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Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Dept. Of Defense: Fmwr Fort Bragg - Leisure Travel Services

Assistant Manager/Recreation Specialist at Fort Bragg Leisure Travel Services. Administers a comprehensive and versatile information, ticket and tours program for military personnel, their dependents, retired military personnel and Department of Defense civilians.Fort Bragg is the 5th largest "city" in North Carolina. Fort Bragg Leisure Travel Services (LTS) is the only full service travel and venue ticketing agency on Fort Bragg serving a population of 260,000+ (Active Duty Service Members, Retirees, DoD Civilians and their families). In addition they are one of two retail TicketMaster Outlets in North Carolina with a ticketing market that spans the East Coast, Nevada and California. LTS had sales in excess of $4 million during each of the last four fiscal years and is poised to reach sales of $5 million in FY2019

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Assistant Manager/ Supervisory Recreation Specialist at Fort Bragg Leisure Travel Services. Administers a comprehensive and versatile information, ticket and tours program for military personnel, their dependents, retired military personnel and Department of Defense civilians.Fort Bragg is the 5th largest "city" in North Carolina. Fort Bragg Leisure Travel Services (LTS) is the only full service travel and venue ticketing agency on Fort Bragg serving a population of 260,000+ (Active Duty Service Members, Retirees, DoD Civilians and their families). LTS had sales in excess of $4 million during each of the last five fiscal years and reached our goal of exceeding sales of $5 million in FY2019.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

Co-Owner and CEO at Five Cheeky Squires LLCManagement and Administration*Provides general oversight of all business activities, manages the day-to-day operations, andassures a smoothly functioning, efficient organization.*Assures program quality and organizational stability through development andimplementation of standards and controls, systems and procedures, and regularevaluation.*Assures a work environment that recruits, retains and supports quality staff.*Promotes programs and services that are produced in a cost-effective manner, employingeconomy while maintaining an acceptable level of quality.*Oversees the fiscal activities of the organization including budgeting, reporting and audit.*Works with Board to ensure financing to support short- and long-term goals.* Assures an effective fund development program by serving as the chief development officerCommunity relationsa) Facilitates the integration of Five Cheeky Squires LLC into the fabric of the community by using effective marketing and communications activities.b) Acts as an advocate, within the public and private sectors, for issues relevant to Five Cheeky Squires LLC, its services and constituencies.c) Listens to clients and the community in order to improve services and generate community involvement. Assures community awareness of Five Cheeky Squires LLC's response to community needs.d) Serves as chief spokesperson for Five Cheeky Squires LLC, assuring proper representation of the LLC to the community.

Fmwr Fort Bragg, Nc, Recreation Division, Recreation Equipment Checkout Center

Completed temporary assignment as Interim Business Manager for Fort Bragg Recreation Equipment Checkout Center while Manager was on maternity leave. Recreation Equipment Checkout Center has an extensive list of equipment available for a variety of activities and needs. Equipment available includes: campers, fishing boats, pontoon boats, canoes and kayaks, moon bouncers, climbing wall, trackless train, picnic & party equipment, canopy tents, tables and chairs, grills & super cookers, propane fill-up station, dunk tanks, lawn & garden equipment and much more. The Equipment Checkout Center serves on average 6000 customers per quarter.Duties during assignment: Managed business activity within the Fort Bragg Recreation Division. Develop, recommend and enforce operating procedures. Represent activity to the public. Conduct surveys, reviews, usage/sales to make recommendations concerning services, promotion activities and revenue improvements. Supervises assigned staff. Develop budgetary data. Evaluate financial statements, reviewing costs against revenues, advising Branch Chief of status and recommending improvements in services, marketing etc. Designated as acting Branch Chief of 4 facilities over Thanksgiving and Christmas period during temporary assignment. (Equipment Checkout Center, Cleland Ice Skating Ring, Clay Target Center and Smith Lake and Campground).

Fort Bragg, Nc

Involved with planning, organizing, and conducting facility and non facility based recreation programs for the FMWR Ft. Bragg community. Organized, planned, and evaluated community programs that reflect community interests. Worked in executing community-wide recreation events, programs and services to meet the diversified needs of the community, including a variety of multi-disciplinary events, (i.e. concerts, tournaments and other major programs such as ethnic, patriotic and holiday observances which involve a variety of activities).Event planning experience includes The Fort Bragg 4th of July Celebration (a top 20 event in the Southeast with annual attendance of 60-65,000), Concerts (Daughtry, Josh Turner, Chevelle, Summer Jam, The North Carolina Symphony), Movie Premiere's (the world premiere of "Dear John" was held at Fort Bragg), sporting events (WWE December 2011), Production of Festival of the Arts Events (Dorothy Meets Alice - award winning production in 2011) as well as various smaller community events such as the Fort Bragg Fair, Oktoberfest, etc.

