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Appendix A. Resumes | 33 <br />Shannon Flowers <br />Senior Consultant <br />Shannon is a senior consultant in our Local <br />Government Practice Group. She is a finance <br />professional with more than 20 years of <br />experience, many of which have been spent in <br />director, C-suite, and senior-level roles. Her expertise in budgeting, fiscal <br />planning, cash flow analysis, and fiscal policy development is <br />augmented by a strong understanding of the business processes that <br />support efficient operations. As a consultant, her clients benefit from her <br />focus in change management and business process improvement as <br />well as her experience in training and leading staff through difficult <br />transitions. <br />Relevant Experience <br />Strategic Planning: Throughout her career, Shannon has strategically <br />planned for the allocation of fiscal resources. She served as the finance <br />director for the City of Central, Colorado for 10 years, as well as holding <br />the title of senior fiscal partner for the Colorado Governor’s Office of <br />Information Technology. In both roles, she was the subject matter expert <br />on budget development, responsible for establishing a cost model for <br />proposed services and analyzing national trends to identify effects on <br />local economic conditions. <br />Process Improvement: Shannon served as the operations branch chief <br />for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Disease <br />Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, and she was the <br />division authority for all fiscal, policy, procurement, and compliance <br />matters. In this role, she led efforts in reviewing existing division <br />processes, crafting recommendations for improvement, and <br />implementing the recommendations. This required substantial change <br />management expertise to encourage buy-in from division staff to assist <br />in the transition. Her role also involved administering an annual budget <br />of over $101 million that included a variety of funding sources, such as <br />federal grants, state funds, and cash donations. <br />International Public Policy: Shannon spent time in Bosnia with the <br />Atlantic Initiative identifying regional policies and best practices for civil <br />rights campaigns. She developed training materials on European Union <br />standards on civil rights and researched best practices for introducing <br />equality and security in the police force. Shannon then went on to serve <br />as the coordinator for the University of Denver’s Global Practice Bosnia <br />program for students. She served as in-country support and liaison for <br />the program director, managing all of the program logistics, events, and <br />excursions. In her consulting engagements, Shannon leverages this <br />experience in building relationships and working cross-culturally in <br />diverse settings. <br />Select Clients <br />City of Edgewater, CO <br />City of Greeley, CO <br />City of Gresham, OR <br />City of Redding, CA <br />City of Redlands, CA <br />City of Spokane Valley, WA <br />City of Westminster, CO <br />Doña Ana County, NM <br />Pitkin County, CO <br />Education <br />MA, Global Finance, Trade <br />and Economic Integration – <br />University of Denver <br />BA, Anthropology, <br />University of Colorado – <br />Denver <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: ED255D72-EB5F-464C-83B6-643F4B19812A