Brett B.

About Brett B.

As the Chief Executive Officer of Heuser Hearing Institute, I lead a regional non-profit organization that provides comprehensive and personalized hearing and speech services to children and adults. With an LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine Law School, I leverage my legal and mediation skills to foster collaboration, innovation, and efficiency among our staff, partners, and donors.I have over 10 years of experience in the non-profit sector, where I have been dedicated to creating diverse, inclusive, and supportive programs and communities. Since joining Heuser Hearing Institute in 2013, I have increased fundraising by 28%, reduced debt by 100%, expanded to four new locations, and doubled the size of our hearing and language academy. I have also established strategic partnerships with local health, education, and social service agencies that enhance our mission and vision. My goal is to promote the growth and development of the whole person through hearing health and education.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Heuser Hearing Institute

   May 2013 — Present

   Provides executive leadership for a regional hearing center that promotes the growth of the whole person through highly individualized services that foster physical, intellectual, social, diversity, and emotional development and creates lifelong habits for hearing health• Guides the creation of supportive programs and services that are available to all children in need, raise community awareness, and have capacity to assist children and families with fewer economic resources •. Develops community agency partnerships (University of Louisville, KentuckyOne Health, Norton Healthcare, Jefferson County Public Schools, University of Kentucky) that promote and fulfill the institute’s mission, vision, and purpose • Guided center growth to increase services and education to treat to patients each year through comprehensive service offerings designed to address communication, hearing loss, and ear-related disorders for all ages• Doubled hearing aid sales and increased ancillary revenue through vestibular therapy services and extending community partnerships.• Supervises the long-term fiscal planning and annual budgeting of $4.5M, including associated capital planning and collaborates with the department heads to develop yearly and long term budgets• Collaborates with Board of Directors to support strong governance and engage explore issues related to financial strategy, increasing community impact, and partnering with state or national associations• Serves as the Institute’s advocate to Kentucky Government constituencies to ensure funding is requested and appropriated so that future Kentucky State revenues continue to be awarded to the HHI/HHLA

Education

• San Diego State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology

  1990 — 1996

• Pepperdine Law

  Doctor of Law - JD, Law

  2000 — 2003

• Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute

  LLM

  2003 — 2004

• Dale Carnegie Training

  Management Workshop

  1998 — 1998

Skills

• Writing
• Editing
• Legal Writing
• Budgets
• Organizational Development
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Communications
• Non-Profits
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Public Relations
• Teaching
• Time Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Policy
• Administration
• Executive Positions
• Staff Development
• Public Policy
• Conflict Resolution
• Workshop Facilitation
• Civil Litigation
• Board Development
• Marketing
• Legal Affairs
• Social Media
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Event Management
• Non-Profit Administration
• Volunteer Management
• Program Management
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• Contract Negotiation
• Public Speaking
• Grants
• Grant Writing
• Leadership