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36 AECOM City of Miami - RFQ# 501331,2 - Miscellaneous Management Advisory Consulting Services Education University of Colorado BS Recreation, BA History Certified Parks and Recreation Professional Professional Affiliations Athletic Business Magazine Advisory Board . Colorado Parks and Recreation Association National Recreation and Park Association Metropolitan State College of Denver—Former Adjunct Faculty Ken Ballard, C.P.ILP". Principal As a founding partner of Ballard*King & Associates, Ken has over 30 years experience in recreation facility operation and planning. Ballard*King & Associates was established in 1992 by Ken Ballard and Jeff King in response to the need for market driven and reality based planning for recreation facilities. In his years of work with B*K, Ken has provided planning, feasibility and operations consulting to more than 250 recreation projects across the country. Ken is well known for his vast knowledge of recreation facility development and operations. His expertise has been developed over the years from a wide breadth of experiences within the recreational field Ken's project experience includes feasibility studies, facility construction and design process, space planning and equipment specifications, request for proposal, grand opening celebrations, preventive maintenance programs, staffing, budgeting, marketing, programming, parks and recreation master plans, as well as audits. Ken also has extensive program experience including adult and youth sports, fitness/wellness, special events and cultural arts. Ken's diverse experience has led to his active involvement with the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association's Recreation Facilities Design and Management School. For the past 13 years Ken has been a faculty member at the Athletic Business Conferences, where he presented numerous sessions on recreation facility plarm'ng. In addition, .he serves on the editorial advisory board and planning corm Attee. He has also been a speaker at several National Park and Recreation.Association Congresses and numerous state parks and recreation conferences. Ken's published work includes the feature articles "Climbing Toward Cost Recovery" and "Happy Together" both in Athletic Business Magazine. Prior to co-founding B*K, he was the Recreation Manager for the City of Thomton, CO, and was a key member of the team responsible for the pre - design phase of their recreation center. For 12 years before -joining them he was he Director of the Englewood, CO, Recreation Center, in charge of the operation and administration of the Englewood Recreation Center, which received the 1986 "Facility of Merit" award from Athletic Business Magazine for design and operations excellence.