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• Serve as the primary liaison for clients, fostering strong relationships.• Analyze and align project deliverables with client requirements.• Regularly engage with clients to provide updates and address concerns.• Collaborate with Customer Success Managers for adoption strategies.• Lead project planning, ensuring adherence to timelines and processes.• Define project scopes and monitor progress, implementing risk mitigation.• Coordinate resources to support teams in achieving project goals.• Facilitate communication among stakeholders for seamless collaboration.• Identify opportunities for client engagement and business growth.• Stay updated on industry trends to inform strategic decisions.• Achieve high client satisfaction and retention rates.• Ensure timely project completion within budget and expectations.• Contribute to revenue growth and meet targets through client expansion.• Foster positive internal team relationships for a productive environment.• Drive customer success metrics in collaboration with the Customer Success team.

• Conducts destination research, itinerary planning, accommodation selection, and travel logistics.• Expertise in crafting bespoke travel experiences tailored to individual preferences, ensuring unforgettable adventures.• Cultivates strong client relationships, providing exceptional customer service, and offering expert guidance to optimize travel experiences.• Uses cost-effective travel management, negotiating special rates, and leveraging industry connections to provide clients with value-added services and exclusive benefits.• Manages travel for diverse industries and tailors services to suit the distinct needs of each business member, enhancing their travel experiences while optimizing travel budgets.

- Develop and implement strategic plans to accomplish the year-round, engagement goals focused on growth, outreach achievement and continued stakeholder and partner organization participation.- Independently manage existing academic, community and geographic non-profit programs.- Plan, schedule and execute each of the program’s new and existing cyber security outreach initiatives.- Conduct cost-benefit analyses, collect and evaluate success metrics, and use other analytics to examine performance, derive value, and identify risk and opportunities. - Secure internal and external program support, resources, and volunteers for each initiative.- Drive operational workflows & requirements for tools, systems, and processes across multiple integrated processes and teams.- • Identify and assess risks or issues, resolving any complex business problems.- Complete various administrative and management tasks as needed, to support program operations and objectives.- Track and report on program performance metrics and KPIs to provide executive and stakeholder visibility.- Ensure IT Systems are equitable for internal and external stakeholders in order to access current software and implement system updates. - Execute and deliver on the communication plan across multiple channels.- Develop and distribute program, initiatives and event, communications, and promotional materials.

Leadership• Curate global programs and events for 11 regions worldwide. • Evaluates current alumni engagement and conducts alumni engagement assessments. Makes recommendations for new or improved engagement best practices and presents information to Directors to implement in written reports and oral presentations.• Develop the strategic global programming roadmap and define requirements for alumni relations that serve more than 54,000 university alumni.• Recruit and train lead volunteers in regions, using training materials developed by the Alumni Regional Outreach team.• Facilitate programming featuring the president, faculty and other university leaders—including Brains In A Bar, Classroom Connect, and Presidential Visits—that fulfills alumni interests and supports the goals of the university.• Lead community outreach in the Houston area, home of 19,000 Rice alumni. Increased global engagement by 25% in Fiscal year 2020, through virtual events. • Foster advancement of early alumni leadership by providing Rice students opportunities in career exploration, networking and alumni mentorship. Project Management• Analyze and report on engagement metrics for more than 300 annual global events and initiatives.• Develop strategy and set priorities for $120,000 annual planning budget for the Alumni Regional Outreach team. • Synchronize with partner teams to ensure the inclusion of all stakeholder requirements and objectives. • Collaborate with divisional events team to execute program logistics, manage vendors, and provide day-of event support nationally.• Collaborate with the Annual Fund Director and various levels of Development staff within each school and unit to design and implement events and programs that steward potential donors of multiple levels and demographics.

