Financial Sustainability

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Take your school from surviving to thriving! To be sustainable financially does not happen overnight. There are many steps and processes that impact your entire school. Come listen to Kelly Blake outline the key points for financial sustainability for you school.

Kelly Blake

From December 2005 to January 2016 Kelly Blake held the position of Head of School at Bearspaw Christian School (BCS) and the President of the BCS Foundation. For eight years, Kelly held the position of President and CEO at Vantis International Corp. Vantis specialized in electronic travel distribution services, marketing and revenue management for more than 5,000 travel industry clients in 70 countries. Vantis employed more than 360 people. Prior to his leadership role with Vantis, Kelly held the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Vice President of Marketing roles at various times with HARS Systems, Inc. Prior to that, Kelly was Vice President of Marketing for Travel Systems, Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before Travel Systems, Kelly was a Territory Accounts Manager with SmithKline Beecham a Fortune 500 consumer products company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Kelly is the former Chairman of the Board of The Mustard Seed Foundation. He is the previous Chairman of the Board of TSX traded Guest-tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd and a former member of the boards of publicly traded TRVLSYS, Inc., HARS Systems, Inc., TravelClick, Great Kitchens for Less, Bearspaw Christian School Society, Thornhill Baptist Church, CORPATH and Life Spring Community Church. He is a former member of the Alberta Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Mexico and an Associate of Science Degree from the College of Lake County in Illinois. Kelly has been married for more than 30 years and has three adult children. He resides in Calgary, Alberta and Phoenix, Arizona.

Achieving Success in Your Capital Campaign

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Capital campaigns are essential to any growing school. Join us and hear how you can take the next step for your school and raise the money needed for your next phase of growth.

Kelly Blake

From December 2005 to January 2016 Kelly Blake held the position of Head of School at Bearspaw Christian School (BCS) and the President of the BCS Foundation. For eight years, Kelly held the position of President and CEO at Vantis International Corp. Vantis specialized in electronic travel distribution services, marketing and revenue management for more than 5,000 travel industry clients in 70 countries. Vantis employed more than 360 people. Prior to his leadership role with Vantis, Kelly held the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Vice President of Marketing roles at various times with HARS Systems, Inc. Prior to that, Kelly was Vice President of Marketing for Travel Systems, Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before Travel Systems, Kelly was a Territory Accounts Manager with SmithKline Beecham a Fortune 500 consumer products company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Kelly is the former Chairman of the Board of The Mustard Seed Foundation. He is the previous Chairman of the Board of TSX traded Guest-tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd and a former member of the boards of publicly traded TRVLSYS, Inc., HARS Systems, Inc., TravelClick, Great Kitchens for Less, Bearspaw Christian School Society, Thornhill Baptist Church, CORPATH and Life Spring Community Church. He is a former member of the Alberta Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Mexico and an Associate of Science Degree from the College of Lake County in Illinois. Kelly has been married for more than 30 years and has three adult children. He resides in Calgary, Alberta and Phoenix, Arizona.