Experience

Highland Ventures, LTD

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Executive Assistant to CEO

  • Jul 2001 - Present

  Personal assistant to the CEO of a 3 generation privately-held family business with a portfolio of companies including real estate, food, fitness, and veterinary clinics. Responsibilities include a broad scope of confidential and proprietary information both personally and professionally. Assignments include tasks of a non-routine and non-repetitive nature which require working knowledge of all company procedures and practices and high need of ability to multi-task and perform as key logistics coordinator. • Screen and act on phone calls for CEO. • Draft and prepare correspondence on behalf of CEO and senior level executive team. • Family office support for whole family. • Responsible for booking domestic and international travel for all corporate/personal travel. • Maintain complex executive calendars, personal and professional. • Manage and maintain corporate flight department and private airplane maintenance. • Coordinate and arrange on and off-site meetings ranging in size from 10-550 people. Responsible for site selection, budget preparation, onsite coordination, menu selections, transportation, program design and communication to target audience, themes, preparation and design of communications materials, rate negotiations with hotels, airlines, restaurants, and other outside facilities and vendors, post event analysis and budget recap. • Real Estate and property management of personal & business properties. • Extensive estate planning management including buy/sell/gift of real estate, stocks, and investment accounts. • Maintain executive personal and corporate expense reports, personal banking, investment banking, bill paying and household maintenance. SKILLS High personal integrity Interest in and understanding of general business concepts Strong personal motivation, a high level of initiative and flexibility Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Highly organized Outstanding technology skills Show less



Keller Williams Success Realty

• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Real Estate

  • 2003 - Apr 2014

  Top notch Realtor in Lake County. Highly experienced and knowledgable with properties located in Antioch, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Gurnee, Grayslake, Fox Lake, and Libertyville. Top notch Realtor in Lake County. Highly experienced and knowledgable with properties located in Antioch, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Gurnee, Grayslake, Fox Lake, and Libertyville.



Ziff Davis, Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Executive Assistant

  • Jan 1999 - Jun 2001

  Responsible to William B. Ziff, Jr. and family, former owner of Ziff Communications and Ziff Davis Publishing, for management of 15 acre property and 55,000 square foot residence, associated properties, and projects. Prioritize and assist with numerous projects that span from daily personal services and event planning to multi-million dollar construction and environmental restoration projects. These projects entail complex issues such as scheduling, personnel management, budgeting, permitting, contracting, material acquisitions, and security. • Assisted with all legal, architectual, construction, environmental, local, state and federal government issues. • Responsible for coordinating meetings, travel planning, creating and maintaining databases, resolving office & housekeeping issues, maintaining art/fossil/furniture inventories, shipping & receiving, insurance policies and accounts payable. • Interfaced with diverse people including personal security, local government officials, experts on decor and protocol, staff, business, and social colleagues ensuring efficiency, quality, and care. Show less