• Assist the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies with grant research, resource funding, and development opportunities.• Maintains the Center events budgets, which may range from $30 to $60,000.• Coordinates all events for Middle Eastern Studies, from start to finish.• Coordinates venue reservations and catering for special events and alsoprocesses vouchers for vendor payments.• Troubleshoots any problems or changes to events to ensure that speakers, attendees and organizers have the most positive experience.• Prepare reports on event activities for administration and funding agencies.• Oversee all marketing material creation for events and special programs.• Updates websites, social media, and calendars.• Creates and administers surveys of event attendees and program participant anddevelop summaries of survey feedback.• Utilizes the university's VIP System and other databases to collect information on alumni and donors.• Coordinates timely mailing and emails to send to alumni, donors and friends. • Creates online forms and materials to better assist the flow of information between coordinator and constituents.• Currently developing programs that will bring financial support into the Center. These programs include corporate workshops on Middle Eastern Languages and Culture, student Global Professional Training in coordination with the International Office and CIBER.

Tracked and monitored budgets and expenditures for the AFP and Summer Institutes• Coordinated with C/DMES accounting staff to ensure accurate and timely processing of payment vouchers, purchase orders, and other financial documents. Processed hourly payroll and assignments. • Prepared financial reports for department administration and funding agencies. • Coordinated student recruitment and admissions processes for the AFP, AFP study abroad programs, and the Summer Institutes. • Maintained accurate and organized files and database records for AFP/Summer Institute students, visitors, instructional personnel, contractors, and vendors. Monitored student progress and registration. Draft admission, funding, and probation letters. • Tracked scholarship/fellowship awards and disbursements.• Collected and reviewed student, language partner, and instructor evaluations. • Coordinated Summer Institute registration, faculty/staff appointments, orientations, room scheduling, event planning, grade reporting, credit processing, housing, and other related tasks.• Liaised with University Extension, Registrar, off-site housing staff, external partners, and other departments and institutions.

• Assisted the Director and program staff of Academic foundations, and coordinated with other administrative staff on pending assignments from within and outside the Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI) office.• Coordinated travel for up to seventy-five employees and contractors, and processed travel reimbursements using the DEFINE system.• Maintained accounting system by processing purchase orders, vendor agreements and payments, invoices, budget adjustments, and dis-encumbrance of funds.• Researched information and compiled data, prepared reports that included statistical analysis for the Reading First grant proposal.• Assisted with the preparation of materials and supplies for over 6,000 attendees of the Texas Reading Institutes.

• Organized the overall event plans/executions for a variety of business/privateevents, including intimate dinner parties for clients and staff. Collaborated indevelopment of budgets, venue selections, invitation designs, and distributionof invitations.• Negotiated vendor contracts that focused on service, scope, and objectives.Supervised caterers, liquor suppliers, bands/DJs, florists, transportationvendors, decorators, and entertainers in the delivery of products and services.• Provided creative design, styles, and themes for each event. Selecteddecorations aligned with event themes. Chose the best catering and dessertselections in accordance with the established budgets. Organized the overallevent plans/executions for a variety of business/private events, includingintimate dinner parties for clients and staff.

• Prepared an organized weekly schedule and completed tasks efficiently, including developing a list of new businesses, setting appointments, and networking to gain for future business clients.• Met with new and established clients and performed sales presentations to give clients more information about the STAPLES program. • Closed sales week by signing contracts and implementing the program for companies with a minimum budget of $12,000 a year.• Coordinated and managed events with clients and vendors to ensurecontinued relationships.• Developed and managed programs from start to finish that included budget, specifications and implementation.• Met increasing quotas each month and held 85% plus to budget of new business accounts.• Commended for being among the top 10% of new business associates for a quarter in the central region.​

• Provided executive-level administrative support to the Director of Elder Affairs C.A.R.E.S. Unit and six department heads with a demonstrated ability to improve procedures, meet demanding deadlines, and effectively respond to changing requirements.• Collaborated with departments on weekly reports to facilitate accurate and timely preparation; involved from draft to final distribution.• Coordinated job advertisement, appointments, timesheets, staff directory and policies, office supplies, purchasing, and special office events.• Liaison between all impacted departments to ensure proper flow-down of communications and reporting practices. Supervised two associates for inventory control and management, payments/reimbursements, data management and travel.Administrative