Administrative Assistant

• Nov 2017 - Present

This position provides general administrative assistant support for the Every Learner Everywhere network. Specific responsibilities include: • Provide comprehensive administrative support, including processing travel vouchers, expense reimbursement requests, check requests, and consultant agreements; mailings, and other tasks as needed; • Schedule meetings and assist with preparing meeting agendas; • Provide support for needed copying, filing and routing mail; • Format documents for professional presentation; • Compile special reports and compose written correspondence; • Arrange meetings and conferences for members of the Every Learner Everywhere network (typically 3 annually) to include hotel negotiations, hotel logistics, planning for group meals. • Establish cordial working relationships and provide excellent customer service internally and externally; and, • Other duties as assigned and as the Network evolves. Show less

Agricultural Commodities Grader

• Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

- Acts as officially designated contact and maintains relations with plant management and employees explaining decisions, obtaining corrections in sanitation, processing, or storage conditions; explaining grading program activities; and coordinating the grading/inspection activities with plant activities. - Examine product to determine conformance with approved contract specifications, such as; grade, weight, packaging and packing, and quantity for various types of contracts. - Prepares and issues certificates as required. - Monitors the plant and processing operations to assure that the plant remains in compliance with regulations with respect to operating procedures and, in shell egg plants, to assure that facilities and equipment are maintained in a sanitary condition. - Prepares and maintains a variety of reports and records related to work such as plant production data, grading results, certificates issued and administrative information. - Trains and authorizes selected plant personnel to grade according to U.S. standards, and monitors their grading/inspection work. Also required to train other employees in their particular specialty. - Assures proper cleaning of eggs, proper cartoning and/or packaging of shell eggs and is responsible for the final grade determination in accordance with the official standards and regulations. Show less

Program Assistant

• Jun 2012 - Mar 2016

-Assist the ASSETT Director by supporting all administrative functions relating to the program -Develop and administer office policies and procedures-Budget management and oversight including payroll and operational funding-Monitor and interpret university regulations-Manage administration for hiring, job description changes and other human resources related items-Local management of space and facilities, reception and purchasing-Authority over a wide range of administrative, programmatic and budgetary tasks Show less

Degree Audit Functional Analyst

• Oct 2000 - Jun 2012

• Represented degree audit interests at campus and university meetings. Involved with RPF requirement documentation and fit/gap issue identification for purchasing of new software for replacement of the current student information system with Oracle/PeopleSoft and new degree audit software identified as DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System). • Collaborated with the University of Colorado’s multiple campuses to begin implementation of DARS. Analyzed business processes, policies and procedures to streamline degree audit performance for use and access by students and advisors. • Tested, revised and programmed curriculum changes into existing audit programs. • Developed and maintained documentation of training materials and all written procedural documentation.• Trained degree audit system users, provided ongoing support by conducting training sessions, distributed reports, collected and analyzed information on system usage, and designed and produced management reports. Show less

Assistant to the Bursar

• Feb 1998 - Oct 2000

• Coordinated personnel, budget preparation and control activities and record management; coordinated collection and preparation of operating reports.• Helped management to improve workflow, simplify reporting procedures, and implement cost reductions by analyzing unit operating practices, such as recordkeeping systems, form control, office layout, suggesting systems, personnel and budgetary requirements, and performance standards to create new systems or revise established procedures. • Provided assistance to borrowers and other offices internally and externally in compliance with NDSL/Perkins student loan program and FERPA regulations. Conducted exit interviews to ensure compliance with Federal Loan Regulations and to ensure Continued University participation in the Title IV programs. • Investigated and resolved billing problems that presented procedural, departmental, regulatory or legal conflicts or discrepancies. Show less

Real Estate Broker

• 2005 - 2006

Asst Technical Services Manager - Feed Formulation

• Mar 1993 - Aug 1995

• Instructed retail grain and feed-store customers in modern and scientific feed management techniques and provided excellent customer service to these customers. • Prepared feed tags according to standards required by the Association of American Feed Control Official and registration of feed products in five states according to the different regulations in each state. • Responsible for maintenance of current Material Safety Data Sheets on all products in stock. • Created custom least cost feed products on Brill Feed Formulation Software based on needs of animals, customer and feed manufacturing capabilities available at the mill. Show less