Ashley Smith Email & Phone Number

Provide high-level administrative support for Director of Sales and 16 Sales Departments companywide. Contract and execute complex events including offsite conferences and incentive travel.Sustain vital vendor and manufacturer relations to ensure quality business partnerships.Coordinate all corporate and branch travel requests.Supervise administrative staff, overseeing recruitment, hiring, and training. Manage information requests, receive visitors, arrange conference calls, and schedule meetings resulting in a steady and productive workflow.Create and modify reports, presentations, and correspondence.Manage internal purchase order process for asset acquisition. Maintain corporate office building with supply orders and maintenance.

•Assist the Executive, Development, and University Relations Offices in sustaining quality relations with donors, alumni, faculty, and students.•Maintain current contact information and giving records both verbally over the phone and electronically through Oracle Developer System and Microsoft applications.•Hostess of the Pilot Club, the University’s athletic donor society.•Commended for creation of a development case statement.

•Coordinated a study abroad program for University of Portland students and faculty in Salzburg, Austria.•Advertisement of study abroad opportunities.•Recruitment and interviewing of student participants.•Organized all insurance, travel, and emergency documentation.•Prepared participants for their overseas experience by providing safety, tourism, and cultural information.

•Coordinated the contracting, and synchronization of special attractions, exhibitors, and food vendors.•Assisted with the planning and execution of major on-site events in honor of WaMu and The Portland Business Alliance.•Aided in the basic promotion of the event and advanced vendor recruitment