Chris Gandy Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Project Manager Business Development April 2021- Present• Team Lead Business Development August 2020- March 2021• Business Development Representative March 2020- August 2020

St Petersburg City, Russia

● Developed and maintained a network of regular financial sponsors from across the US ● Traveled extensively to set up and execute donor awareness events● Coached and counseled individuals going through initial donor development launches● Planned and oversaw the dismantling of a vocational training school as well as the transport cross-city to a new location and the installation and setup in the new facility under the direction of the Executive Director● Created the logistics department of the vocational training school to meet the Executive’s need to supply classes and ship out benevolence donations to clients● Edited, designed, and printed 200-page training manuals for three consecutive annual international social work conferences in St. Petersburg, Russia ● Trained graduates of a young adult orphan halfway house. In particular, I built up an English tutoring program (conversational and job-skills focus) for young adult graduates of Russian orphanage institutions which catered to 6 to 8 weekly students for a 6-year duration● Supervised and counseled 3 American young adult volunteer workers both in the process of launching into international work and in the hard work of living overseas● Logistics support for city-wide community outreach events including multiple 20-40 person gatherings● Russian language proficiency gained within 1.5 years. Navigated the Russian immigrations system quickly and gained permanent residency status within 11 months.● Counseled and consulted various parties in tension (staff members of a Russian non-profit) during the period of heightened conflict between the Russian Federation and UkraineSpecialties: sales, sales specialist, fundraising, management, nonprofits, organization, office management, publications, project management, cross-cultural communication, events planning, events management, conflict resolution, donor relations management, publications, productions, fulfillment, salesforce, MS Office, G-suite.

Pasadena, Ca

● Attended and scribed meeting notes for budget meetings, department head meetings, strategy sessions, and the website upgrade task force● Managed executive’s calendar, planned travels for publications department and executive department, conference scheduling and planning, and credit card oversight Specialties: sales, sales specialist, fundraising, management, nonprofits, organization, office management, publications, project management, cross-cultural communication, events planning, events management, conflict resolution, donor relations management, publications, productions, fulfillment, salesforce, MS Office, G-suite. ● Directed a team of 4-5 employees in both fulfillment and publications departments● Ran the productions calendar for the University’s scholarly quarterly journal (article solicitation, copyediting, print coordination)● Managed the transition project to bring the distance MA in International Development curriculum to an internet-based/print-on-demand system● Revamped 4 university websites ● Published over a dozen university works both for curriculum use and for the university press● Archived and publicized early university documents for posterity and historical purposes● Operated the curriculum warehouse/stockroom with a focus on international shipping with 4-5 big shipments per quarter● Updated and revised all ordering forms and transitioned to a Print on Demand system

Master Of Arts - Ma

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba