Ariana Witt Email & Phone Number

Conflicts of Interest• Review annual staff attestation to the Foundation’s Code of Conduct, vetting RF staff, Officers, and Board of Trustee members’ affiliation submissions. • Manage review of all potential conflicts, including coordination of memos, advising decision-makers, and clearance of transactions.• Act as a liaison to staff, Officers, and the Board of Trustees to ensure affiliations are up to date, manage the Call for Conflicts requests to staff throughout the year, and answer questions about the management of conflicts within the Foundation. • Manage systems change to operationalize Code of Conduct policies within Legal and Foundation processes, including development and delivery of training for staff. Board and Governance• Draft, edit, review, and manage Board resolutions, the list of RF Representatives, conflict of interest memos, Board meeting minutes, and any other Board meeting materials. • Coordinate with the Trustee and Governance Specialist to ensure timely submission of Board of Trustees meeting materials from the Office of the General Counsel, and provide support as needed for execution of meetings and communications.Department Operations and Management• Support the work between the Legal team and other Foundation teams to help create a smooth process of information exchange, as needed.• Assist and partner with the General Counsel on the department’s budget and budget submissions.• Manage administrative contracts and contract billing for the Legal department, ensuring approvals, timely tracking, submission of invoices for payment, and management against department budget. • Prepare and submit organizational materials in response to know your customer (KYC) and similar regulatory requirements, including for the Foundation’s Program Related Investment (PRI) portfolio.• Assist lawyers in oversight of governance, management, registration, and filings for Foundation affiliates and related entities.

New York, New York, United States

Manage the Foundation's Code of Conduct work, including: Vetting staff affiliation submissions; managing Trustee affiliations in coordination with the RF Board liaison; Engaging with RF staff re. potential grantee affiliation conflicts; Reviewing and editing conflict memos; keeping Code of Conduct information within RF systems up to dateLend support to RF and RFCC Board Governance, including: collaborating with the General Counsel on drafting of resolutions ahead of board meetings; creating minute templates for full board and committee meetings; aiding the General Counsel in managing, creating, reviewing and editing of board and committee meeting minutesLiaise with Finance to draft annual Audit Legal Confirmation letter and submit annual tax and corporate filings for General Counsel review; Assist with Legal budget and budget submissionsAssist in either drafting, updating and/or editing PowerPoints, documents and training presentations Help with brainstorming and organizing documents for Strategy Reviews and Senior Leadership Team meetingsManage team budget including spending and annual budget requests

New York, New York, United States

Provides all executive assistance to the General Counsel and administrative, organizational coordination support for the General Counsel and the Legal, Ethics, and Governance team. Manages the General Counsel’s schedule, time, conference calls and travel plans; creates agendas for key meetings. Works on Executive level presentation and materials including Board Presentations, the budget and forecast, and is a key person in the General Counsel’s office regarding any sensitive or confidential matters and legal billings.Identifies ways to improve and enhance the functioning of the Legal team.

New York, Ny, United States

Lend Administrative and Programmatic support to the Directors of Strategy and Impact, Finance and Budget, and Legal Affairs for the Economic Justice Program and Soros Economic Development Fund. Manage consultancy contract processing when needed; Supply integral support to program strategy development processManage on-boarding for U.S. based team members.

New York, New York

Team SupportSupporting the New York and London based staff members of the Economic Justice Team with administrative tasks, administrative requests as needed Travel and Travel Security Monitoring travel related security information for staff members during various travel and tracking all traveling staff members while abroadOccasionally preparing for and obtaining visas for staff membersContract / Consultant Authoring and Processing contracts for partnered entities and individuals across the EAP Program

Greater New York City Area

Schedule all meetings and travel for the President; Manage all daily phone and email communications on behalf of the President; To ensure the President is on task and supported in his daily activities both internal and external to the organization.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Lead the Alliance’s social media outreach on Twitter and Facebook and create a strategic plan to expand its impact and better integrate it into the Alliance’s overall communications and messaging efforts.•Manage the Alliance’s “High School Soup” blog, including writing original content on a daily and weekly basis, editing submissions•Draft newsletter articles, press releases, and other media-related materials•Maintain and update the Alliance’s media database.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Manage social media presence on Facebook and Twitter. Write blogs related to STEM and women in STEM programs. Research AAUW branches and events. Collaborate within the organization to grow and foster our audience's interest in STEM education.

New Carrollton, Md

Updating social media networks on a regular basis. Monitoring Facebook, blogs, and other forms of online media for things related to women in business, health, fashion, and overall living.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Enter data in Special Testing system, included test time and status changes. Retrieving and filing student information. Answering calls from students, parents and school officials to the Student Services Area regarding ACT testing. Occasionally completing registrations for the ACT test.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Worked on writing projects - including the Medical College Assessment Test and newly piloted testsScored essays using project specific rubrics, evaluating writing from pre-teens, teens, and college aged adults. Evaluated writing samples for development, organization, and language.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Handled voter's registration details and supplied voter material in the 2012 General Election.Registered people to vote in Johnson County using such data programs as Precinct Atlas. Used a great deal of communicative and office skills in this position.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Served as the single research assistant on a survey studyWas responsible for upwards 125 patients’ survey dataAdministered surveys to physicians and patients afflicted with mental illness during clinic visitsUsed Excel to enter gathered dataCo-authored a research paper for the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Medicine.

Managing a staff of reporters. Editing articles for print and online. Leading a weekly meeting of staffer reporters Assigning stories to reporters

Iowa City, Ia

Interviewed for, researched and wrote roughly four, 500-word articles weeklyPitched story ideas weekly Worked on a daily deadlineWas responsible for reporting news related to Graduate and Professional Students, Board of Regents, and Higher Education. Covered meetings including Board of Regents, Student Government, City Council, and State Legislative sessions.

Ba, Psychology & Journalism And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Student and Volunteer for Honors at Iowa , Student Ambassador at the University of Iowa Center of Diversity.

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