniors Real Estate Specialist.
Negotiated and presented offers to sellers and their representatives.
Helped buyers get financing and assisted sellers with positioning their homes to sell, including
arranging services with service providers and coordinating escrow closing with moves.
Researched and discovered a new way for older sellers to finance repairs to their homes.
Conducted open houses and kept abreast of local inventory.

Education and Certifications
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Holistic Nutrition, American Holistic College of Nutrition
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Human Services with an Emphasis in Gerontology, Kaplan University
Master of Science in Management (MSM) with an Emphasis in Human Resources, Kaplan University
Completion date December 15, 2014
2004 Chrysler Financial Manager of Distinction Award
Portfolios of School Projects
Sarah Summer Jackson, B.S. Human Services Emphasis Gerontology 3

https://kaplanu.optimalresume.com/previewDoc.php?tkn=22146221dd25350a790ae142a60b22a7-
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https://portfolio-sarahjackson.weebly.com

Professional Affiliations
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
Member of the Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society
Prior member of the National Association of Realtors

Volunteer Activities

Board of Directors Yuba-Sutter Legal Center for Seniors August 1999 to 2001

President and Co-founder Professionals Caring for Seniors March 2000 to 2008
Filed original and permanent 501 c 3 paperwork for the corporation.
Held luncheon meetings with keynote speakers at local retirement and assisted living facilities.
Directed board meetings.
Contacted speakers.
Designed the brochures and website.
Developed a full proposal to Area 4 Agency on Aging answering their RFP for the local Meals on
Wheels program.

Websites

www.portfolio-sarahjackson.weebly.com
www.vibrantagingsolutions.org