Rodney Ahart
CEO | Sustainability & Social Impact Strategist | Community + Corporate Partnerships
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Keep Austin Beautiful
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rodney Ahart
Executive leader aligning government, community, and cross-sector partners to deliver…
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Apr 2010 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Prepares, presents, and monitors budgets, negotiates contracts and agreements with government, foundation, and corporate entities, develops short and long-range plans across departments, and reports on the organization’s program impact and return on investment.• Builds, trains, develops, and leads a high-performing and diverse team while fostering a collaborative culture and encouraging innovation, and promoting personal and organizational learning and improvement.• Serves as the organization’s public face working closely with civic organizations, keeping the Board President and Board of Directors advised of all pertinent issues affecting the strategic indicators of the organization.Key Achievements: • Spearheaded donor recruitment, cultivation, and retention and built strategic partnerships with corporations in Central Texas to secure over $9.4M in income over an eight-year period.• Secured multi-year contracts totaling $4M from City of Austin Resource Recovery, City of Austin Watershed Protection, and Travis County to execute youth and adult education and volunteer programming.• Oversaw the education of over K-12 students and the engagement of 227,829 volunteers contributing 685,297 hours of service, removing 1.39M pounds of litter, and collecting 150,933 pounds of recycling.
Education
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Arts
The LBJ School of Public Affairs
Master of Public Affairs - MPAff
Skills
- Non-Profits
- Economic Development
- Program Development
- Team Building
- Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Career Development
- Public Relations
- Leadership Development
- Policy Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- Event Management
- Budgets
- Non-Profit Administration
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Legislative Relations
- Public Policy
- Grassroots Organizing
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Grants
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Campaigns
- Volunteer Management
- Training
- Negotiation
- Board Development
- Politics
- Project Management
- Budgeting
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Program Management
- Fundraising
- Community Engagement
- Workforce Development
- Event Planning
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