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PRIMARY SERVICE OFFERING
ROBERT CHIRLES
OFFERING: FACILITATE GOVERNMENTAL / ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT
"Public organizations are undergoing constant change and are being challenged as never before. While sound management is an important component of successful organizations, it is leadership that is absolutely essential and much harder to find."
Bob Chirles, 2001
Client Description:
- Political and professional leadership of local government and local government agencies
Offering description:
- Facilitation of planning and implementation among different entities within local government
- Assessment of organizational effectiveness
- Management of issue resolution
- Clarify communication processes for better outcomes
- Exploration, understanding, and improvement of the unique relationship between elected officials and professional staff
Value Of Offering:
- Improved collaboration among different entities to achieve common goals
- Reduce unnecessary discord
- Improve effectiveness of the whole
- Focus on outcome based strategies and ongoing planning processes
- Improve service to local government stakeholders
- Increase support for local government budget
GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
Court Facilities and Grounds Project Manager - Loudoun County, Virginia, Department of Construction and Waste Management (P/T, January 2011-Present)
- Serve as liaison between court system and county government during development of new court facilities
Interim Director - Loudoun County, Virginia, Department of Economic Development (January - December 2010)
- Requested by County Administration to delay retirement to serve as Interim Director during search for permanent Director
Director - Loudoun County, Virginia, Department of Family Services (1993 - 2010)
- Developed and led a "world class" (Gallup Reference) department using evidenced based decision making and strategic planning during a period of unprecedented growth
- Consistently asked to incorporate existing programs from other departments that required attention
Commissioner - Putnam County, New York, Department of Social Services and Mental Health (1991-1993)
- Initiated and implemented the first consolidation of county mental health services with social services in New York State
Commissioner - Putnam County, New York, Department of Social Services (1986 - 1991)
- Created homeless housing initiative for a NYC suburb that utilized a more cost effective county shelter rather than expensive motels
Director - Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, Putnam County New York, Mental Health Department (1983 - 1986)
- Negotiated a scholarship arrangement for free/reduced fee beds with a major private sector residential treatment center
Senior Planning Research Analyst - Westchester County, New York, Youth Bureau (1978 - 1979)
- Managed contracts with non-profit agencies
- Implemented a research project on countywide youth needs
Program Director - Youth Services Agency, City of Yonkers, New York (1976 - 1978)
- Managed direct services for New York State’s 4th largest city
- Privatized residential services and organized a collaborative program among disparate city youth programs
NON-GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
National Association of Counties (NACO)
- Workshop Presenter at Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. and at the National Conference in Reno (2010)
Project Coordinator - United Way of Westchester County, New York (1982 - 1983)
- Served as point of contact for United Auto Workers during General Motors plant shutdown
Associate Executive Director - The Cage Teen Center, Inc., White Plains, New York (1979 - 1982)
- Reorganized non-profit and improved outcomes of a multi-service center for at risk youth
Director - Archdiocese of New York, Drug Abuse Prevention Program (1972 - 1976)
- Led the first system wide program for Catholic High Schools in NYC
- Developed and expanded the program to suburban counties of the Archdiocese
Adjunct Professor - Pace University, Department of Education (1983 - 1986)
Field Supervisor - Fordham University, School of Social Work (1977 - 1981)
EDUCATION
- M.S., Counselor Education, St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York
- M.Div., B.A., St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, New York
- Institute For Intercultural Communication, Catholic University of Puerto Rico
- University of Virginia, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, Senior Executive Institute
RELATED ACTIVITIES
- Leadership Loudoun
- Vice President, Virginia Association of Local Human Services Officials
- Chairman, Birmingham Green
- Board Member, Virginia Regional Transit, Inc.
- Member, Diocese of Arlington, Review Panel on Clergy Child Abuse
- Board Member, Catoctin Foundation, Free Clinic
- Board Member, Piedmont Community Foundation
- Vice-President, New York Public Welfare Association
- Chairman, Family and Children’s Services Committee, NY Public Welfare Association
- President, Carmel Central School District
- President, United Way of Putnam
- Board Member, Putnam Hospital Center
- Board Member, Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center
- Board Member, Health Systems Agency of the Hudson Valley
- Emergency Medical Technician, Carmel Volunteer Ambulance Corp
AFFILIATIONS
- The Regis Group, Inc.
- International City/County Management Association
- Virginia Association of Local Human Services Officials
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