solutions-focused, detail-driven professional eager to contribute proven organizational support, project management,

administrative / international research, and team building talents toward maximizing an academic community s success.

 

profile

 

         contribute superior leadership abilities, intelligent decision-making skills, sharp troubleshooting techniques, and dynamic communication and interpersonal relationship-building talents.

         foster cooperative teamwork across a multitude of personnel levels, while making solid organizational decisions to maintain a productive working environment and consistently achieve set operational goals.

         proficient in ms windows 2000 / xp / vista, ms office 2003 c 2007, edgar online, lexis nexis, spss, lotus pack builder, expanded academic index, desktop publishing, os / networking, and it support.

 

~ education ~

 

m.a., diplomacy / international affairs (academic merit award honor)                  university of nottingham (uk)

b.a., political science (cum laude / dean s list)                                    university of massachusetts, boston

 

professional synopsis

 

 

         applied dynamic research and organizational talents toward successfully investigating copyright permissions, along with cataloguing / computing permission order billing and setting prices for copyrighted print orders.

         conducted effective website-based usability studies and provided necessary troubleshooting support for personnel as required; edited / collated university-wide course packets for faculty and staff.

         liaised cohesively between departments to coordinate wide-ranging cross-functional correspondence.

 

 

         created university-wide drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs, along with coordinating and implementing large-scale workshops to raise awareness of stds; provided confidential student help sessions as necessary.

         accurately collected / collated data for complex statistical surveys to ensure seamless administrative processes.

 

         steered a high-profit on-campus hunger and homelessness campaign at the university of massachusetts, boston, including organizing student agendas for shelter visits, planning food / clothing drives, and coordinating fundraisers.

         successfully planned and executed boston hunger cleanup projects for 1997, 1998, and 1999; profitably canvassed massachusetts neighborhoods to raise awareness and funds for the hungry and homeless cause.

 

~ international research experience ~

 

 

         expertly researched legislative, policy, and legal issues, including authoring and submitting briefs on goals / objectives of proposed initiatives within set deadlines; analyzed and critiqued project-specific position papers.

         investigated ireland s political and economic integration impact within the eu regarding domestic policy issues, along with conducting independent qualitative research on issues pertaining to youth-based perception of eu.

 

 

         led a 12-member student delegation in optimally representing the university of massachusetts, boston at the prestigious un peace conference; collaborated in the writing and delivery of the delegation s conference paper.

         actively served as a chairperson within the planning committee that successfully petitioned the university and attained funding for delegate travel arrangements.

 

~ recent supplemental roles ~

 

department manager, whole foods market, wellesley, ma                                                      2007 c present

market manager, legal seafoods, chestnut hill, ma                                                                       2006 c 2007

supervisor and charities coordinator, starbucks coffee company, providence, ri                        2005 c 2006

marketing manager, clubtool.com, boston, ma                                                                              2000 c 2003