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17 <br />Previous consulting contracts include: <br />• Facilitated planning exercise for Executive staff of the community college in Boston; <br />• Strategic planning, staff development and grant writing for community -based public <br />health coalitions in three Massachusetts cities; <br />• Grant - writing and coalition development assistance to the City of Boston in preparation <br />of a $93 million Empowerment Zone Grant; <br />• Evaluation of an inner -city youth service program in Boston that served as the prototype <br />for CityYear, which was the model for Americorps; conducted a survey of prior <br />participants; developed a training manual for youth volunteers with accompanying video <br />and management guidelines for staff; also assisted Foundation Board and staff to <br />develop a strategic plan and conducted executive search for new program director; <br />• Assisted in development of a resident energy conservation manual for use nationally. <br />Ms. Gee has spent most of her life in North Carolina and was graduated from the University of <br />North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English. She served two years as a university <br />English teacher in Tunisia, North Africa while in the Peace Corps. Ms. Gee held a department <br />head position with the N.C. Alternative Energy Corporation in Research Triangle Park (now <br />Advanced Energy) where her department conducted energy conservation research projects on <br />innovative financing for local governments, schools and nonprofit organizations, cost reduction <br />strategies for public housing, service delivery models for hard -to -reach populations and <br />consumer education. Her management experience includes service as Executive Director of a <br />non - profit 80- member organizational coalition outside Boston with an annual budget of $1.4 <br />million and a Board of Directors that included the Mayor, City Manager, Superintendent of <br />Schools, service providers and CEO's of major corporations. Ms. Gee was most recently <br />employed with the Town of Chapel Hill Department of Housing where she developed their <br />welfare -to -work self - sufficiency program, ACHIEVE!. <br />Fiscal and Sub - contract Management <br />Patricia Gee and contract staff as assigned will develop reporting and tracking systems for <br />expenditure of all contract funds in coordination with fiscal grantee, Dept. of Social Services and <br />other County departments as required. Gee Associates, Inc. will have direct responsibility for <br />the recommendation for payment of all project funds. The contractor will complete all fiscal <br />reporting and tracking tasks as required by the County and by the State for approval by the <br />County in the manner and on the schedule requested. <br />Timeframe and Schedule of Tasks <br />Gee Associates, Inc. is prepared to assume the responsibilities as described within this document <br />as soon as the County consummates a contract agreement. Budget projections assume a March 1 <br />administrative start-up. This contract will cover the period from March 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001. <br />While shortened overall timeframe for the grant may tighten some task delivery schedules and <br />unforeseen factors may influence the outcome of the program, Gee Associates, Inc. is dedicated <br />to completion of tasks as outlined in the TANF Pilot Housing Grant within the existing <br />timeframe and budget. <br />