Adrienne Linton Email & Phone Number

Huntington Beach, CA

San Pedro, CA

• Assisted Executive Director in administrative support, ensuring the office ran smoothly and efficiently.
• Assisted with coordination of fundraising activities.
• Provided accurate and efficient documentation and record keeping of electronic and hardcopy files; gathered content, edited, designed, and published quarterly e-newsletter and e-blasts.
• Maintained and updated membership database and website content.
• Prepared and submitted communications to the company’s Board, Committees, and Memberships.

Port Of Oakland, Oakland, CA

• Managed events, operations and all service delivery for the Center for all seafarers in port.
• Provided hospitality and direct services for seafarer welfare, comfort and safety.
• Developed outreach activities and public relations events to build community awareness and connections.
• Conducted recruitment, training and supervision of all local volunteers.
• Planned, organized and executed fundraising events, and stewarded donors through regular care and tending.
• Managed online social networking to build public following and involvement.

Alameda, CA

• Coordinated logistics for conferences, training sessions, and cooking camps held locally and at various Air Force Bases.
• Interacted closely with event/trainer coordinator and owner/operator to understand classroom/kitchen set-up for cooking camps and booth set-ups at major conferences.

Charlottesville, VA

• Developed and coordinated all aspects of Semester at Sea’s field educational programs at international ports with the Director of International Field Programs and Chief Academic Officer.
• Maintained accurate files on each semester’s field program.
• Assisted with the development of field documents to organize procedures and data.
• Trained on-board field office staff.
• Organized and coordinated the Interport Program and Diplomatic Briefings for each country.

MV Explorer (Semester At Sea vessel)

• Sailed for the year and responsible for the operation of the shipboard field office, including field programs in each port/country.
• Primary contact with tour agents and hosts in each port and responsible for coordinating field programs.
• Conducted pre-port briefings for the 700-person shipboard community.
• Trained and supervised two staff assistants and two work-study students.

Ocean Majesty; SS Universe Explorer; MV Explorer (passenger ships)

• Maintained and monitored passenger accounts.
• Communicated ways to improve and upgrade the system to produce more efficiently and effectively.
• Coordinated financial procedures for other shipboard departments.
• Worked closely with the vessels’ Sr. Management and Department Heads.
• Maintained a high level of security, confidentiality, and sensitivity concerning financial records, accounting systems, and passenger accounts.

San Francisco

• Negotiated letters of credit pricing with key principals from financial institutions worldwide. NOTE: Worked previous 15 years in increasingly responsible positions in Banking Operations in corporate offices of Chevron.