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Keep Carol Haslett Consulting Out of the Headlines

Not too many professionals could handle the pressure of Carol Haslett’s job.  As President of Carol Haslett Consulting, LLC, Haslett expedites special projects for high level decision makers, elected officials, corporate boards, commissions and civic groups.  Hers is a specialty that’s very necessary in a business world where large organizations frequently must rely on outside consultants to “do a specific project, do it quickly and do it well.”

“Organizations turn to me when they can’t rely on internal sources to help make specific major decisions partially because of bias or bureaucracy issues,” Haslett explains.  “As a third-party consultant, I assist in conducting the due diligence required to help organizations make those decisions in a very non-biased, streamlined and expedited approach.”

Haslett’s client list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the corporate, political and non-profit world, and the relationship she’s forged with her clients is built on a solid foundation of trust, confidentiality and commitment.

So when faced with the recent assignment of conducting research and making recommendations on a pool of candidates vying for a top leadership position in Cleveland, Ohio, Haslett turned to Corporate Screening to investigate the backgrounds of each finalist being considered for this c-level position.

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Carol Haslett Consulting, LLC

Cleveland, Ohio

President

 

Firm provides high-level project management, advice, and counsel to clients engaged in activities that require pragmatic, efficient, and timely resolutions.

Experience

University System of Ohio
(formerly Ohio Board of Regents)

Consultant to Chancellor Eric Fingerhut for strategic planning.

Provided consulting services for planning of seminars, staffing issues, and organizational structure.

 

Living Cities

Staff Director for the American City Agenda in Ohio.
Project details can be found at: www.livingcities.org

 

Fire Regionalization Project

Executive Director for the project which includes mayors, fire chiefs, union presidents, community leaders, and professors from Baldwin Wallace College.  Seven cities project developed a recommendation to form a single fire district.

 

Council Leadership Fund

Executive Director for then Cleveland City Council President Frank Jackson (Jackson currently is the Mayor of Cleveland).  Jackson used this fund to promote leadership efforts in the City of Cleveland.

 

Cleveland State University College of Graduate Studies

Consultant to gather information on how to revise Web site.  Wrote moderator’s guide for focus groups.  Conducted the focus groups and wrote report for presentation to the College Dean and Marketing staff.

 

Cleveland Municipal Schools Board of Education

Chief of Staff for the following panels and commissions.  Duties included developing organizational protocol, mission statements, tasks and timelines, media relations plan, meeting agendas, and all logistics necessary to conduct meetings.

  • Two CEO search committees

  • School Opening Committee

  • Facilities Assessment Commission

  • Bond Accountability Commission.

Consultant to develop and implement leadership training program for the newly appointed Board.

Executive Search Director for the following positions:

  • CEO for the Cleveland Municipal School District

  • Board Liaison to the Cleveland Board of Education

  • Sixty administrative positions for the Cleveland Municipal School District.
     

Issue and Candidates Ballot Campaigns

Served on multiple political campaigns as campaign manager, senior strategist,
field coordinator, Election Day coordinator, and scheduler.

Issues include:

Cuyahoga Community College Tax Levy

Port of Cleveland Tax Levy

Numerous Cleveland Municipal School District Issues

Cleveland School Governance Issue


Candidates include:

Mayor Frank Jackson
U.S. Congressman Dennis Eckart
U.S. Congressman Eric Fingerhut
State Representative Mary Boyle
Cleveland Heights Mayor Alan Rapoport

 

Cuyahoga Community College

Staff liaison to Executive Vice President Search Committee.  Retained by
President Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton to develop the search process and find candidates
for the Vice President position.

 

Rock’n the Republican National Committee

Executive Director of Committee that was established by Mayor Frank Jackson
to bring the Republican National Convention to Cleveland.

 

Nominating Panel

First Staff Director for the Nominating Panel.

First appointed by Mayor Michael R. White for the position and then by
Mayor Jane Campbell to staff other Panels.  Developed the process that is
followed for the Panel to select candidates for recommending to the Mayor.
This Panel makes recommendations to the Mayor for candidates who might be
appointed to the School Board.

