PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal and Senior Advisor 2005-present  https://.drralphplumb.com                                                                                  

Provide counsel to senior officers of businesses and charitable organizations in financial, human and intellectual capital development, organizational effectiveness.

 A representative sample of clients and affiliations:

• The Genysys Group (Nationwide) http://thegenysysgroup.com

Serve as a certified consultant in Strategic Futuring™, a vision-based planning process

•  Good Neighbors (Tustin, California)  http://goodneighbors.org

Launched and funded a domestic violence shelter. Provided counsel to deepen their financial base and brand recognition.  Established a global gifts-in-kind policy.

• Value Schools (Los Angeles, California) http://valueschools.com

Supported the Board and CEO of this public charter school system with direct engagement in their We Climb Capital Campaign to raise $7 million to build a new K-8 Value School.

• David and Margaret Youth & Family Services (La Verne,California) https://davidandmargaret.org

Generated corporate in-kind resources for their Youth Workforce Training Center which supports Work Force Development and training. 

• Lorma Medical Center (San Fernando, La Union, Philippines) http://lorma.org
  Secured $1.5 M U.S. State Department grant for Lorma bio-techs to train Ugandan Ministry of Health staff on laboratory safety & HIV protocols. Serve as a Trustee on the Lorma Community Development Foundation.

•  Lutheran Social Services Foundation (Southern California)  http://lsscommunitycare.org                          Secured Dept of Education grants for students in two Sweetwater Union High Schools. Generated financial support for over 50 programs including case management, prescription assistance, child abuse prevention, aging / palliative care and housing.
•  Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona, California)  https://.westernu.edu

In conjunction with James Reynolds, DVM, MPVM, completed proof of concept validation and field testing on a mobile veterinary diagnostic laboratory. This unit allows mobility for easy field access and immediate diagnosis for bovine and other herd animals.

• College of the Desert Foundation (Palm Desert, California) https://codfoundation.org   

Created a comprehensive development plan which included: major donor development, corporate partnerships, grants and community relations.  Guided 5-person development team. $5.2M raised from private and public sources.

• Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, California) https://apu.edu       

Developed a globalization strategy to: 1. Increase the number and diversity of international students; 2. Establish partnerships with various multi-national institutions, and 3. Advance alternative learning and distance learning academic options.

Union Rescue Mission  2001-2005 (Los Angeles, California)  https://urm.org                                                                          

President and CEO                                        

Provided strategic leadership for this 130-year old skid row mission serving the indigent poor and chronically homeless. URM offers a full range of social services including: emergency food and shelter, substance abuse and recovery programs, case management for men and women, transitional housing and work force development.  Partnerships are in place with the UCLA School of Nursing, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education & Psychology.  Launched a $30 million capital campaign to build a transitional living facility for women called Hope Gardens. 

International Aid Inc.  1990-2000 (Spring Lake, Michigan) https://internationalaid.org                                                      

President and CEO         

Lead what became a $90 million per year health and humanitarian agency with a global workforce of 2,000 volunteers and employees serving the poor and disenfranchised through emergency relief and sustainable development programs. IAI equipped tertiary health facilities, launched primary health initiatives and mobile medical teams, ophthalmology, bio-tech support & laboratory services. Completed a $5 million capital campaign which added a 25,000 sq ft operations center / office complex to the existing 100,000 relief warehouse and bio-medical facility.