Catherine Olson Email & Phone Number

Franklin, TN

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

As the Director of Finance I managed federal, state, and private grant funding for all six Republic schools, including grant writing, budgeting, drawing down funds, fiscal compliance, and reporting. In collaboration with the CEO I fundraised needed philanthropy and managed donor relations, gift tracking, timely donor acknowledgements, and tax.

As the Finance Manager I managed and processed payroll for approximately 300 employees for two companies across two states as well as worked with director of human resources to manage and execute summer and mid-year onboarding processes and systems for over 100 new staff members annually. To improve our HR and payroll experience, I spearheaded the.

Nashville Prep

As a Director of Operations I directly managed and developed a 3-person (1 full, 2 part-time) team to ensure seamless execution of daily school operations, including student transportation, assessments, school nutrition program, emergency plans, facility maintenance, supply and asset inventory, and student recruitment and enrollment for a four-grade middle.

Nashville Prep

As an Operations Associate I supported the Director of Operations with day-to-day operations tasks and completed special projects as needed. I supported with student recruitment and enrollment efforts including phone banking, canvassing, and processing new student enrollment paperwork. I also managed the student food service program, attendance and tardy.

As an IDEX Fellow, I worked with the management of an affordable private school to develop and implement programs which will help improve the overall quality of the school. I implemented and monitored the programs at my school as well as worked to make them sustainable.

As Department Assistant of the Mathematics Department at Rhodes College, I was responsible for all office related tasks such as photocopying, scanning, and answering phones. I also organized seminars for visiting professors and lecturers.

As an intern at ASA, I researched the topic of default members in the ASA small loan program. I went into the field and interviewed borrowers and produced a final report for ASA on my findings.

Greater Memphis Area

I worked as an Intern in the Economics Department of FedEx Corporation. I collaborated with the economists in the department to perform economic research and prepare preliminary reports.