Tanya Ray Zwahlen
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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German Limited working proficiency
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Marketing on LinkedIn
LinkedInApr, 2022- Oct, 2024
Experience
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IMD
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Switzerland
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive MBA Admissions Coordinator
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Apr 2021 - Present
The EMBA Admissions Coordinator’s role is an important support role for the EMBA Admissions Manager. The job’s main focus areas are: promoting the EMBA through social media channels, recruiting activities, admissions, reporting and exploring with alumni potential sponsors for the individual, in-organization, assignments. The EMBA Admissions Coordinator will work closely with the EMBA team, IT, Executive Development Services, Marketing, Communications and the Alumni department to align effective program promotion, lead generation and candidate recruitment. Show less
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World Economic Forum
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Switzerland
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Sustainable Development Partnership (SDIP) Specialist
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Dec 2018 - Sep 2019
As the SDIP Specialist, I played a multi-functional role in supporting a small, motivated team based in Geneva to promote public-private financing approaches to address global development finance challenges at scale. In addition to managing administrative support for SDIP, I contributed to the development and management of events, curation of content and documentation to support SDIP activities, and coordination of communications with member institutions and partners. Additionally, supported the Deputy Head of Centre for Global Public Goods, Member of the Executive Committee. Essential duties and Responsibilities: ▪ Coordinated event-related meetings and logistics, acting as liaison with other Forum teams and external consultants and suppliers to manage invitation processes and successfully delivered events. ▪ Managed communication with internal and external stakeholders, including facilitating/partner engagement with SDIP and coordination with external consultants and external hubs ▪ Contributed to written materials, presentations, on SDIP Annual Report to be published through digital platforms and through traditional media, and preparation on SDIP activities ▪ Managed and maintained team documents and systems that support the initiative internally and externally, including SDIP database, support with budgets and expenditures and, internal donor reports ▪ Acted as a focal point with the Forum in coordinating with other teams, establishing new processes to ensure knowledge can be shared and internal deadlines are met ▪ Assisted Deputy Head of Centre for Global Public Goods, Member of the Executive committee, with scheduling travel, arranging meetings, handling information requests, preparing agenda and correspondence and liaising with various levels of stakeholders. Show less
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Webster University
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Events Coordinator, a.i.
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Oct 2016 - May 2017
Responsible for overseeing the logistics and coordination of Webster events such as high-profile academic departmental conferences, academic departmental lectures, monthly staff meetings, Graduation ceremonies, retirement parties, Christmas Parties, St Louis visits. Responsible for overseeing the logistics of internal and external events. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead/Chair the Graduation Committee. - Built and maintained correspondence with Board of Directors. - Responsible for overseeing the logistics of high-profile departmental conferences; guest speakers for academic lectures, monthly staff meetings, graduation ceremonies, retirement parties, holiday parties and visits to the main campus in St. Louis, MO - USA. - Responsible for negotiating transient accommodations contracts such as transportation and hotels for executive staff and special guests. - Managed event budgets, registration process, catering and guest lists. - Designed event programs and promotional material. - Negotiated contracts with suppliers: printers, office supplies, etc. - Distributed events advisements and formal invitations to all staff, faculty and partners. -Oversaw all logistics related to Commencement Ceremony and Annual Garden Party Show less
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Webster University
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Admissions Officer and Operations Support
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Sep 2011 - Jul 2015
Operations Support- Responsible for the Admissions Office ERP, CRM recruiting database and training of new users including employers and students. - Supervised a staff of six (6) admission team members. - Performed quality control checks and maintained up-to-date accurate student records.- Generated periodic reports to assist the director and recruiters in tracking recruitment patterns and yield numbers per term, establishing a pertinent system to better recruit students. - Responsible for following up on all prospective first-time students’ application files (Undergraduates) - Evaluated and rendered acceptances on student applications from the recruitment through enrollment. Transfer students - Responsible for all aspects of transfer student application process from recruitment through enrollment. Performed preliminary evaluations on the transfer of academic credits from local Swiss accreditation system and from all other worldwide universities. - Briefed prospective students and parents on facilitating application process, scholarships, financial aid, scheduling and registration of courses. - Liaised with other universities and worked closely with local authorities and Swiss Embassies. - Participated in the organization of prospecting activities such as open houses, orientation and career days to attract and recruit students for the Geneva campus. Student Assistants - Managed and supervised student assistants, including training in database entry, arranging schedules, checking and reporting time sheets.- Conducted student assistant performance evaluations. - Oversaw quality control of database throughout the initial enrollment process. Show less
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Admissions Administrator, Office of Admissions
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Sep 2007 - Aug 2011
- Managed inquiries, admission process.- Provided campus tours and personal visits. - Maintained in-house database and training of new users for all European campuses. - Generated analytics to track student enrollment, progress and identify potential issues that may negatively impact the admissions process.
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Education
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2003 - 2006
Webster University Geneva
Bachelor’s of Arts Degree, Management with an emphasis in Marketing
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