REVENUE PLANNING & FUNDING, LLC

CORPORATE FOUNDER

The Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Revenue Planning & Funding, LLC, Stan A. Hemphill, is one of our country’s leading advocates for Revenue Enhancements in the parks and recreation profession. He has incorporated this financial consulting firm to help fulfill the triple needs for (a) innovative Revenue Planning, (b) creative Grants Funding and (c) pooled talent Revenue Teams. This new firm has emerged as a result of his extensive Revenue involvements, accomplishments and research during the past five (5) plus decades. From his early years he has been an over achiever.

HUMBLE BEGINNING

• Born north of St. Louis, Missouri near the Mississippi River
• Grew up in a town of 99 people
• Worked on a farm with family members
• Developed the three (3) Midwest traits of (a) hard work, (b) honesty and (c) helpfulness to others
• Excelled in sports and academics
• President of high school senior class

EDUCATION CONTINUUM

• Academic Preparation
  • B.S. Degree in Recreation and Park Administration, University of Missouri at Columbia
    • Received James Foundation Scholarship
    • President of Statewide Student Association
    • Vice President of Campus Student Association
    • Received Outstanding Student Award and Outstanding Senior Award
  • M.S. Degree in Recreation and Park Administration, Indiana University at Bloomington
    • Received Graduate Assistantship
• Professional Development
  • Attended 100+ Local, District, State, Regional and National Conferences, Institutes, Schools, Seminars, Summits, Workshops, etc. Focused on various Revenue Management Topics
  • Attended Revenue Sources Management School at Oglebay Park 18 consecutive years
    • Received Thomas I. Hines Scholarship
    • Served on Board of Regents
    • Served on Numerous Board Committees
    • Instructed Multiple Revenue Courses Each Year
    • Received School’s First Ever Visionary Award for Revenue Management Accomplishments & Teachings
• Self Study Initiative
  • Continuously read, analyze, organize and implement information about Revenue Management
 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Public Sector, State Government
  Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Outdoor Recreation, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2+ years
  • Research Technician
    • Prepared an in-depth written and visual document about the impact of all terrain vehicles on state forests, state nature centers, state parks and state reservoirs
  • Assistant State Recreation Specialist
    • Administered federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant program
    • Worked with municipal, county and state officials & communities throughout Indiana
    • Reviewed property appraisals, boundary surveys, site plans, architectural/engineering/landscaping designs, project timelines, cost estimates, expense invoices, etc.
    • Recommended grants for acquisition and development projects to the Department policy board
    • Prepared LWCF grant applications for approval by the National Park Service
• Public Sector, County Government
  Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Department, Division of Research & Planning, Miami, Florida, 19 Years
  • Financial Assistance Manager
    • Created an innovative Grants Management System
    • Managed as many as 80 grants at a time
    • Strategized, researched, planned, generated and administered $122+ million of revenue resources for the acquisition of diverse properties and the development of an array of aquatic, botanical, cultural, environmental, fair, health, historical, museum, park, recreation, sport, tourism and zoological facilities
    • Obtained the first federal Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program grant in the program’s history
    • Generated $50 million of capital improvements restoration grants within 12 months after Hurricane Andrew severely impacted the County’s park areas and recreation facilities
    • Received the National Park Service’s Outstanding Southeast Region Land and Water Conservation Fund Project Award
    • Received a National Achievement Award for Grants Management from the National Association of Counties
• Non Profit Sector, Non Profit Organization
  Zoological Society of Florida, Miami, Florida, 2 Years
  • Director of Capital Improvements (Planning, Funding, Designs & Construction)
    • Researched zoo master plans from throughout the United States
    • Planned the restoration of administrative structures, animal exhibits and support improvements after Hurricane Andrew devastated the 740 acre Metrozoo, a primary Greater Miami tourist attraction
    • Strategized, planned and generated $5 million for hurricane recovery efforts
    • Contracted the designs and restorations of capital improvements
• For Profit Sector, Consulting Business Corporation
  Leisure Grants Service, Inc., Miami, Florida and Plantation, Florida, 15 Years
  • Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of the consulting firm
    • Worked with municipal, county and special district clients
    • Worked with numerous county, district, state and federal agencies and grant funding programs
    • Strategized, planned, generated and administered $62+ million for numerous land and water acquisitions, new constructions, existing renovations, support improvements, amenities and both natural & planted vegetation projects
 

VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENTS

• Select Committee Member to President Reagan’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation Resources Review
• Helped create a Miami chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives
• Helped create a Non Profit Foundation based on the west bank of Biscayne Bay
• Team Facilitator, Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education & Recreation, helping to identify and document forty (40) types of needs that required $271+ million of funding
• Public & Non Profit Citizens Task Force Leader for Gilchrist County’s Santa Fe Park
• Special Advisor to the national Foundation for Sustainable Parks and Recreation
• Team Leader of the Advent Christian Village’s Office for Resource Development’s fundraising and grantsmanship Strategic Plan Task Force
• Services Provider to K9S for Warriors, Inc.
• Member of the Spring Hill Methodist Church’s Board of Trustees
 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Frequent Revenue Management Speaker at state, regional and national conferences, seminars and workshops
• Keynote Speaker for Canada’s first ever Revenue Management Institute
• Featured Speaker and Coordinator of Indiana University’s Executive Development Program for Revenue Resources
 

STUDENT INSTRUCTOR

• Revenue Sources Management School at Oglebay Park, Multiple Courses, 17 Years
• Florida International University, Greater Miami, Florida
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
 

AUTHOR

• Authored various Revenue Sources Management School monographs
• Authored a national “Basics Of Revenue Management” Parks and Recreation Magazine article
• Authored a REVENUE CRU$ADE: Financial Enhancements for Public & Non Profit Entities manual
 

PERSONAL MISSION

In the first chapter of the Bible’s Book of Genesis we learn that God created the (a) waters, (b) lands, (c) vegetations and (d) wildlife on Earth before he created mankind. During the remainder of my life I will strive to help public agencies and non profit organizations learn how to enhance the Revenues they need to acquire, protect, manage and utilize these amazing natural resources in an exemplary manner to benefit both the environment and society as a unified whole.