 
Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)

Author of article for October, 2002 Update, COSE's monthly magazine,
on Citizen Participation in the Political Process.

 
Beachwood Chamber of Commerce

Initiated and managed its establishment, and served one year as its staff
until funds were secured to hire a full-time director.

 
Beachwood City School District

Prepared and supervised numerous voter surveys, counseling the District to three
consecutive ballot victories including a recent come-from-behind 70-30% victory
for a very large combined operating and capital tax levy.

 
Bay Village City Schools

Provided public and community relations strategies for over ten years,
and advised administration through a student abduction crisis.

 
Newark (Ohio) City Schools

Developed communication plan that streamlined staff efforts to communicate
with their audiences in an organized and effective manner.

 
Beachwood Place

Developed and implemented all community relations strategies for
expansion project that increased shopping mall size by 50%.

 
Bellfaire Jewish Children’s Bureau

Designed and implemented community relations and media relations campaign
resulting in expansion of facilities housing critical care services.

 
British Petroleum - BP America

Conceived and implemented recent campaign to rezone commercial property
in Broadview Heights.  Campaign was successful by a 70-30% margin.

 
Master Builders Technologies

Retained for over five years for government relations consulting services.

 
Zagara’s Marketplace

Developed and staffed the process of hiring a Human Resource Manager.

Developed and implemented effort to rezone property, acquire and remove homes,
and create Tax Increment Financing package resulting in construction of $11.5 million,
47,000 square foot neighborhood anchor grocery store in Cleveland Heights.

 
CenterPoint Properties

Developed and implemented public relations strategy that led to the successful
rezoning of a controversial condominium development in the Cedar-Fairmount
district of Cleveland Heights.

 
Shaker Square

Advised owners in countering negative press for acquisition and development.

 
City of Cleveland Heights

Staffed the process for the creation of the second Special Improvement Tax District
in Ohio in the Coventry Village area of the City.

 
Degussa Chemicals (Parsippany, New Jersey)

Developed curriculum for intensive crisis communications training for
thirty plant managers nationwide.

 
Kaiser Permanente

Developed and Implemented community relations and media plan
for the successful rezoning of a $45 million medical hub.

 
Procter & Gamble

Planned and implemented outreach program to introduce new Febreeze product
to the organized animal/pet community in greater Cleveland.

 
Rite Aid

Implemented drug store's local outreach program offering
free breast cancer screening to minority women.

 
Synagogue Tifereth Israel

Provided strategic and tactical communications counsel during a very public
personnel crisis.

 

Ursuline College

Adjunct Professor

  • Introduction to Advertising

  • Designing the Public Relations Campaign
     
The Cleveland Edition

Associate Publisher

Managed all non-editorial aspects of this weekly alternative newspaper
with a circulation of 30,000.

 

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

Governmental Affairs Representative

  • Coordinated efforts for Emergency Preparedness Plan in Geauga County

  • Served as liaison to all elected officials in Geauga County.

  • Developed Crisis Communication Plan for the Joint Public Information Center.
     
Office of U.S. Congressman Dennis Eckart

District Administrator

  • Managed office staff

  • Directed the Congressman's district schedule

  • Represented the Congressman at district meetings

  • Served as Treasurer for the Eckart for Congress Committee.
     

Conducts Crisis Communications, Advocacy,
Effective Presentations, and Media Relations Seminars

Have made presentations to:

Akron Home Builders Association
Beachwood Chamber of Commerce
Bridge Builders Leadership
Business & Industry Council for Emergency Preparedness
Business Volunteers United
Cleveland Bar Association
Cleveland Sales & Marketing Association
Cuyahoga County Bar Association
Greater Cleveland Growth Association
Employer’s Resource Council
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
North East Ohio Concrete Council
Northeastern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce
Northern Ohio Apartment Owners Association
Ohio Certified Public Manager program
Smart Business News Society for HR Management
Board Room of Northeast Ohio
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Red River Romance Writers

Community Leadership

Awards

Crain's Cleveland Business:  Woman of Influence
Cleveland Magazine: Very Interesting Person in Northeast Ohio
Girl Scouts: Thanks Badge

Education

The Cleveland State University
Bachelor of Arts

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