1. Linking Learning To
Living – Bonding
Education and
Enterprise
Rich Tulikangas
Executive Director, M Ed.

2. Summary
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Powerful Connector / Ambassador of Business and Nonprofit
Skilled Alliance Builder
Unique Ability to Speak to Board of Director Councils
Strategic Partnership Builder in the Public and Private Sectors
Expert Successful Grant Writer and Fund Raiser
Successful Information Manager for Accountability
Staff Team Builder and Manager
• Father, Hockey Player, Golfer, Bicyclist, Lover of Life!

4. Roots in Upper Michigan
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Selected for Michigan’s Boys State
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High school class president
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Post high school year of travel and work

5. University of Michigan
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Social change volunteer work – Eastern
Kentucky, NYC, Washington DC
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Summer study in Yugoslavia
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B.S. Natural Resources
Learning to Work Projects Abroad
Working Learing to Earn Project in Darfurv=
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6. Graduate Study
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Interdisciplinary program in Education &
Social Services
M Ed. in Organizational & Human Resource
Development, University of Vermont
Doctoral courses in Educational Leadership
Post graduate course at the Inter-University
Centre for Post Graduate Studies - Yugoslavia

7. Broad Employment Experience
 Merchant
mariner
 Wood products worker
 Movie production assistant
 Garden equipment salesman
 Camping tour leader around US and
Canada

8. Youth Professional/Educator
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Hands-on experience working with at-risk youth
Promotion to youth program coordination/staff supervision
Internship to hire as state cooperative education director
for Vermont Department of Education
Creation of new statewide programs – Jobs for VT
Graduates, VT REAL Enterprises
Director of new school restructuring venture
Loaned to Governor’s Office by Dept. of Ed. To create
new statewide school-to-work office & plan
Graduate course instructor and school-to-work professional
development director at the
University of Vermont

9. Non Profit Executive
 Founding
director of Linking Learning to
Life (now Navicate)
 Established 501(c)(3)structure
 Led growth from local to regional to
statewide organization
 Successfully secured funding from over 75
public and private funders
 Expanded to serve over 5,000 Vermont
youth annually

10. Professional Expertise & Experience
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Strategic planning
Program and curriculum development
Organizational development & management
Training for educators and employers
Partnership creation
Multi-sector convening
Budget development
Staff recruitment and supervision

11. Contact:
 Linked
In public profile Click here
 Navicate (formerly Linking Learning to
Life) Executive Director
 rich@navicate.org
 802-734-8170