Imcom Development Assignment Program Participant, Fort Bragg, Nc

IMCOM Development Assignment Program- Business Manager Trainee, Leisure Travel Services. 60 Day Assignment to train in the day to day operations and management of LTS (Ft. Bragg) to include sales, paperwork and supervision of staff. IMCOM's Developmental Assignment Program is designed to create multifunctional training and assignment opportunities in order to strengthen the experience of employees and prepare them for increased responsibility.Selection of Developmental Assignment Program participants by Army IMCOM was accomplished by review of applications submitted requiring two letters of recommendation from two senior supervisors, Annual Personnel Ratings of "Outstanding" for two previous years and a personal statement of intent as well as a current resume. A total of 28 personnel were selected Department of Defense wide to participate in this program.

Fmwr Fort Bragg

Responsible for assisting a higher level actions officer with the planning and executing of community special events that respond to the diversified needs and interests of the military/civilian population. Uses innovative approaches due to limited resources and diverse range of the populations interest and needs. Special Events implemented include community wide events such as the 4th of July Celebration; Army Soldier Show; Comedy Clubs; Fort Bragg Fair; Summer Jam Concert, etc

Assisted in the Management of various ACS Programs as requested by ACS Manager. ATFB Master trainer Certification. Property Manager for Bldg 1200 and $53,000 of property. Supervised 20 Volunteers, provided training to Fort Irwin Family Members and Active Duty Soldiers.AFTB Master Trainer/Instructor; trained to communicate in an articulate and persuasive manner as required for public speaking, media engagements, and personal interviews. Recruited and trained volunteers. Acted as an advocate and spokesperson for the AFTB program with the Command and the local community. Participated and taught AFTB Level 1 through Level 4 classes on a weekly basis. Wrote and Published SOP's for AFTB and Installation FRG's for ISO 9000 certification. Projected annual program budget, planned annual training calendar, prepared and received approval for Un-funded Requests. Planned and executed weekly workshops for AFTB, and monthly workshops for Family Readiness Groups. Participated in the planning /execution of numerous Community Relations events for Fort Irwin to include the Army Family Action Plan, Octoberfest, July 4th Celebrations and Community Fairs. Provided training and acted as POC for all Commander's/1St SGTs post wide reference Family Readiness Groups. Acted as liaison for the US Marine's Family Life Program. Acted as Regional Deployment Coordinator for families of deploying soldiers who hailed from the Southwestern United States. Assisted in Coordination of/and acted as Facilitator for annual AFAP (Army Family Action Plan). Participated in the coordination and acted as occasional Briefer at monthly Community Service Council (CSC) Participated as Coordinator/Chaperon for quarterly Spouses Orientation Tour. Briefer at quarterly 11th ACR Spouses Orientation.

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

Executive Assistant to Titan Site Manager, V Corps, G-3 Simulation Center. Secured and maintained SECRET Clearance for the US Government. Certified Industrial Security Manager for G3-Sims.Supervised administrative records of 23 employees. Received Visitors and telephone calls for Site Manager. Escorted un-secure personnel while they were inside the Simulation Center. Made necessary travel arrangements for the Site Manager and all employees stationed at V Corps/G3 Sim Center or traveling to Sim Center for Exercises. Maintained the Site Manager's calendars and scheduled appointments and meetings based upon workload and Exercise Issues. Read incoming correspondence, publications, regulations and directives. Determined those that could be acted upon personally and took necessary action. Determined which were of importance or interest to the Site Manager and referred them accordingly. Reviewed internal correspondence for the Site Manager. Served as a control point for suspense items and maintained a suspense system. Reviewed documents prepared for signature of or requiring coordination by the Site Manager for conformance with regulations, grammar, format, and special polices of the Company and the US Army.

Psychology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Presidents List (Students who achieved a 4.0 GPA with a course load of 12 or more semester hours)

General Studies, 3.4

General Studies, 3.2

Activities and Societies: Ventura College Press (College Newspaper)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Colorguard, Chorus, The Pep Club, Girls's League