Christa Hornberger
PROFILE
Christa Hornberger is a Partner and senior consultant with LMCI - Lawrence & Milley Consultants Inc. based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ms. Hornberger has a background in management consulting, project management and executive management in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors in Canada and the United States. Her extensive experience includes working with client organizations developing and implementing strategic and operational plans; and planning and introducing change into organizations in transition. Project management experience includes project planning; client management and leading technical and business teams in software integration and business redesign projects. She is a skilled workshop facilitator, communicator and public speaker.

EXPERIENCE
Examples of Planning Assignments

• Lead a planning workshop followed by several management coaching sessions for a downtown business association to establish priorities and develop a focused leadership approach to moving the organization forward quickly.
• Worked with the Halifax Regional Municipality facilitating a process involving more than 100 participants including downtown business leaders, rate payers associations and interest groups in developing a vision and action plan for the Capital District.
• Facilitated a strategic planning session for the board of directors of a provincial 'think tank' organization to develop the foundation for a 3 year plan.
  
• Facilitated a strategic planning process for the executive team of a $40MM company in the industrial products distribution business including development of growth, market and organizational plans.
• Lead the planning and implementation process for a regional telehealth network to connect 40+ sites to expand accessibility to specialist services for rural patients.
• Facilitated Y2K risk and contingency planning for a provincial government depart§ Facilitated a series of workshops for the Atlantic Chapter of a National Organization in developing their 3 - 5 year strategic direction.
• Lead a strategic planning process and workshops for a not-for-profit animal shelter with a view to increasing its capacity by 100% and developing education and spay and neuter programs.

Examples of Typical Project Assignments

• Facilitated a project management workshop for 50+ attendees at a national community economic development conference
• Managed an organizational change project in the not-for-profit sector to transition a retail / training business to a worker-owned cooperative, including a recruitment strategy, training and transition planning and development of performance evaluation processes
• Lead the operational change initiative in a health / technology company to transition to a project-based organization. This included developing an organizational culture conducive to a fast paced, dynamic environment; building project management capability through the implementation of a project office; and designing a recruitment strategy to attract the best and the brightest
• Managed the implementation of major legislative reform in a mid-sized workers' compensation organization, including policy creation, operational and business redesign, and information system changes
• Managed the outsourcing of health insurance services related to 100,000 health plan members, designed to achieve a 20% staff reduction. This project included a downsizing and communication plan, implementation planning with the outsourcer and development of performance management criteria.
• Designed and implemented a new case management model and work flow processes to fit into a reorganized disability management organization. This formed the foundation of a business case for a new information system.
• Lead a technical team of 25 developers and systems analysts installing a hosted internet-based billing system on an application service provider platform. Included project planning; recruitment; team orientation; day-to-day project management; interfacing with the business change, testing and training teams; delivery and installation of the system modules; and planning post implementation handover to the operations support team.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Affirmative Industry Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Board Member
• Strategic Planning Committee

NovaKnowledge, Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Executive Committee member
• Council Member
• Chair, M.I.K.E. Debating Series

Bide Awhile Animal Shelter Society, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

• Vice-President and Director
• Chair, Development and Fundraising
• Chair, Strategic Planning

Speakers Club of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

• President
• Vice President Programming
• 1986 Speaker of the Year Award

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario

• President, Toronto Chapter
• Director, Ontario Division and Toronto Chapter
• Chair, Carnation Campaign, Metropolitan Toronto

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Canadian Association of Management Consultants
Project Management Institute
NovaKnowledge
Canadian Society for Telehealth
American TeleMedicine Association
Association of TeleHealth Service Providers
Halifax Women's Network
Association of Women Executives
Speakers' Club of Toronto

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