Lead projects through strategic planning, analysis, and action to deliver results.

  Proven executive leadership

  Repeated business success

  Facilities and project management

  Real estate development leadership

  Experienced at product design, innovation and marketing

  Accomplished at capital formation and not–for–profit fund–raising

Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Pasqua Coffee
San Francisco   1983—1999
Created a chain of specialty coffee bars. Beginning with a single store in 1983, Pasqua Coffee grew into a 58–unit, coast–to–coast enterprise with 700-employees and over $26 million in operating revenue. It served 1,000,000 customers per month. The company was purchased by the Starbucks Corporation in 1999 and absorbed into its chain.

From inception, headed operations, real estate and construction, marketing and sales divisions. Recruited board members, initiated business plans and strategies, and raised expansion capital totaling more than $15 million. Invented custom and proprietary coffee equipment.

Founder, Owner and Operator
The Pedestrian Café
San Francisco and Washington, D.C.   1982-1983
In 1983, established the prototype coffee bar "The Pedestrian Café" in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. In 1985, the San Francisco unit became the first Pasqua coffee bar. This business became the widely imitated model for fast-service specialty coffee cafes nationwide.

Founder and Operator
La Favorita Coffee of America
San Francisco
Created a company providing customized coffee programs, brewing equipment, and staff training to existing restaurants and café operators.

Founder and operator
Captains Gift Coffee
Seattle   
Pioneering wholesaler of "fresh-roasted" coffee brand to grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest. Sold the brand and operation to Starbucks Coffee.

Founder, Executive Director
South Whidbey Consumers Cooperative   Puget Sound, Washington
Established a community development organization now in its thirtieth year. Developed job training, senior citizen, health and childcare services. Promoted regional economic development and hosted federal, state and community programs.

Fund Raising and Account Executive
Irving R. Warner and Associates   Los Angeles
For Irving R. Warner, the pre–eminent professional fund raiser and event organizer. Projects included the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Nation Magazine, Pacifica Radio, Planned Parenthood, Brandeis University, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

Foreign Travel

Excellent health. Talented public speaker. Skilled Motivator.