Michael J. Spadafore

EDUCATION

Certificate, Landscape Design·Triton College (anticipated 2012)

Master of Urban Planning and Policy · University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Urban Planning and Public Administration
Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies · Judson College (now Judson University)
LEED Accredited Professional · United States Green Building Council
Bachelor of Arts, History through the Arts · Carthage College

COMPUTER LITERACY

ArcGIS · Adobe CS4 (Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) · AutoCAD 2008 · GoogleEarth & Sketch-Up · Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher)

EMPLOYMENT

◦ Finance Analyst (Contractor) ·Maple Leaf Bakery · Des Plaines, IL · (Sep-Nov 2010)
Responsible for keying trade and marketing variances for the finance department, as well as preparing for audits and the opening of next fiscal year

◦ Team Leader Assistant (Contractor) · 2010 Census · Lemont, IL · (Spring 2010)
Daily processing of enumerator paperwork, as well as special projects to keep team and team leader on task and compliant

◦ Research Assistant · Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · (2008-2009)
Worked with regional non-profit advocacy agency on projects concerning community development, affordable housing, transit oriented development, transportation congestion, corridor redevelopment initiatives, and grant administration. Deliverables included press releases, data analysis, layout design, group exercise design, electronic and hard copy presentation materials, and community engagement meeting facilitation

Lawndale Corridor Development Initiative

Rebuilding and Renewing America: Infrastructure Choices in the Great Lakes Megaregion [an America 2050 Forum]

Reconnecting Neighborhoods Program (2010 APA-IL Award Winner for a Strategic Plan)

Empowering Citizens for Change: Placemaking Comes to Chicago

Placemaking: Chicago

Hyde Park Block Building Exercise

◦ Intern · Gleason Architects, P.C. · Sugar Grove, IL · (2005-2006)
Interned with a firm that focused on Supportive Living Facilities, tenant improvements and custom residential work; member of design team responsible for projects attempting LEED certification

◦ Graduate Assistant · Judson College, Department of Architecture · Elgin, IL · (2004)
Assisted faculty with class preparation and pre-publication layout of Thomas U. Walter: The Lectures on Architecture, edited by Dr. Jhennifer Amundson

Thomas U. Walter: The Lectures on Architecture, 1841-53

◦ Executive Assistant · Arthur Andersen · Chicago, IL · (2001-2002)
Assistant to the departmental manager and seven other mid-level managers; provided administrative support, travel planning, meeting preparation, and scheduling functions; served as back-up assistant to an additional ten managers, as needed

◦ Research Assistant · Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center · Chicago, IL · (1998-2000)
Organized and maintained the ‘Celebration Collection’, a body of original artwork by Chicagoland artists over 50 years old; research for the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging focused on how the built environment contributes to healing

◦ Administrative Assistant · Oak Park Area Arts Council · Oak Park, IL · (1996-1997)
Coordinated publicity, setup, acquisition and installation of artwork for two exhibition galleries, as well as coordinating annual auction fundraiser

◦ Volunteer · AmeriCorps · Kenosha, WI · (1995-96)
Tutored at-risk elementary school students in the public school system; participated in community improvement projects throughout Wisconsin

◦ Intern · Frank Palumbo Civil War Museum· Kenosha, WI · (1994-1995)
Designed and compiled the first complete catalog of the collection and acquired pieces on loan from private collectors for special exhibits

◦ Intern · Anderson Arts Center· Kenosha, WI· (1994)
Responsible for all mansion/gallery operations on weekends, facilitated workshops and guided tours for outside agencies, and presented a brief history of the mansion to the Board of Directors at their winter meeting

OTHER VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Experience in both non-profit and corporate sectors · accounting, budgeting and administrative functions · conflict resolution, staffing and supervisiory responsibilities, and scheduling · executing multiple simultaneous projects on budget and [often] ahead of schedule


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