PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Director of Housing and Economic Development

Responsibilities:

• Supervision of Building Department Staff; planning, organizing, and management of department work, hiring, staff development and disciplinary action
• Administration of building and zoning regulations to insure health and safety standards through code enforcement, ordinance architect
• Consultant to Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment to develop direction, policy and site development of the community to include long range land use planning
• Prepare legislation and project reports for Confidential observing the Confidential
• Review and prepare budget performance, activity and projections for Confidential
• Planning, coordinating and directing the City’s economic development program including recruitment and attraction of public support through government and private agencies, retention and expansion of employment base, identify opportunities for redevelopment and expansion through relationships with developers and private entities.
• Prepare, monitor and coordinate administration of economic development plans and projects
• Manage the functions and operations of Special Services to include purchasing, grant writing and public works
• Administer tax increment financing district programs

Confidential

Sr. Administrative Lead

Responsibilities:

• On/Off Boarding Employees, Co - Ops and Contractors
• Workforce planning, annual reviews (performance/succession planning), compensation administration (bonus delivery) and organizational change/effectiveness
• Collaborator on Global Finance Team People Strategy-Identifying distinctions of Subject Matter Experts (SME)
• Manage development of and compliance for Statements of Work (SOW) and Managed Service Providers (MSP)
• Team communications and engagement; event planning and support
• Budget/Finance management, purchasing and expense reporting
• International travel coordination for leadership and team members (passport, visa, air/hotel, ground transportation)
• Executive Administrative Team Leader
• Office/Facilities Management: Coordinate logistics for staff moves of 120 person team

Confidential

Campaign Representative

Responsibilities:

• Exceeded overall campaign contribution goal by 65%
• Developed strategies to increase campaign participation and contribution levels
• Secured speakers for rallies and served as speaker when necessary
• Initiated payroll deduction process for employee contributions
• Implemented robust internal campaign communications strategy
• Submitted activity, budget, campaign reports and updated company profile database

Confidential

Owner/Operator

Responsibilities:

• Sole proprietor, operator of ladies and men’s boutique located at 2611 N. 14th Street in Old North St. Louis
• Specialized in hand-crafted, one of a kind jewelry designs using a variety of beads, metals and precious materials

Confidential, St. Louis

Center Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed talent acquisitions process for associate professors; recruiting, selection, onboarding
• Managed daily office and lab operations, department budget, NIH grants administrator and auxiliary funding of $1M,
• Prepared budget projections, grant applications and progress reports, prepared human subject submissions/revisions
• Prepared and submitted grant applications and progress reports.
• Processed student and study participant stipends; prepared visa applications
• Planned and coordinated seminars, retreats, special events
• Videotaped and photographed seminars/events and Webmaster for CBAC website including design and content
• Designed and distributed publicity materials and information packets; transcribed and prepared manuscripts for journal publications, departmental and supervisor correspondence.

Confidential, South San Francisco, CA

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Developed, coordinated and administered Six Sigma training workshops
• Assisted directors with staff reviews, development of department/staff goals and objectives
• Coordinated and activated employee engagement and communication plans and activities
• Provided status checks on adverse event reports, provided support for complex and confidential administrative activities
• Coordinated on/offsite meetings and events
• Managed multiple calendars, coordinated domestic/international travels
• Coordinated meeting logistics and transcribed in real time, by phone, meetings with multi-national service providers

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Site Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed HR administrative and transactional work processes (payroll, PTO, FMLA, workmen’s compensation
• Developed and administered new hire, client services and skills development trainings in both the Oakland & San Francisco facilities
• Completed performance evaluations and administered staff/client disciplinary actions
• Managed talent acquisitions process: recruitment, selection, testing, onboarding
• Created and completed State of California compliance reports and organization weekly status reports
• Supervised implementation of and provided oversight for new client intake process
• Managed food/supplies budgets and created/implemented new food purchasing procedure
• Managed facilities renovation project
• Managed the operations of the adult long-term residential site in Oakland, CA and the youth transitional facility in San Francisco, CA; contact for funding contract negotiations
• Case management for youth in the short-term transitional housing facility; intake and assessment, stabilization plan, education and job placement counseling, individual/group counseling, data collection, health care/psychological referrals, substance abuse counseling, transition to independent living environment

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Alumni Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and development of a viable network of finance industry professionals
• Managed the execution of regional career, developmental and networking programming for Foundation alumni
• Developed leadership training programming and assisted in facilitating workshops (Emotional Intelligence)
• Representation at national college fairs, industry job fairs and Finance MBA Conferences
• Assisted with planning and coordination of annual New Fellow Orientation: 5 day event in New York City consisting of development and networking sessions facilitated by prominent industry professionals
• Managed communications through the development of Foundation E-blast
• Collaborated on efforts to identify pipelines for diverse talent for future Fellow awards
• Conducted analysis and developed diversity staff plan recommendations
• Career counseling, career path analysis, mentor pairing