Experience

Advantage Waypoint LLC

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Segment Specialist Non-Commercial

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Sales and marketing on behalf of clients/customers within the Non-Commercial/Contract Segment including: Hospitals, Colleges and Universities, Hospitality Industry, Lodging, Entertainment and Military.

• Operator Specialist

  • Jun 2019 - Jan 2022

  Operator Specialist on Sysco Team in Kansas City market representing many major brands to foodservice customers and into distribution.



Sysco

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Executive

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2019



Kansas City Health and Wellness Magazine

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Sales Executive

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

  Sell exclusive industry specific articles and advertisement space in monthly magazine to health care professionals in the Kansas City metro area. Engage critical account personnel; doctors, administrators, office managers, billing, nursing, and medical assistants. Identify and target customers and accounts to improve visibility and profitability for each practice. Provide innovative solutions to customers that increase traffic to practice and improve profit and revenue. Facilitate the relationship between editor and health care professionals in the publishing of articles. Coordinate and implement client distribution of magazine on monthly basis. Show less



Keller Williams Realty- Key Partners

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Real Estate Agent

  • Jul 2013 - Jan 2017

  Licensed residnetial sales agent in Kansas and Missouri. Identify and engage clients to list and buy homes via direct marketing campaigns and personal referrals. Represent fiduciary interests of clients. Guide clients through all aspects of residential real estate transactions.Prepare comparative market analyses for sellers and advise clients in the logistics of preparing their property for the market. Effectively market homes for sale via the Heartland Multiple Listing Service and appropriate venues. Engage in writing contracts and contract negotiations and critical discussions with clients, brokers, realtors and service providers in a timely manner to efficiently close transactions. Ensure that all components of contracts are met within a timely fashion to keep contract compliant. Worked in conjunction with Team Bamboo to assist buyers in finding the home of their dreams. Show less



CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Cook County

• Executive Director

  • 2001 - 2004

  Responsible for all aspects of organizational operations. CASA's mission is to recruit, train and supervise community volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children involved in juvenile court. Essentially, CASA volunteers act as another set of eyes and ears for judges on the most complex of cases in court by providing written and oral testimony on their observations of the child in all aspects of his/her life. I oversaw both the development side and the program side of the agency. The CASA of Cook County program is one of 900 locally run programs affiliated with the National CASA Organization. The local programs are each responsible for securing their own funding. As Executive Director, I was responsible for oversight of all grant writing and reporting as well as cultivating relationships with grantors, private and corporate supporters and the Board of Directors. Since the CASA program operates under a Court Order of the Presiding Judge in the Dependency Division of Juvenile Court, it was essential to maintain a good working relationship with the judges, attorneys and court personnel as well. Show less

• Volunteer Coordinator

  • 1997 - 2001

  Supervised 35 volunteers on individual cases who gathered and maintained accurate and concise documents used to advocate on the behalf of abused and neglected minors.Ensured that volunteers actively monitored cases in an appropriate manner following the mission of the organization; discharged inactive or malfeasant volunteers in conjunction with the Volunteer Director.Developed and cultivated long term relationships with judges, attorneys and court personnel by generating multi-case file to support strategic priorities by advocating in court for abused and neglected children.Responsible for developing persuasive and fact-based presentation materials for court review.Collaborated with Program Director to develop and implement training program.Participated in management team meetings.Liaison to the Chicago Public Schools Juvenile Court Information Office panel which created and edited the premier Juvenile Court Chicago Public Schools Manual regarding the interfacing of the schools and the Court.Coordinator of University of Chicago CASA Volunteer Cadre including faculty, students, and administrators.Supervised volunteers in conjunction with the Medically At Risk Kids (MARK) program, a collaboration with Children’s Memorial Hospital, which assigned CASA volunteers to identified children in an effort to reduce re-abuse. Show less



Sprint Publishing & Advertising

• Northbrook, IL

• Account Representative

  • 1994 - 1997

  Outside B2B sales representative for Yellow Pages advertisers in the Chicago North Shore region. Grew territory by cultivating long-term relationships with small business owners. Developed and sold multi-book advertising campaigns for regional businesses. Outside B2B sales representative for Yellow Pages advertisers in the Chicago North Shore region. Grew territory by cultivating long-term relationships with small business owners. Developed and sold multi-book advertising campaigns for regional businesses.