Experience

Susquehanna National Heritage Area

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Columbia Crossing Director

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Columbia Crossing River Trail Center is now managed by Susquehanna Heritage for Columbia Borough. Now connected to the Northwest River Trail, Columbia Crossing will provide educational programs and events, trail resources, and exhibits to promote the Susquehanna River and Columbia's heritage. As manager, I am responsible for advertising, media management, event planning, exhibit design, and facility rentals. Columbia Crossing River Trail Center is now managed by Susquehanna Heritage for Columbia Borough. Now connected to the Northwest River Trail, Columbia Crossing will provide educational programs and events, trail resources, and exhibits to promote the Susquehanna River and Columbia's heritage. As manager, I am responsible for advertising, media management, event planning, exhibit design, and facility rentals.



Amish Farm and House

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

• Operations Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  An educational farm museum, the Amish Farm and House provides guided house tours, guided bus trips and farming exhibits. In this position, I am responsible for advertising, web/social media management, and event planning. In addition to these, I evaluate tour guides and driver guides, manage daily operation of tours, and develop exhibits and educational activities. An educational farm museum, the Amish Farm and House provides guided house tours, guided bus trips and farming exhibits. In this position, I am responsible for advertising, web/social media management, and event planning. In addition to these, I evaluate tour guides and driver guides, manage daily operation of tours, and develop exhibits and educational activities.



Historical Society of Montgomery County

• Norristown, PA

• Development Associate

  • Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  I assist the Historical Society in website management. We recently launched a completely new website and have begun preparing a online store. In addition, I researched and presented recommendations for new events, new membership levels, and public outreach options. I assist the Historical Society in website management. We recently launched a completely new website and have begun preparing a online store. In addition, I researched and presented recommendations for new events, new membership levels, and public outreach options.



Montgomery County Government

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Museum Assistant at Pennypacker Mills Historic Site

  • Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  Home of Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Pennsylvania's governor from 1903-1907, this site emphasizes the modernizing technology in the late-nineteenth century as well as upper middle class lifestyle in Victorian Era America. In this position, I provided tours for visitors, assisted with education programs, scheduled group tours, managed the museum shop, took registration for events, cleaned public areas of the home, and assisted the curator and site supervisor in any way necessary. Home of Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Pennsylvania's governor from 1903-1907, this site emphasizes the modernizing technology in the late-nineteenth century as well as upper middle class lifestyle in Victorian Era America. In this position, I provided tours for visitors, assisted with education programs, scheduled group tours, managed the museum shop, took registration for events, cleaned public areas of the home, and assisted the curator and site supervisor in any way necessary.



M&T Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teller

  • May 2014 - Jan 2015

  This position involved managing a cash drawer to process business and personal consumer transactions. As a key holder, I was responsible for opening and closing the store. I also maintained confidentiality and followed bank policies. This position involved managing a cash drawer to process business and personal consumer transactions. As a key holder, I was responsible for opening and closing the store. I also maintained confidentiality and followed bank policies.



James Madison University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager History Writing Center

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  This position involved brainstorming, building, and marketing the new History Writing Center. The center provided assistance to students preparing primary document based research projects. In creating this position, I worked in the center to help students in need in addition to creating standards for the position, which will be used for graduate students in the future. It was an interesting opportunity to leave an imprint on the infrastructure of the history department.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  As a Teaching Assistant, I worked with a professor of history in a large World History survey course for undergraduate students. I wrote and graded short reading quizzes (given 12 times per semester). I also managed the online grade book and worked as a liaison between the students and the professor. I regularly held office hours for students to come for course questions and study help.In Fall 2013, I became a teaching assistant for a general education American history class. My position involved teaching a fifty minute discussion section twice weekly. In addition, I volunteered to perform two seventy-five minute lectures, one on American Cold War politics and the second on 1950s American culture. I also helped to write and grade essay exams, managed the gradebook, as well as provided support and guidance for students enrolled in the class.



CVS Pharmacy

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pharmacy Technician

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2013

  As a Pharmacy Technician, I completed data entry of incoming prescriptions. In a four station system, we worked as a team to input, bill insurance, fill and sell prescriptions in a rate of about 250-300 per day. In addition, we communicated with doctor's offices, hospitals, and rehab centers to ensure correct dosing and co-pays for our patients. After almost eight years in this position, the most important and rewarding part of my job was getting to know a variety of customers and building a relationship of trust with them in the same way I do with my students at JMU.