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Newark, New Jersey, United States

Maplewood, New Jersey, United States

Hillside, New Jersey, United States

Provide executive support to the President & CEO, Vice President of Operations, and Senior Director, Administration / Board Liaison, as well as broader support to the Executive Leadership team and Board of Directors for the state’s largest food bank.- Organize and manage constantly-shifting calendars and logistics, maintaining an understanding of current organizational priorities. Coordinate with other departments to prepare briefing and/or presentation materials as needed.- Work alongside the Board Liaison to prepare Board meeting materials, take meeting minutes, and map out the Board meeting schedule for the fiscal year. Manage logistics for Committees under the VP, Operations.- Alongside the Senior Director, Administration, lead the organization’s weekly Cross-Org Administrator meeting, dedicated to sharing departmental and organizational priorities across functions.- Provide high-level support to the VP, Operations on priority projects including the organization’s bi-annual Network Standards Review (audit) by Feeding America, NY Metro Area Disaster Planning Cohort, and annual review of two partner organizations including preparing and writing final post-audit reports and management letters.- Manage high-priority internal meetings as the event lead and on-site contact. Created SOPs to streamline the process for managing in-house events.- Additional administrative tasks as needed including travel coordination, invoice processing, expense reimbursements, and credit card expense reports.

New York, Ny

Account lead for multiple ongoing projects with a strong client retention rate. Clients included amfAR, Tony Awards, ACLU, AJWS, Point Foundation, Color Of Change, and the National Center for Learning Disabilities.- Advised on strategic planning as relates to overall event feasibility, fundraising, and revenue goals.- Managed all aspects of event logistics and planning for multiple long-range client events, including: production schedule, load-in/out schedule, timeline, floor plan creation and recommendations, run of show, expense and revenue budget and budget forecasting, staffing recommendations and recruitment, and event permitting.- Oversaw production and front of house vendors including catering, audio/visual, rentals, fabrication, security, video production, scriptwriting, design, and décor; managed RFP process to ensure that both costs and deliverables were in line with client goals. Managed complex, multi-day and multi-venue schedules to minimize overtime and redundancies and maximize on-site efficiency.- Worked collaboratively with sponsors and client to conceptualize and execute on-site activations.- Made venue recommendations based on extensive research and cost estimates; negotiated venue contracts. Past event locations have included premier NYC and Los Angeles event venues, hotels, private estates, and performing arts centers.- Spearheaded the creation and implementation of a company-wide Google Sheets dashboard template to streamline and simplify the event planning and fundraising process for staff and clients.- Guest Management / Fundraising Administration lead for multiple simultaneous projects: tracked all donations and payments in custom database and managed reporting to client organization; acted as liaison for donors, sponsors, and guests.

New York, Ny

Events director for the Communications Department and the Office of Student Services. Planned and executed the school’s marquee events, including the annual Diploma Ceremony (600 participants, approximately 2,500 guests) and New Student Orientation (6 days, approximately 650 attendees).- Successfully expanded New Student Orientation from 3 days to 6 days, while also accommodating increased attendance of approximately 150 students.- Oversaw record attendance at the 2012 and 2013 Diploma Ceremonies; student participants exceeded estimates by over 100 people each year and were successfully integrated into the ceremony.- Managed all aspects of event production, including on-site logistical needs, participation details for high- level speakers, event communications and RSVP systems, printed materials, and venue and vendor search, selection, and contract negotiation.- Developed and managed event budgets.- Recruited and managed 25-35 person on-site event staff; oversaw and trained graduate student assistants.

New York, Ny

Member of 2-3 person events team for the industry association for consumer magazines; worked to plan the organization's banner events including the American Magazine Conference, National Magazine Awards, Retail Conference, and Magazines 24/7 (MPA's Digital Conference), as well as smaller-scale events throughout the year.

New York, Ny

Sole event planner; managed 5-10 events per year including Annual Gala and 4-day Transient Glory Symposium.