Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________SKILLS Successful track record of entrepreneurship, community leadership, project managementSUMMARY and working with others to initiate projects and develop coalitions and partnerships.

Successful track record of working with individuals, philanthropic organizations,businesses and local and state governments for successful development/fundraisingefforts. Comprehensive skills in financial analysis, financial modeling, financialmanagement and market analysis for community projects and development.Considerable experience in project feasibility, project planning, project implementation,and project negotiations. Successful record working with local, state, university andfederal government leaders to help facilitate development of projects. Successful trackrecord of management of individuals on both local and state-wide projects.

______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Not For Profit Management and Leadership 2012-2015COMMUNITY Managing Director, Project Horseshoe Farm, Greensboro, AL

Stepped down from Project Horseshoe Farm Board of Directors and raised salary in3 months to create Managing Director and Director of External Affairs position forthe organization to pursue ambitious 3 year plan (organization’s first paid position).

Developed strong partnerships with foundations, corporations, and individuals togrow Project Horseshoe Farm’s operating budget from $35,000 in 2012, $230,000 in2013, and to $380,000 in 2014 (with over $1.3 million raised as of Dec 2014) and$680,000 in 2015 (plus an additional $500,000 construction budget for the “OldGreensboro Hotel” project and a $511,000 construction budget for “Small HouseSupported Community” project).

Helped to recruit, interview, and select five (2012) , seven (2013) and ten (2014)recent college graduates from top universities across the country for the ProjectHorseshoe Farm’s 13 month Fellowship/Internship and helped manage and teachhands-on courses and lessons in not-for-profit management, financial management,community engagement, organizational operations and external affairs.

Initiated, developed and organized political support to develop and sustainpartnerships with political leaders, universities and colleges, businesses, governmentand state agencies, non-profit organizations, churches and religious organizations,schools, hospitals and healthcare agencies, and individuals from both local and state-wide sources. Provided expertise, consultation, good will, support, and other benefitsto the organization from these relationships and partnerships.

Initiated and developed a partnership with the University of Alabama atBirmingham’s Medical School to successfully create a one-to-two month ruralmedical rotation and scholarly activity for third and fourth year medical students atProject Horseshoe Farm starting November 2013.

Initiated and developed a partnership with the University of Alabama atBirmingham’s Nursing School for an innovative service-learning program where sixnursing students helped support a community adult day program and an after-schooltutoring program at Project Horseshoe Farm six days a semester that allowed UABnursing students to receive course credit for their work while developing real worldskills and learning how to work in a rural community. (Fall Semester 2014 andSpring Semester 2015.)

Initiated and developed partnership with the University of Alabama’s AssociateProvost to work with Honors College, Law School, Business School and College ofCommunity Health students to help support Project Horseshoe Farm’s after-school,community clubhouse, and housing programs and develop innovative community-based, rural service learning and training site in Greensboro, Alabama.

Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Not For Profit Management and Leadership 2012-2015COMMUNITY Managing Director, Project Horseshoe Farm, Greensboro, AL

Initiated and developed an innovative service leaning project with the University ofAlabama’s Law School through their Community Law Clinic, in which three lawstudents lived in Greensboro, Alabama (Summer 2014) and worked as the in-houselegal counsel for Project Horseshoe Farm to handle all legal issues related to the not-for-profit’s contracts, real estate and construction, state-wide regulations andlegislation and its current operations.

Initiated and developed a partnership with Auburn University’s Honors College topilot an innovative online remote tutoring program that linked ten of AuburnUniversity’s highest achieving students with ten at-risk children in Alabama’s BlackBelt Region (Fall 2014). In Spring 2015, expanded this program to 35 AuburnUniversity Honors College students and piloted a similar ten-student program withthe University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Honors College.

Initiated and developed a partnership with an Auburn University Real EstateDevelopment Professor to commission a supply-and-demand study for the potentialsmall house project (500 SF) for Hale County. The completed study also includeddemographic information from Greene, Sumter, Perry, Marengo, and ChoctawCounties and was presented to Auburn’s School of Architecture’s Chair and 20KHousing Manager who offered consulting/design services for the project which isscheduled for construction in Summer 2015. (ALFA Insurance had begundiscussions to fund entire construction costs of $511,000).

