Alysia Cook, PCED, IOM

Experience

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  American Electric Power

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Economic Development

  Provided a variety of community & economic development services to 4 CSW electric utility operations: Southwestern Electric Power Company in Shreveport, Louisiana; West Texas Utilities in Abilene, Texas, Public Service of Oklahoma in Tulsa; and Central Power & Light in Corpus Christi, Texas; as well as the home office in Dallas, Texas.

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  Georgia EMC

  Apr 1998 - Apr 2003

  Sr. Community Economic Development Consultant

  Community & Economic Development services on behalf of Georgia's Electric Membership Corporations in the Northern 1/3 of state. Served 33 counties and 13 electric cooperatives with training, facilitation, and strategic planning services. For all five years, served as a curriculum developer and instructor of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development, an 8-day regional training program encouraging multi-county collaboration. Completed the Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at Harvard Law School while at GEMC. Show less

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  LCRA

  Apr 2004 - Nov 2012

  Sr. Economic Development Specialist

  Customized training, professional facilitation, and strategic planning services through LCRA. Served communities and community organizations throughout a 58-county service area in Central Texas. Designed and delivered hundreds of training programs for elected officials, community leaders, adult and youth leadership programs, non-profits, and volunteers. Developed programs to prepare communities to attract and retain quality business and industry investment. Served as a curriculum developer and instructor of the Texas Basic Economic Development Course. Show less

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  Opportunity Strategies LLC

  Dec 2012 - now

  Principal

  Customized training, professional facilitation, and strategic planning solutions for your organization. Customized training programs include board of directors development, ethics and integrity, shop local, leadership development (adult & youth,) economic development, customer service excellence, business retention & expansion. Professional facilitation services include board retreats, town hall meetings, public hearings, community roundtables, focus groups, and team building. Strategic planning services include multi-year strategic plans, one-year programs of work, organizational management, economic development planning, non-profit planning, and association planning.Serve as a curriculum developer and instructor of the IEDC-sanctioned Texas Basic Economic Development Course and the Community Development Institute.I am on the Faculty of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management.I am a certified instructor of the Texas Friendly Hospitality Program, designing and delivering Customer Service Excellence workshops and Secret Shopping services. Show less