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Town of Paradise Administrative Services Director/Town Treasurer Search
Dr. Rafe Edward Trickey, Jr.
March 18, 2020
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• Skill coordinating and maintaining institutional and organizational data and information,
including overseeing and working closely with communications professionals to effectively
and impactfully disseminate data;
• Extensive experience reviewing, analyzing and evaluating legislation, regulations, guidelines
and other legal holdings affecting institutional operations and appropriately advising councils,
commissions, boards and department directors accordingly;
• Success at raising funds by developing and implementing organizational and strategic
communication plans that incorporate clear definition of goals, target audiences, and strategies
in line with institutional goals;
• Knowledge, accountability and comprehension skills to formulate budgetary planning and
prioritization of projects, programs and activities, using sound judgment while meeting
organizational goals;
• Experience maintaining strong teams, with proven ability to promote a work environment that
rewards individual and collective success, and the ability to motivate staff and act as a role
model;
• Proven understanding of the philosophy of quality service with an aptitude for working as the
leader of a team, and successful experience working within a large, highly complex
organization;
• Advanced executive experience managing complex, multifaceted and growing organizations,
with complete oversight responsibility of financial, marketing, boards, administrative, and
programmatic activities;
• Proven program management experience, including resource administration, strategic planning,
recruitment of staff and volunteers, and performance management;
• Demonstrated experience in hiring, training, supervising, evaluating and disciplining staff;
• Proven experience in effectively advising, motivating, and communicating with community
members and staff; and
• Proven ability to coordinate and encourage interaction with diverse populations, including the
ability to establish professional working relationships and interact effectively with diverse
groups having competing interests and priorities within departments, districts and greater
service communities.

In service to the Town of Paradise, I would bring a broad and deep skill set, educational
credentials, attitudes and an experience profile, including:

• An earned doctorate from the University of California, San Diego, an earned Master of
Science degree from the University of Southern California, an earned Master of International
Affairs degree from Columbia University in the City of New York’s School of International
and Public Affairs, an earned Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa
Barbara, an earned Associate of Arts degree from a California Community College, and an
earned Certificate in Fund Raising with a Specialization in Institutional Development from
the University of California, Los Angeles;
• Successful experience in institutional effectiveness programming, leadership, organization,
planning, staffing, evaluation, finance, accounting, budget development and management, and
service area outcomes design;
• Expanding funding and program opportunities through acquisition and management of local,