Experience

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  Martin flahive, attorney at law

  Jan 1978 - now

  Attorney

  Member of the Colorado Bar. Private practice with focus on wills, trusts and estates. More than 450 class hours in continuing education.

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  Regis university

  Jan 1992 - Aug 2017

  Adjunct mba faculty

  Instructor to MBA students for "Legal and Ethical Environment of Business," a required course for the Master of Business Administration and allied masters level programs.

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  City and county of denver

  Jul 2001 - May 2007

  Managed $30 million in federal grants for homeland security for the metro Denver area. Coordinated multi-jurisdictional Working Group to establish priorities for the use of homeland security, including equipment, training, exercises and related. (Also served as Mayor Webb's lead negotiator in collective bargaining with Police, Fire and Sheriffs.) Assigned to a new management team to address serious problems in the department. Implemented a myriad of professional improvements to close gaps in financial management.Represented department in Manager's absence. (Also served as Mayor Webb's lead negotiator in collective bargaining with Police, Fire and Sheriffs.)

  • Special Ass't to Manager of Safety

    Jan 2004 - May 2007

  • Deputy Manager of Parks & Recreation

    Jul 2001 - Dec 2003
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  The flahive group llc

  Jun 2007 - now

  Principal

  Current consulting roles include:Quality assurance consultant for Denver Preschool Program;Executive compensation adviser to Westerra Credit Union;Compensation consultant for Adams County Communications (ADCOM)Recent accomplishments include:Appeals manager for DIA concessionaire evaluation program;Compensation consultant to City of Boulder for police and civilian collective bargaining (6 years)Prior consulting experience includes:Strategic planning consultant for Colorado Dept of Local Affairs (4 yrs);Facilitator for TBD Colorado - a state-wide public engagement program for the State of Colorado (in affiliation with Engaged Public);Board facilitator and support consultant for Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC);Successful 8-month facilitation of School Finance Partnership (in affiliation with Engaged Public);Principal author of initial $18 million grant for Colorado Health Benefit Exchange;;Homeland security consulting - Territory of Guam & Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept.; Collective bargaining adviser - Mayor Hickenlooper's Administration: City and County of Denver. Show less

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  State of colorado

  Feb 2008 - Feb 2011

  Governor's designee for employee partnerships

  Appointed by Governor to carry out an executive order establishing employee partnerships and permitting employees to elect organizations to represent them in partnership deliberations. In addition to successfully implementing the executive order, served as lead or co-lead negotiator in all partnership engagements at the departmental and system-wide level, resulting in five comprehensive departmental partnership agreements and several reports to address pressing needs in State government.