Deborah Young-Bowden, SPHR

Experience

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  Buckeye Valley Schools

  Jul 1978 - Jun 1985

  Vocational Agriculture Teacher & Occupational Work Adjustment Coordinator

  Instructed and taught youth and adults. Production Agriculture, Farm Management, Occupational Work Adjustment. Developed curriculum, instruction, programs-of-work. Supervised 60 students, employers, work experience projects, visits, and leadership development projects. Farm Business Planning and Analysis. Grew Young and Adult Farmer Programs from 8 to 82 members. Hosted state-wide contests, tours, and activities. Managed department. Used best practices, bench-marking, competency-based and problem-solving methodology.OSU Cooperating Teacher, Programs consistently ranked top in state and national competitions in FFA, YFA, National Safety Council, and OWA activities. Co-Chaired school's first North Central Accreditation Process, Chaired Teacher Professional Development, BV Teachers Association, and Compensation and Negotiations Teams. Show less

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  Countrymark Cooperative Inc.

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1997

  Human Resource Employment, Training and Organizational Development

  MANAGER, TRAINING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND O'LAKES/ARCHER DANIEL MIDLAND/COUNTRYMARK COOPERATIVE INC., formerly COUNTRYMARK COOPERATIVE, INC. 1991 to 1997. $2.3B wholesale, manufacturing, logistic, retail and consulting business servicing 8,000 employees at 700 facilities. Designed and directed talent selection and development initiatives to increase profitability, sales, market share and customer satisfaction levels. Oversaw Board of Director and CEO Succession/Employment and HRD services for 140 Member Businesses. Created and implemented performance enhancement / reward systems. Led and served on Corporate Leadership Council, Quality, Diversity and IT teams. Performed Business Partner, Generalist, Strategic and Global HR Roles. Member, team charged with gaining entry into European and global markets.MANAGER, EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, LAND O'LAKES/ARCHER DANIEL MIDLAND/COUNTRYMARK COOPERATIVE INC., FORMERLY COUNTRYMARK, INC. 1989 TO 1991. SALES $1.9B Fortune 500. Oversaw staffing, performance managment and training and development for Cooperative System, (5,000 employees, 400 facilities, four states). Managed department, budgets and supervised staff. Built system's competitive position. Consulted with all levels of management, business units and employees on human resource issues. Strategic planning, business plans, sales and marketing, best practices, benchmarking, compensation and needs assessments. Advised Cooperative Leadership Group, planned employee meetings and communication strategies, Merger Transfer Team. Show less

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  Mill Creek Farms and TBG Properties

  Jan 1986 - now

  Owner, Manager

  Purchased and manage 300 acre crop farm as well as a number of additional properties in Ohio and Louisiana. Farm on the shares: soybeans,corn, wheat, and timber; SEC Qualified Investor. Grown owners' equity.- Named "Cooperator of the Year" by local Soil and Water Conservation Board for completing a series of conservation projects. - Established forestry plan with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. - Collaborated on Village of Ostrander Sewer Plant.

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  Delaware County Ohio Chapter - American Red Cross

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2010

  Former Board Member, Volunteer
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  The Bowden Group, Inc.

  Jan 1997 - now

  Consultant, Owner

  Strategic HR And Business Consulting. Human Resource Business Partner. Directs business and organizational development firm. Helps clients achieve desired business results. Identifies and leverages human talent to achieve success. Partners, consults and coaches, develops strategic plans and guides leaders. Matches leader and organizational development priorities to business objectives. Succession planning, mediation, mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, change, career resilience, training, talent, benefit/reward programs, retention and succession planning. Concurrently oversees Mill Creek Farms and TBG Properties. Show less

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  LHH

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Career Consultant Project Services

  Career Transitions services. Started,operated and managed career center for 1,500 professionals and executives. Provided individual and group coaching and counseling. Job Search: Project Management, Work Teams. Outplacement. Career Resource Network, Networking, Retire...And Then What, Road to Entrepreneurship.

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  The Ohio State University

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Business Consultant/Program Manager

  Start-up. Established and led corporate outreach center on workforce and organizational development and performance improvement. Partnered with 39 corporate clients to build capacity and achieve key business goals. Oversaw 275 different projects. Led team of full, part-time and contract staff. Center in the black after 18 months. Initiated business systems/approach to bridge gap between academic and business practices including partnering with other universities to provide knowledge management systems, blended and e-learning, Project Management Software, strategic planning and performance management. Show less

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  Delaware County Foundation

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  Board Member, Vice Chair

  The mission of the Community Foundation is to serve as stewards of charitable funds entrusted to us by those who want to give back to the community and who want to build a permanent endowment for the future. http://www.delawarecf.com/

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  Rural Mediation Group, A Cooperative of Agricultural Professionals

  Jan 2012 - now

  Mediator and Facilitator, Founding Member

  We assist parties in finding mutually agreeable solutions to conflicts by taking an active role in the problem solving process. We offer formal and informal mediation, facilitation, negotiation, town meetings and third party auditing and verification of leases, easements and settlements. Our extensive knowledge and experience make us uniquely suited to address issues and challenges in the rural and agricultural communities.

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  Village of Ostrander, Ohio

  Jan 2018 - now

  Council Member