Experience

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  Elks BPOE Lodge 1917

  • Culver City, CA

  • Newsletter Editor

    • Jun 2008 - Present
    • Culver City, CA

    •Edit articles for monthly newsletter; layout; design pages; add graphics•Create event flyers

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  Doty Gardens HOA

  • Hawthorne, CA

  • Vice President and Treasurer

    • 1995 - Present
    • Hawthorne, CA

    • Create and maintain spreadsheets, reports, budgets; reconcile accounts; AP/AR• Prepare and sign checks; create meeting agendas, minutes, notices and reports• Negotiate labor contracts and project financing; invoice and collect homeowner payments• Initiate and organize homeowner meetings

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  AICI LLC

  • El Segundo, CA

  • Office Administrator

    • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
    • El Segundo, CA

    • Supported company’s acquisition, accounting/finance and executive divisions• Responsible for organizing and creating e-files for acquisitions, from due diligence through closing •Organized and maintained all corporate organizational documents •Created and implemented system for controlling office supply costs•Responsible for production of monthly newsletters and quarterly Board materials•Created and implemented system to organize and report company expenses charged to multiple company credit cards•Responsible for travel reservations for both company staff and Board members

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  Urban Science Applications, Inc.

  • Long Beach, CA

  • Analytical Services Associate

    • Feb 2011 - Nov 2013
    • Long Beach, CA

    •Tested software and edited performance reports for global automotive-consulting company

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  New Urban West, Inc.

  • Santa Monica, CA

  • Sales Administrative Assistant

    • Jul 1977 - Jan 2008
    • Santa Monica, CA

    •Managed and coordinated activity of home purchases for major developer through close of escrow•Calculated salespersons commissions and bonuses, commission reports and projections•Prepared internal and external weekly sales reports, price sheets and price comparisons•Created and implemented operating procedures for sales department•Checked all documents for completion and accuracy; initiated correspondence •Substantial contact and coordination with sales personnel, brokers, lenders, appraisers, escrow officers, loan processors and customers through the close of escrow•Customer service; quelled customer concerns, responded to questions, requests and complaints•Controlled and managed sales files, including contract sales documents, legal documents, master files; reconcile accounts; prepare closing journal entries