Zoot serves as Lead Consultant (Sector Investment Coordinator) with the Orange County Business Councilas part of the California Jobs First state initiative. In this role, he leads the execution of the Orange County Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Regional Activation Plan to grow the $16B industry with community partners as a Workforce Investment strategy.

Zoot leads Leadership Training Programs for Jericho Road Pasadena (See FEEDBACK from our last training) and...

Zoot teaches a Certificate in Government Leadership course and Supervision & Management Courses at Cal Poly Pomona. Classes restart in April 2026.

Zoot leads Arts in Corrections programs at SATF-Corcoran, Corcoran State Prison, and Avenal State Prison through The Muckenthaler Prison Arts Program and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Zoot teaches a program using theatre to help inmates better tell their story and interview for parole hearings, jobs, and family reunification- three critical factors in success after prison. His workshops run throughout the year, two weekends/month. A documentary on his fall workshops at SATF Corcoran is available HERE.

Zoot is working with Glendale Arts on their new Strategic Plan.

Zoot’s Newest Book is out! How do organizations grow in a recession? small to LARGE: Growing Social Impact Organizations Against All Odds from Kendall Hunt Publishers (Book Tour ongoing).

Five seasons of Zoot’s 501(c)3(b)(s) Podcast are available and free. Catch up!

Zoot just completed his yearlong contract as Interim Executive Director for Pasadena Heritage, during which we hosted record attendance at events, developed a comprehensive evaluation and strategic plan, and stabilized the organization after a difficult leadership transition the prior year.

Member of Rotary Club of Altadena (Past-President of the Fullerton Club), Meeting on Thursdays at noon at The Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, $25 lunch. Zoot is also involved in the Restore Altadena grants committee, the Summer Concert Committee, and is chair of the Muir High School Interact Club program and the club's Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Program. He tours clubs as a Speaker on Paul Harris and the History of Rotary. He is also producing a Service Above Self Session (SASS) at PCC in the fall.

Zoot returned from the Calgary Rotary International Conference and took the Rocky Mountaineer across the Canadian Rockies in June 2025. See the VIDEO of the trip.

Member of the Pasadena Lawn Bowling and Santa Anita Lawn Bowling Clubs.