Alexis Perkins, Med Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Design and facilitate supervisor soft skills training for the Utilities Department.• Facilitate group coaching sessions. • Coordinated the executive coaching initiative & workshops. • Designed, implemented and manage the department employee onboarding tours.• Created & facilitated focus groups.• Created, distributed and analyzed survey results for the Utilities University Phase 2 Supervisory Career Track. • Collaborated with team members and used the survey data to create the Utilities University Phase 2 Supervisory Career Track.• Audit Utilities University professional development training.• Serve as a Learning Management System Administrator.

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

Trained independent contractors to use the database system, perform research and make sales calls. • Provided organized support to the owner and founder of Second Half Events.• Provided onboarding support to independent contractors; conducted meetings, organized and delivered orientations and ongoing training.• Attended networking events to market the upcoming expo.

Advised and supervised events for 10 student programs. Provided support to the UCO Office of Global Affairs and Assistant Director of International Programs.• Managed programming budgets for 19 student programs and associations; purchased items for all student events.• Supervised student employees and provided onboarding support; conducted intake interviews, provided coaching and training, oversaw and advised weekly meetings, reviewed and selected scholarship recipients.• Collaborated with faculty, staff, students and program participants to identify program needs and ensure requirements are met; oversaw event schedules and project workflows.• Provided ongoing support for staff, students, and program participants including the supervision of event set up & tear down; photographed events, managed social media sites and distributed promotional items.• Assisted in organizing international student orientation details; purchased and organized raffle prizes and care packages.

University Of Central Oklahoma

Obtained grant funding to launch a peer mentor program in the UCO Communication Department to support students in exploring careers in communications through networking. • Prepared messaging for the program and recruited peer leaders to provide mentoring to students; conducted intake interviews, organized program orientation, prepared training sessions and materials for peer leaders, brought in guest speakers, and facilitated peer leader meetings.• Created and managed content on three social media sites to promote the program. • Designed and distributed promotional items to increase awareness of the program.• Conducted a focus group on peer mentoring needs and compiled results.• Facilitated meetings with Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) members in creating a campaign to market the program to students, faculty and staff.• Delivered presentation, "Peer Mentoring: Benefits of Implementation," at the 2018 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education National Conference. • Presented research at the Oklahoma Research Day March 2019.•. Placed second at the Transformative Learning Conference March 2019 and 2020.

Performed research and related tasks for the Student Success Advising Center in the College of Business. Majority of research time was spent writing a review of the literature on peer mentoring. • Conducted and analyzed research interviews; created a research poster and survey.• Presented research at Oklahoma Research Day and a UCO intern showcase event.• Placed second with poster presentation at the Transformative Learning Conference.

Tutored and mentored students within the TRIO Student Support Services program. Assisted with the development of the TRIO Student Ambassador Program; facilitated meetings and oversaw activities.• Recruited program participants, conducted intake interviews and recorded student data.• Developed a 25-page student resource guide and related materials to support mentor training and other program needs; also created and managed social media sites.

Master Of Education - Med, Adult And Higher Education — Talent Development, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Advisor, TEDxUCO, | Advisor, International Student Council | Advisor, Global Leadership Ambassadors | Member.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Strategic Communications— Organizational Communication

Activities and Societies: Member, Public Relations Student Society of America | International Buddies Program | Central Food Pantry

Linguistics

International Summer Exchange Program (academic and cultural experiences)

Completed General Education Courses

Activities and Societies: Academic Chair, Honors and Events Team | Student Ambassador | Social Chair, Student Ambassador Society |.