Reed / Chad Tew

Experience

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  Westminster College

  Aug 1982 - Jan 1984

  Admissions Counselor

  • Responsible for recruitment and school relations for sections of California and several western states. Made numerous public presentations, and counseled students and parents in the college application process.• Wrote regional marketing plans for freshman recruitment

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  Chapman University

  Feb 1984 - Jul 1987

  Chapman’s international network of Regional Education Centers, now known as Brandman University, generated $15 million with a net surplus.• Coordinated marketing activities in 50 centers.• Trained Center Directors and staff in enrollment and recruiting. • Coordinated marketing research, advertising, & publications.• Wrote business plan for the Chapman Management Institute• Produced and promoted seminars• Recruited adjunct faculty & developed marketing database • Responsible for recruitment and school relations for sections of California and several western states. Made numerous public presentations, and counseled students and parents in the college application process.• Wrote regional marketing plans for freshman recruitment

  • REC Marketing Coordinator

    Apr 1985 - Jul 1987

  • Senior Admission Officer

    Feb 1984 - Mar 1985
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  FNRS Financial Corporation

  Oct 1988 - Nov 1991

  Corporate Broker & Senior Account Executive

  FNRS provides data management and payment processing services to financial institutions and developers. • Sales & marketing responsibility dealing with CEOs and CFOs of mid-sized banks, savings institutions, and developers.• Corporate (Real Estate) Broker responsible for regulatory compliance and quarterly reporting on a $1 billion portfolio. • Co-wrote a successful $10 million federal contract proposal.

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  EMS Enrollment Management Systems

  Mar 1993 - Jun 1994

  Senior Consultant

  EMS provided enrollment marketing software and consulting to secondary schools and universities.• Executive responsibility for the college market covering every aspect of marketing, customizing, training and supporting software products for clients such as MIT and Georgetown.• Worked closely with client staff to achieve goals using a sophisticated one-to-one database marketing outreach system. • Researched and wrote client service plans, managed project staffing and created budgets for university division. Show less

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  UCLA Extension

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  Chief Administrative, Operations, & Marketing Officer for self-supporting $8 million department. • Led and coordinated market and business plan development. • Led team budget planning and control process with primary responsibility for departmental finance and accounting, facility planning, and equipment/technology management. • Directly supervised department financial staff with matrix management oversight for unit Program Managers on marketing, budget, and financial matters.• Extensive committee work included membership on Strategic Planning/Organization Restructure Workgroup and project management of a Customer Service Audit for the entire Division of Continuing Education. Show less

  • Business Manager - Department of the Arts

    Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  • Program Manager - Writers' Program

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
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  UCLA Anderson School of Management

  Jan 1998 - Aug 2000

  Instructor

  Taught extension courses including Developing a Business Plan, Developing a Marketing Plan, The Nonprofit Business Plan and Marketing for Nonprofit and Professional Organizations.

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  AJU

  Aug 1999 - Jan 2002

  Adjunct Faculty

  Taught MBA course, Business Plan Development for Nonprofit Organizations. The course is part of the unique Masters of Business Administration in Nonprofit Management program.

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  Viewpoint School

  Nov 2000 - Jun 2013

  CFO & Treasurer

  Executive responsible for finance and all non-academic operations at this 1,200 student K–12th grade nonprofit, independent college prep school with 300 employees.• Led and motivated management team responsible for business and legal affairs, maintenance and expansion of a 25-acre campus, human resources, purchasing, event support, food service, security, insurance, and compliance. • Managed planning, budgeting, and reporting on $38 M annual operating budget, which ended each year with a surplus.• Management point person coordinating approval, financing, and construction of $58 M multi-phase campus modernization including contracting and supervising five major projects.• Lead management contact on three municipal bond issues totaling $76 M, securing and maintaining investment grade bond rating.• Lead management liaison to Board Finance, Audit, Strategic Planning, and Building & Grounds Committees. Responsible for multi-year operational and capital budget forecasting. • Managed investment of the School’s endowment and maximized secure returns on operating accounts.• Restructured and scaled operational organization to meet demands of growth that doubled enrollment over ten years. • Key member of senior management cabinet and strategic planning committee. Participated in decisions involving all aspects of School operations and planning.• Reported jointly to Headmaster and to the Board of Trustees.• Created / taught high school Economics elective courses Show less

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  Tew & Associates

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2019

  Founding Principal

  Tew & Associates provided independent school consulting services and participated in the national conversation about disruptive innovation in American education. Focal topics included strategic enrollment and financial planning, adjustment to demographic shifts, and competitive analysis. This work continues under LearnCollab, a Delaware public benefit corporation.

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  California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc

  Nov 2013 - Aug 2015

  Chief Financial Officer

  Chad was appointed CFO at California Health & Longevity Institute (CHLI) in April 2014, where he was responsible for all financial oversight of budget, analysis, and forecasting. He participated in strategic development and was the point person for legal, contracts, banking, and real estate matters. He began working with CHLI in late 2013 as a consultant on international development, franchising, and strategic initiatives, on which he also continues to work through his leadership of California Wellbeing Institute LLC.CHLI is an award-winning leader in the integrated approach to wellness that unites renowned experts in the fields of Medicine, Nutrition, Fitness, Life Balance, and Therapeutic Spa in a single state-of-the-art facility. The flagship location was opened in 2006 and is connected to the five-star Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, California. Show less

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  California Wellbeing Institute LLC

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2019

  President & CEO

  California Wellbeing Institute LLC worked to license California Health & Longevity Institute (CHLI) wellness centers internationally, most notably in China. Chad traveled widely promoting wellness center development, presenting at multiple conferences in the PRC, producing symposia in California for the Chinese Hospital Association, and hosting numerous international delegations at CHLI. The institute also became the business entity home for Tew & Associates, as demand for Chad's school consulting services eclipsed Chinese development activity. Show less

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  LearnCollab

  Jul 2019 - now

  Founder & CEO

  www.LearnCollab.org empowers schools and learning communities with the research, counsel, and the innovative structures they need to navigate education sector disruption. We are a public benefit corporation that serves and innovates via a collaborative tribe of associates and independent affiliates, providing clients with support to explore program collaboration, co-ventures, branding, and potential mergers.

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  Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery

  Sept 2023 - Oct 2023

  English Teacher (volunteer)