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Christine G.Springer Founder and Principal of Red Tape Limited Red Tape Limited is a strategic management and communications firm incorporated in 1986 with offices in Nevada and Arizona. The firm specializes in capacity building and management support services. Christine grew up in Las Vegas (Gresham) and is a graduate of Western High School. She was named one of the 100 Most Intriguing People in the World by the American Biographical Insitutute and International Who’s Who (2003) and Nevada Business Leader of the Year at 2004 Congressional Tax Summit based upon her “contributions to Society and the expectation that she will continue to contribute as a role model, activist and achiever.” Christine not only cuts red tape within and between organizations but trains clients so that they are able to do it themselves. She is currently teaching as an Associate Professor in the graduate school of public administration at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She has served as Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the College of Public Programs where she co-founded the Nonprofit Management Center degree program. A recognized expert in facilitation, communications and management processes, she has authored 10 books on those subjects. Christine is recognized as a top woman business-owner in Arizona, included in Top 50 Women Business-Owners in Arizona (1995-1999); Who’s Who in America (2001-2003); Who’s Who in Professional Business Women (2001-2003); Who’s Who – Great Minds of the 21st Century 2002, International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women (since 2000). She has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Public Administration - a Congressional think tank founded in 1967- and- the American College of Healthcare Executives , an international association founded in 1933 of healthcare executives throughout the world dedicated to quality processes. Arizona’s Governor appointed her to serve on Arizona’s Health Facilities Board in 1999 largely in recognition of her role in developing Baldridge Standards for healthcare organizations. Dr. Springer has developed strategic management, ActionPlanning©, teambuilding and conflict resolution methodologies for organizations over the past fifteen years. Among the Boards that she serves on is The Self-Employment Loan Fund, an organization that funds new enterprises, The Philharmonic Guild, The Las Vegas Natural History Musuem and the American Diabetes Board. She has served as President of the American Society of Public Administration, as a Baldridge Award Examiner and a State Quality Examiner and as President of a Chamber of Commerce . She is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, NAWBO, AFP, EAPA, the American Society for Training and Development and the Society for Human Resource Management. She is an online columnist for numerous professional societies, a contributor to magazines and journals like Public Management, and Associate Editor of Public Administration Review. Christine is a graduate of the University of Arizona (BA), the Arizona State University (MPA) and Indiana University (Ph.D). Her work experience includes serving as Manager of State and Local Government Affairs at the Salt River Project - the third largest public utility in the country .... Manager - Economic Development Planning on an Arizona Governor’s Office......and as Treasurer of Investors United Life Insurance Company . She has had post-graduate training in residential care for the Elderly (RCFE), Balanced Scorecard Assessment, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
