
JV Partner at Transformational Health - Health Fusion
Gainesville, Florida Area

JV Partner at Transformational Health - Health Fusion
Gainesville, Florida Area
Family Caregiver, Internet Marketer, Author, and Speaker with goal to provide caregiver support, books & media, home health care products, and extensive resources to relieve caregiver stress, help prevent caregiver burnout, and promote caregiver health and wellness.
Compassionate Minister to abused, battered, traumatized and otherwise hurting women, co-dependents and people pleasers, to help prevent these situations, assist people trapped in them, and restore women afflicted by damaging after-effects.
Resourceful, results-oriented Executive and Consultant with proven leadership, strategic vision, market opportunity identification, corporate planning, finance, fundraising, and communication skills applied in corporations, new ventures, and national health charities.
Creative thinker, e.g., one prong of the two high-profit-potential market segments she identified in 1986 with strategies and implementation plans in the highly decentralized, rapidly growing "pre-recorded videocassette" industry - for tertiary markets and superstores - was applied in the creation of Blockbuster Video.
Noted for identifying problems & opportunities, developing responsive strategies & teams, Margaret's asset/liability management computer model was used by the Regional Comptroller's Office as the model for banks (1978-82). The youngest female Senior Vice President in Southeastern Regional Banking in 1981, her corporate planning process was emulated (with photos) by Ernst & Whinney/Young's National Bank Consulting practice. Her fall 1985 turnaround plan was dubbed by Merrill Lynch Hubbard's CFO (Merrill Lynch's real property syndication arm) as "the best money we have ever spent."
Margaret was offered the position of Senior Advisor to the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency in 1984 after being informed she came in third for Nancy Teeter's replacement on the Federal Reserve Board.
Hands-on family caregiver (eldercare, heart, dementia), compassionate women's ministry (co-dependency, abuse, people pleaser addictions), internet marketing, writing, speaking.
Strategic vision, creative thinking, market opportunity identification, team development, corporate & business planning, bank management, mergers & acquisitions, new ventures - in health care, lodging/resort, food & beverage, financial services, commercial real estate, home entertainment, pets, other industries.
(Alternative Medicine industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Home health care books & videos, resources, physical products (e.g., wheelchairs, orthopedic supports, hospital beds), disease-specific information, home caregiver support to relieve caregiver stress. Article writing, social networking, web 2.0, Squidoo, Hubpages, Resources research, Caregiver outreach, other.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Internet resource for dog owners and dog lovers, featuring Dog Behaviorist - "DogWhisperWoman" - Rena Murray's free dog behavior newsletter - Paw Persuasion Pointers, Platinum Expert Articles, Blog, extensive dog-related products, and more. Article editing and publishing, newsletter publishing, Squidoo lenses, linking strategies, building over 300 Googled pages (self-taught HTML), achieved multiple page 1 Google rank for a couple of targeted keywords.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Eldercare, Caregiver and coordinator of caregivers for Father (heart and other) and Mother (dementia), home and business affairs manager for them, health care surrogate
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
July 1985 — December 2003 (18 years 6 months)
Early stage market niche identification and plans (e.g., "pre-recorded videocassette" superstore strategy); Strategic, Business, and Financial Planning; Venture Capital Consulting; Humanitarian Project Planning & Funding; Commercial Real Estate Turnarounds (e.g., Merrill Lynch Hubbard "best money we ever spent").
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BKSO; Banking industry)
September 1981 — July 1985 (3 years 11 months)
Strategic, Business, & Financial Planning, Corporate & Market Positioning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intrastate & Interstate Expansion, Regulatory Applications - Led the corporation to quintuple shareholder value growth and treble asset size in 4 years while increasing every measure of profitability, liquidity, and asset quality.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)
July 1976 — September 1981 (5 years 3 months)
All Planning functions; developed first bank Asset/Liability Management computer program & new Budget system, Originator & Coordinator of Asset/Liability Management Committee & Product Development Committee; Member - Pricing Committee & Loan Committee, Market Research & Marketing Planning, Delivery Systems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
January 1975 — July 1976 (1 year 7 months)
Banking Industry Specialist; in department reporting to the Vice Chm., responsible for oversight of the #1 correspondent banking portfolio in the US. Coordinated New York Bank Group on workout of 3rd largest bank failure in history of country, and to my knowledge, negotiated the sale of more banks than anyone else in the private sector in the US in that 12-month period, and with approximately 100 simultaneous bank sale negotiations while walking a tightrope making new bankruptcy law.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
March 1974 — January 1975 (11 months)
Division of Bank Supervision & Regulation - Bank Holding Company Applications; Pete Barna's special banking task force - developing the first early warning system; Brenton Levitt's Bank Holding Company Liquidity Task Force; special projects for Advisor to the Board, Sam Chase
MBA , Finance , 1972 — 1974
Cours Superieur -L'Ecole de L'Ete , French Civilisation & Language , 1969 — 1969
Only one of three English-speaking students, translating Old French into Modern French, theory & history behind the grammar, and great time with friends from Stanford's campus in Tours
BA , French, Foreign Language Education , 1965 — 1969
Summa Cum Laude with Honors, FSU Hall of Fame, Homecoming Court, Military Ball Queen, Gymkana Princess, Greek Goddess runner-up (more contest wins/placements), runner-up Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award
God, my son, family, friends, my dogs, caregivers, home health care, women's issues, truth & justice & mercy, the economy & finance, weddings, travel, the beach and lake, helping abused and traumatized women, writing, speaking, internet marketing and social networking with web 2.0, health & wellness, eldercare
JV Alert, Internet Marketing Univ, Smarts, Ecademy, DWC Downtown Womens Club, Web 2.0 Forums, Leukemia Soc. of Am. (Nat'l Trustee, GA Chapter-VP,Sec), Combined Health Appeal of GA (Sec -1990's), GA Exec. Women's Network (Sec), Women's Forum (Sec 1985-86), Women's Commerce Club(charter mem.1980, Steering Com. 1985-86), Condo Board Sec. (1999- ), Atlanta Venture Forum, National Assoc.of Corporate Directors, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (Technology Task Force), Downtown Atlanta Chamber of Commerce-Government Relations Task Force, InterFinancial Assoc. 1984+, Planning Executives Inst. 1978+, The Institute of Management Science, Banking Law Institute 1984+, Am. Inst. of Banking 1976-1986, Am. Finance Assoc, Institute of Financial Education, Alliance Francaise, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra -Business & Prof. Womens Division- Advisory Bd, Guest Lecturer (financing business, project feasibility analysis, corporate planning) Georgia Tech, Georgia State Univ, Emory Univ, SBA, etc.
Trustee of the Year (GA Chap. Leukemia Society- twice), Who's Who in the World, Two Thousand Notable Americans, Who's Who of American Women, Personalities of America, The International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Who's Who In Banking and Finance, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, An Outstanding Young Woman in America 1978.. (13 Who's Who designations, multiple years)... Miss Florida -National College Queen Contest (1968 + other contest wins), Best Foods Salad Queen, Atlanta Clean City Commission Distinguished Service Award, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel granted by Gov. Joe Frank Harris (Georgia 1985),