Recruited and hired a local Teach For America corps member (Summer 2013) whotaught in Black Belt public schools for two years as a Youth Programs Director toexpand and strengthen after-school tutoring programs and develop in-schoolenrichment programs. Also recruited and hired a Birmingham Southern andGeorgetown graduate from Washington, D.C. (Winter 2014) for second YouthProgram Director Position.

Initiated and developed partnership and long-term plans with Alabama’s Departmentof Education and the State Superintendent to develop a strategic plan and fundingstrategy to improve, strengthen, and expand the Project Horseshoe Farm’s after-school programs in order to develop a turn-key and replicable after-schooltutoring/mentoring model for rural communities in Alabama’s Black Belt Region.This model would link on-line tutors with local students through internet-based videoconferencing programs, with efforts made possible through partnerships with topuniversities and colleges across the State.

Successfully wrote and was awarded a $600,000 21st Century grant ($200,000/yearfor 3 years) to work in partnership with the Hale County School System tostrengthen Project Horseshoe Farm’s after-school mentoring/tutoring programs andallow its programs to reach students in 1st through 12th grades and to grow thenumber of students in the after-school program from 70 students to 140 students.

Oversaw the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities andfinancial statements for the organization including: organizational revenue/expenseand balance sheet reports, reports to funding agencies, the development andmonitoring of organizational and contract/grant budgets. Was responsible for allpurchasing and payroll activity for staff and participants and the educational stipendsfor interns.

Developed and maintained systems of internal controls to safeguard financial assetsof the organization. Oversaw the coordination and activities of independent auditorsensuring all relevant compliance issues were met and the preparation of the annualfinancial statements was in accordance with requirements for organization. Worked

Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Not For Profit Management and Leadership 2012-2015COMMUNITY Managing Director, Project Horseshoe Farm, Greensboro, AL

closely in collaboration with organization’s CPA to provide necessary information,documents, and overview of all operational activities.

Advised Project Horseshoe Farm’s Board of Directors on organizational structureand processes, strategic planning, and resource allocation includingstaffing/scheduling, human resources/volunteer issues, insurance issues, building,grounds, and equipment maintenance, use and implementation of technology inoperations, establishing operational processes and process improvement, and insetting and monitoring operational goals.

Worked with legal counsel to ensure that operations and organizational activitieswere in compliance with relevant laws.

Helped facilitate donation of 20,000+/- SF historic hotel located on Main Street inGreensboro, Alabama. Handled due-diligence including legal, insurance,construction estimates, and managed the first phase of construction and restorationwhich included rebuilding the foundation, floor joists and seals, new roof, replacing14 layers of bricks on second and third stories and rebuilding all windows with a$500,000 construction budget.

Worked with local architects, contractors, and four Auburn University InteriorDesign School students to design an innovative, 500 square foot, ADA accessiblesmall house that could be built for $25,000 and used in an innovative supported-housing model designed to care for low-income elderly adults who have no familysupport, people with mental illness, and elderly adults with physical disabilities.

Worked with a local catfish farmer to donate 10 acres for small house project siteand developed site plan with architect. Designed an on-site community supportcenter, housing for service-learning students, and system of walking trails that linkedthe buildings in the community to future residents. Worked with ALFAInsurance/Alabama’s Farer Federation leaders to develop and present a total projectbudget of $511,000 and began discussions to fund project entire project.

______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Consulting, Community Organization, and Project Development 2011-2012HEALTHCARE Consultant, Hale County Hospital, Greensboro, AL

Hired as a consultant by Hale County Hospital and Netty Spain Hospital Trust toreach out to contacts including state-wide healthcare leaders, local and staterepresentatives and elected officials, private foundations, and individual supporters.

Set up an onsite tour of Hale County Hospital and Greensboro Community withhigh-level healthcare CEO and a Robert Wood Johnson and Kettering Foundationboard member to discuss vision for rural community healthcare.

Developed a business plan to present to Hale County Hospital Board of Directorswith the goal of presenting a strategic map for the Hale County Hospital to create aniche as a rural teaching hospital, to partner with large statewide institutions anmedical schools, to develop an innovative education training site focused on ruralhealthcare education, and to prepare for upcoming challenges facing ruralcommunity hospitals.

Initiated and successfully developed potential partnerships for Hale County Hospitaland Greensboro community through statewide efforts that involved civic, political,business, philanthropic and healthcare system leaders to strengthen a vulnerablecommunity hospital.

