Allison Zeeb Email & Phone Number

Naperville, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

- Lead visionary for developing Ball's Tropical & Foliage Supply chain from a value of $300k to +$3 million in under 5 years.- Doubled the Total Value and tripled quantities sold from 2019 to 2020 for twelve major finished foliage suppliers- Created partnerships with key suppliers in Florida by bringing on seven new supply networks in 2020- Kickstarted the.

Greater Chicago Area

o Implement new product trials and pre-commercial/breeder seed varieties o Monitor sales and market trends to help strategize marketing efforts as well as competitor activity o Organize and execute trade show displays at ASCFG/SAF/Great Lakes Expoo Design and implement the Cut Flower displays at CASTo Build networks between major and minor cut flower.

Salinas, California Area

• In charge of trailing and promoting experimental and commercial cut flower varieties across North and South America
• An integral part of sending out trial and commercial seed samples each week
• Travel across U.S, Canada, and overseas to visit growers, assess trials, and report on the development of cut flowers shown
• Participate in Europe cut flower trials in June, Japan Open days in July and October, as well as industry events across the globe
• Great involvement with key brokers, large-scale production growers, and specialty cut flower farmers

West Chicago

• One of the head maintainers and planters of the nine-acre trial and display garden
• Due to passion, interest, and key to detail, I was asked come back on board to help with the gardens
• Assist with landscape and design by creating hand drawn maps and artwork through flowers
• Create interesting container gardens like fairy gardens, front containers, or weird and wonderful pots

BLM Vernal Utah

• Collector in the Save Our Seeds Program (SOS). A program designed to capture the genetic diversity within native plant species
• Monitored and assessed threatened/endangered species and habitats like the Uinta Basin hookless cactus
• Developed ArcGIS and dichotomous key research
• Researched native plant species with hands on assessments in the herbarium

Greater Chicago Area

• Promoted sustainable garden methods through sister crops, vegetable pairing, and beneficial insect application
• 1000 Brussels sprouts, over 500 peppers, and an innumerable number of other vegetables started in the greenhouse.
• Fortified the grounds through weeding, watering, and dead-heading current displays

The Farm - Aurora Illinois

• Grew a variety of restaurant vegetables for Two Brothers Co. in an indoor hydroponic and aquaponic farm
• Created a STEM based educational curriculum around plants to run educational programs with different schools around the area and installed three hydroponics in elementary schools

Illinois State University's Herbarium

• Provided ideas and took initiative to mount different floral specimens and catalog over 100 different species of plants
• Worked on J.W. Powell’s flowers from his exploration to the Colorado River and its’ Canyons, one of the most well known botanist of the 20th century.
• Catalogued, restored, and renewed Anne Maria’s herbarium through her Great Basin exploration, One of the first female botanists to get recognized for her work

West Chicago

• Assisted in the planning, assembly, and implementation of the trial and display gardens.
• Gained experience in several aspects of exterior landscape installation.
• Planted and maintained 10s of thousands of plants installed for the summer trialling period.
• Determined the viability of fertilizer, soil, and water with several tests for pH and EC.

Greater Chicago Area

• Catalogued volunteer hours, new volunteers, and organized their information in Razor Edge. Used projected volunteer data in Razors Edge and developed pivot tables in Excel for volunteer’s projected growth.
• Implemented new ways to get more volunteers involved by researching 60 different museums and purchasing 30 volunteer awards.
• Developed customer service by answering and transferring phone calls throughout the museum. Sent out company wide emails through Outlook and scheduled appointments/meetings for the week.
• Brought in over $1000 in revenue through extensive research in grant programs.
• Developed legal contracts between Naper Settlement’s Weed Ladies and their potential customers.
• Communicated with 17 clothing companies to secure period outfits for the volunteers.

Naperville IL

• Supervised children from one to three years old during church service.
• Took care of the children for three hours on Sunday and then during the week for different baby-sitting opportunities.

Sarasota, Florida Area

• Developed costumer relation skills everyday through sales floor activities and cash register interactions.
• Recovered and replenished the store, maintained visual merchandising, maintained a clean store environment, and learned how to operate and maintain the cash register.
• In charge of all store merchandise and customer satisfaction while customers navigated through front and back of the store.

Naperville IL

• Started out as a waitress then promoted to hostess in 2012.
• Strong relationships with residents were easy to develop; was able to remember their names and personal stories for each.
• In charge of teaching new employees their duties and keeping track of the current wait staff. Able to use the copy machine, the cash register, and file receipts.
• In charge of customer escalation, making sure each resident was satisfied with his or her evening dinner.
• Kept a timely schedule to serve three course meals to over 30 residents each evening.
• Trained in all maintenance procedures, not only in the front of the restaurant but also, in the back of the house.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Horticulture And Landscape Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Designated Scholar, Honors Program, Horticulture Club, Bee Keeping Club, Horticulture Center Volunteer

Environmental Science, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Scuba Club, Yoga Club. GPA: 4.0/4.0 Honors Program, Environmental Club Obtained 50 credit hours

Astronomy And Astrophysics

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa GPA: 3.8/4.0 Dean Scholar, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Obtained 30 credit hours