Experience

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  CALSTART

  • Executive Assistant To Chief Executive Officer

    • Oct 2021 - Present
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  San Francisco Community Health Center

  • San Francisco

  • Executive Assistant to the CEO

    • Aug 2017 - Dec 2020
    • San Francisco

    As Executive Assistant to the CEO of a Federally Qualified Health Clinic, I was in charge of all administrative functions, gatekeeper and liaison for the CEO. My daily functions involved responding to external communications, emails, processing check, credit card usage and expense reports, prepar...

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  Münchner Volkshochschule

  • Munich, Germany

  • Traveler & German Language Student

    • Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
    • Munich, Germany

    Based in Munich, Germany, for one year while my husband was on a job rotation, I learned the language through intensive language courses with international students, immigrants and refugees; travelled extensively throughout the continent, and embraced the opportunity to experience a new culture a...

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  ARGONAUT Inc.

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Agency Manager

    • Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    As Agency Manager for fast-growing start-up advertising agency in San Francisco I handled office operations, travel, and logistics, including building maintenance, social events, and weekly Happy Hour.I supported management, creative teams, producers, artists, and freelancers on travel arrangemen...

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  LivingGreeninSF on Etsy, SanFranciscoVintage on...

  • http://stores.ebay.com/San-Francisco-Booty

  • Owner and Manager

    • Jul 2007 - Jan 2016
    • http://stores.ebay.com/San-Francisco-Booty

    When my employer moved the office to the main headquarters in San Francisco I decided to stay in San Francisco and opened retail shops specializing in recycling fashion garments and mid-century modern objects. As owner of two sites in eBay and Etsy, I purchased, refurbished, and marketed high-end...

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  FCB West

  • 1160 Battery Street, Suite 250, San Francisco, CA

  • Facilities/HR Assistant

    • Nov 2013 - Mar 2015
    • 1160 Battery Street, Suite 250, San Francisco, CA

    At this global advertising agency, I served as the face of the agency's San Francisco office, where I provided daily reception and front desk coverage and assisting Creative Teams. I maintained professional and welcoming appearance of the agency spaces, from the reception area, front lobby, c...

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  California Medical Association

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive Assistant to the VP & General Counsel/Senior Legal Secretary

    • Jan 2001 - Jan 2007
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    I was re-hired and provided comprehensive administrative support to the Vice President & General Counsel of the California Medical Association, a non-profit organization with more than 40,000 physician members in California.I served as liaison between the General Counsel and the management an...

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  Foote Cone & Belding

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive Assistant to Executive Creative Director

    • Jan 2000 - Oct 2001
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    At this global ad agency, I provided comprehensive administrative support to an award-winning and renowned Executive Creative Director (ECD) where I acted as gatekeeper to all communications and activities of the ECD and as his Personal Assistant.I provided primary administrative resources for a...

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  California Medical Association

  • San Francisco

  • Office Manager/Senior Legal Secretary

    • Jul 1998 - Jun 2000
    • San Francisco

    Please see related functions related to this position above as Executive Assistant to VP & General Counsel.

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  Academy of Art University

  • Administrative Coordinator

    • Jan 1996 - Jun 1998

    At the University, I provided comprehensive administrative functions to the Co-Directors of the Advertising Department. I recruited creative teams as instructors for the department from various advertising agencies within the Bay area, counseled students on preparatory courses and also prepared e...

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  Bar Association of the District of Columbia

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Legal Clinic Coordinator

    • Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    At the DC Bar, I helped establish the first Pro Bono Legal Clinic of the Bar Association to serve the legal needs of the underserved population in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland and also provided comprehensive administrative support for the program.I recruited pro bono attorneys,...

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  Whitman-Walker Health

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Pro Bono Coordinator - Legal Services

    • 1989 - 1994
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, I joined this organization and worked with social workers, counselors and attorneys providing services to persons with HIV/AIDS. I was promoted to be its first pro-bono legal services program serving clients in DC metropolitan area, Northern Virginia and Ma...