Provided in-depth financial analyses of Hale County Hospital’s operating budget bydefining and presenting a demographic analysis of the market area, providing

Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Consulting, Community Organization, and Project Development 2011-2012HEALTHCARE Consultant, Hale County Hospital, Greensboro, AL

financial highlights, operational measurements, made suggestions for areas ofimprovement and offered a new strategy for billings and collections.

Helped design and structure a proposal for collaboration and partnership betweenstatewide health system and Hale County Hospital.

Set up meetings and developed relationships with state-wide healthcare leaders todiscuss plans for a potential long-term strategic plan and partnership with HaleCounty Hospital and the Greensboro community.

Worked with Auburn University’s Rural Studio Director and 20K Housing Managerto discuss an opportunity to partner with Hale County Hospital to develop and testthe feasibility of using Auburn’s 20K house as an alternative for affordable ruralhealthcare housing option in the Greensboro Community.

Helped redesign and build a new accounting and record system for Hale CountyHospital.

Set up meeting with electronic medical record system provider and negotiated a newplan of action to retrain hospital staff and provided onsite training department headsand administration.

Built strong relationships with local schools, churches, pastors and education leadersto build support for Hale County Hospital.

______________________________________________________________________________________LEADERSHIP Leadership, Service and Community Organization 2008-2010EDUCATION Community Leader/Liaison, Recruitment of Teach For America, Demopolis, AL

Initiated and helped successfully-lead grassroots statewide effort that involved civic,political, business, philanthropic and educational system leaders throughout the Stateto bring Teach For America to Alabama.

Worked with State Superintendent, State education leaders, and Governor’s office tohelp rewrite Alabama’s Alternative Teacher Certification Legislation.

Helped forge a partnership between Teach for America and the University ofAlabama’s College of Education.

Assisted in raising over $1.5 million from individuals, foundations, and corporationsto support first three years of program.

Worked with state senators and representatives, the Governor’s office, andCongressman Artur Davis’ Office to secure commitment of $2 million dollars ofstate funding for initiative and to garner statewide political support for the initiative.

Helped interview and select the Executive Director for Teach For America ofAlabama.

Continued to provide support and mentorship to local Teach For America Corpsmembers in Alabama’s Black Belt Region.

Worked with local community, business, civic and educational system leaders fromseven counties through Black Belt region to garner local community support for theinitiative.

Facilitated successful negotiations between Teach for America and Superintendentsof seven Black Belt school districts.

______________________________________________________________________________________BUSINESS Bill Mackey Land & Real Estate Consulting, Demopolis, Alabama 2006-2012EXPERIENCE Real Estate Consulting and Advisory Services

Recruited and hired by successful businessman and entrepreneurs to provide supportand expertise in real estate and business valuations, project development and realestate consulting for projects in Southeast and Western States.

Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________BUSINESS Bill Mackey Land & Real Estate Consulting, Demopolis, Alabama 2006-2012EXPERIENCE Real Estate Consulting and Advisory Services

Performed site selection, market and financial feasibility analysis for potentialequestrian neighborhoods, student housing, municipal multi-use arena, mini-warehousing development, shell rock mining operation and single-family/multi-family housing subdivisions.

Developed complex pro-forma models for multi-family residential, industrial,commercial, timber, and mining operations

Negotiated terms for oil and gas lease for a group of Texas ranchers/land ownerswith national energy company.

Performed majority of work for MAI appraisers on the valuation of large land tractswith issues regarding conservation easements, wetlands, right-of-ways,condemnations, mineral rights, timber, and subdivision analysis.

Performed geographical information systems analysis on a regular basis for largeland and timber acquisitions using ArcInfo software for building maps with multiplelayers for final decision makers and GPS marking for on-site visits and inspections.

Analyzed demographic, economic, and population trends to forecast future housingsupply demands in partnership with State university professors and consultants toestimate absorption and capture rates for large multi-use developments.

Created and implemented international marketing campaigns for large U.S. landtracts in major European newspapers and magazines.

Managed and oversaw the permitting, entitlement , engineering, land planning, andsubdivision of a 700 acre water-front development on Lake Guntersville

Performed due diligence for $20+ million Texas cattle Ranch properties including:GIS mapping, financial modeling, data verification, lease negotiations, and detailedoperations overview with investment analysis.

