User:Ron Casey (Tall Ships)/sandbox

Ron Joseph Casey March 9, 1955

Casey was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island the youngest son of Adrian and Louise Casey He graduated from Prince County Vocational High School in 1975 and then when right to work on the west coast Vancouver. He when back to school after an accident in 1988 and graduated from Holland College in 1992 with Urban and Rural Planner. He is married his wife, Debbie and he has 3 children Nicole, Adam, and Anita.

He has worked as a carpentry in every province in Canada. Mr Casey has had many jobs over the years. The longest job Mr Casey had was Executive Director of Downtown Summerside Inc for over 10 years and while in that position he helped them win 3 International Downtown Awards 1) Social Issues for a Youth Program he started, 2) Special Events for a Scarecrow event he had when Summerside first cruise ship arrived. 3) Marketing and Communication for a Youth at risk Dinner theater he was also,asked by the International Downtown Association to speak once on Events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Marketing and Communication in Forth Worth Texas. He was the gust speaker at the Downtown Saskatoon and Chamber joint mixer on how to obtain government funding. Over the 10 years with the downtown Mr. Casey was able to obtain over $1. 3 million for projects and workers for the downtown. He does consultant work from time to time and has a love for tall ships helping to bring some 48 different ships to PEI. He was the Coordinator for the tall ship race around PEI in 2008 and was the tall ship coordinator for the New Brunswick Festival of Tall Ships on the Miramichi in 2013 with close to 20,000 visitors. He also, raised close to $180,000 for event in a 7 month period. This was the largest gathering of tall ships outside Halifax in Atlantic Canada. Me Casey has hosted the Canadian Forces Snowbirds 4 times. Mr. Casey is also, the only person in Canada to be a (volunteer)chair of 3 different Canadian events in 3 different locations 3 year in a row. 1997 Canadian Windsurfing Championships in Brackley Beach, PEI 1998 Canadian Master Windsurfing Championships Summerside, PEI 1999 Canadian Youth Chess Championships Slemon Park, PEI

Summary

Highly competitive, able to achieve results with a team approach, experience in marketing, management, project manager, partnerships, consulting, budgeting, customer relations, decision making, human resources, leadership, event planning, presentation skills, relationship building, special events, sponsorships, contract negotiation, team building, and negotiating with event suppliers and vendors

Award

1992 Municipal Development Officers (Planning Law) 2000 Good Neighbor City of Summerside 2001 Volunteer Medal from the Senate of Canada 2003 Outstanding Contribution Award from Canada's National Scholastic Chess Organization presented in Montreal, Quebec 2004 Employee of the Year Summerside Chamber of Commerce 2005 International Downtown Association for Youth Ambassadors program for Social Issues presented in Denver, Colorado 2007 Community Enhancement Summerside Chamber of Commerce 2008 International Downtown Association for Special Events Scarecrow Festival presented in Calgary, Alberta 2010 International Downtown Association for Marketing and Communication for Youth Ambassadors Dinner Theatre presented in Fort Worth, Texas 2011Mayor's Medal of Honor from the City of Summerside Navigation menu