AREA OF EXPERTISE / AMUSEMENT VENUES & RIDES
Expert CV Lance W. Elder (condensed)

EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE CORPORATION (EAC)
May1998 -
Served as CEO of a private not-for-profit Human Services Agency providing proven educational, vocation and counseling for over 40,000 youth, family, senior and disadvantages clients. Responsible for and oversee day-to-day operation of the agency including its programs, funding. marketing, human resources and finances.

NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM
General Manager January 1995-May 1998
Responsible for booking all events in both the arena and the exhibition hall. Negotiate all rental agreements and initiate lease agreements. Oversee all marketing, group sales, finances, box office, parking and operation functions.

Assistant General Manager and Director of Operations
1988 - December 1994

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor
1981- Present
Developed and instructed course in STADIUM AND ARENA MANAGEMENT. Also instructs course on INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION, MANAGERIAL ASPECTS and ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION.

NEW YORK STATE MEDIATION BOARD
Arbitrator and Mediator
1987 - Present
Selected as a neutral mediator under NYS Mediation Board procedures to act as an arbitrator in various labor arbitrations and disputes.

COUNTY OF NASSAU
1980-1988
Assistant Director of Employment Relations
Drafted contract interpretations, contract language and management bargaining demands. Member of Management Collective Bargaining Team responsible for negotiating contracts with the County's six unions.

NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM
1972-1980
Held various positions: Director of Operations & Booking, Assistant Director of Operations, Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent of Coliseum Maintenance, Chief of Security / Chief Usher.

EDUCATION
RIDER COLLEGE, Trenton, New Jersey: B.S. in Commerce - 1970
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1986
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Certificate Program in Industrial Relations

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
Director, Long Island Sports Commission
Secretary, Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau
Member, International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM)
Member, Nassau County Council on the Goodwill Games
Member, 1999 Empire State Local Organizing Committee
Member, New York State Office of Children and Family Services Advisory Board.

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