Performed complex analysis for statewide litigation issues regarding easements,timber values, right-of-ways, detrimental conditions, and property rights.

______________________________________________________________________________________INTERNSHIP Cowart Hospitality Services, Birmingham, Alabama Summer 2005EXPERINCE Real Estate Valuation and Development Intern and Thesis Student

Performed in-depth market analysis and initial development plans for two HamptonInn Hotel developments in Jasper and Florence Alabama.

Completed Master’s Thesis on “Real Estate Cycles in Birmingham Alabama’s Mid-Scale Hotel Industry”.

______________________________________________________________________________________EDUCATION Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Master in Science in Business/Real Estate Valuation December 2005Concentration: FinanceReal Estate Circle of Excellence & Sam Kornblau ScholarshipsCompleted 2 Year Master’s Program in 1 YearUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, ALMaster of Business Administration August 2003Concentration: FinanceFull-Time Employee at Bradley Arant (legal research) while earning MBAAuburn University Auburn, ALBachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting) December 2001Beta Alpha Psi (National Honorary Accounting Fraternity)Auburn University Central European Studies Program Prague, CZDirector of Finance & Accounting for E-Business Start-Up 05/2001

Michael J. LynchP.O. Box 39

Greensboro, AL 36744Tel: (334) 654-3096

Email: lynchmj78@gmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________ADDITIONAL Leadership, Service and Community Organization 2006-2015

Serves as Roundtable Member for P.A.R.C.A. (Public Affairs Research Council ofAlabama- Statewide, nonpartisan, multi-issue policy think tank).

Serves on Board of Directors and as Treasurer for VOICES For Alabama’s Children(Statewide, nonpartisan, multi-issue child advocacy non-profit organization.).

o Chair Finance and Audit Committees and serve on Public PolicyCommittee

o Selection Committee for new Executive Director (2013) Served on Board of Directors for Project Horseshoe Farm and as a board member

helped develop a weekly after school tutoring program for 4th and 5th graders inGreensboro, Alabama and initiated and developed a partnership with the EpiscopalChurch’s Camp McDowell’s Environmental Science Program and Project HorseshoeFarm for students to spend three days at Camp McDowell to supplement their currentscience curriculum.

o Lead fundraising and development as a Project Horseshoe Farm boardmember.

Member of Leadership Alabama Initiative (class of 2008) and invited speaker for“Leadership and Community Engagement” for Leadership Alabama’s EducationalRetreat in Mobile, as well as a Leadership Alabama’s guide for “Understanding theBlack Belt Region”.

Serves on Children’s Hospital of Alabama’s Committee for the Future (Class of2015).

Served on the Marengo County Economic Development Authority Board. Rotarian and Served on the Group Study Exchange Committee Demopolis Rotary

Club (2006-2011). Invited speaker for Auburn University’s Real Estate Society on Rural

Entrepreneurship and Rural Real Estate Development (2012). Awarded University of Alabama’s “Outstanding Community Engagement

Partnership Award” (2014) through UA’s Department of Community Affairs Office. Invited speaker for Auburn University’s K(no)w Poverty Lecture Series (2015). Invited Speaker for University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Faculty Fellows

Program to discuss innovative way universities can engage their students incommunity-based service learning projects (2015).

Hosted U.S.Department of Education Leaders (Director of Rural Education andDirector of Faith-Based Initiatives) for two-day guided tour of innovativeeducational programs in Alabama’s Black Belt Region.

Served as Vestry Member for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro, AL. Invited U.S. Department of Education Speaker/Panelist for Faith-Based Partnerships

at the 2012 Church of God In Christ National Convention. Serves on Kairos Prison Ministry Team at Donaldson Correctional Facility Serves on Steering Committee for South Highland Presbyterian Church’s Mental

Health and Adult Day Programs. Serves as an advisor and community volunteer for Safe House Black History

Museum in Greensboro, Alabama. Serves on Board of Receivership for Sigma Nu Fraternity (Auburn University

Chapter) Tasked with restructuring recruitment, pledgeship and organizationaloperations to eliminate hazing, underage drinking and to develop and 4 year service-leadership educational plan.

o Chair Volunteer and Community Outreach Committee