"It is easier to talk about creating a national model than to do it...

Quinn Cottages graduation rate tripled while length-of-stay reduced nearly by half.

... In a field where there is often more motion than movement, Robert Tobin generated the leadership, entrepreneurship, passion, media interest, political and financial support needed to do the hardest of things: create change. You would do well to engage his talents to lead your organization."
MIKE HOWE, Former Chair
National Task Force on Community Leadership
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
Stanford University
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  INFLUENCE & IMPACT

Opened in 2002 & doubling capacity in 2006, over 200 kids now call Serna Village "home".

STRENGTH: Leading agency start-up, turn-around or expansion campaigns with participant-driven, strength-based methodologies that engage marginalized populations in helping themselves - and each other - to regain resilience

SKILL SETS:
• organizational leadership     • resiliency model implementation
• outcome documentation       • program design
• staff training/development    • marketing/publicity                 
• community organizing           • policy advocacy
• strategic planning                  • long-term budgeting
• brand management               • event planning  
• fundraising/grantsmanship    • issue research
                                                                                                                                 • cost avodiance/savings reinvestment analysis 
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                 Gallup STRENGTH-FINDERS / Top Five: Input • Ideation • Strategic •  Connectedness •  Woo    
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