Joan Juster Email & Phone Number

San Francisco

My column, "In Case You Missed It," appears every other week in the San Francisco Bay Times.

Building on my years of work with the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, I am honored to join the team at Bay Area Cancer Connections in their mission of providing support to Bay Area people with breast and ovarian cancer.

Provide support for a wide variety of events in San Francisco's historic Green Room, in the War Memorial Building.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide event support for conventions at Moscone Center and other venues on an on-call basis, with emphasis on customer service. Duties include: registration, stage management, show office management, information desk, speaker assistance, floor manager's assistant, press check-in, directional, room monitor, and other duties as assigned. Other agencies I.

San Francisco Bay Area And Washington, D.C.

* Contacted, scheduled and coordinated hundreds of volunteers, political leaders, and celebrities to read names at AIDS Memorial Quilt displays in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. since 1989.* Coordinated three-day round-the-clock reading of all 86,000+ names from the Quilt in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS.

San Francisco

* Co-producer of award-winning feature-length documentary "Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony," which has been seen at 16 film festivals and over 300 other live screenings, plus 467 public television broadcasts on 156 different channels in 42 states.* Co-producer of "Where the River Matanuska Flows: Stories of Alaska Pioneers,".

San Francisco, California

Coordinated & oversaw production of BCEF's signature annual fundraising event, THIS OLD BAG, a high-end handbag auction. Recruited & coordinated a team of contractors (event producers, publicist), volunteer committees, and interns; solicited donations and maintained inventory of hundreds of handbags ranging in value from $35 to $10,000; promoted the event.

San Francisco And Houston

Manage financial matters and personal business for world-class musician. Duties include facilitating preparation of tax returns, managing all financial affairs, facilitating real estate transactions, overseeing household staff, coordinating home renovations, and more as assigned. More information upon request.NOTE: While the position of managing day-to-day.

San Francisco Bay Area

Returned to AWSF part-time during the busy season leading up to 2011 AIDS Walk, which raised over $3 million for local AIDS organizations. Worked closed with all AWSF staff in coordinating and supervising volunteers in preparation for AIDS Walk.

* Recruited, trained and coordinated volunteers for everything from daytime office work to major events utilizing over 250 volunteers. * Created volunteer database where none existed before, and grew it to over 650 volunteers. * Collaborated with other non-profit agencies to provide volunteers for numerous outside events that benefited our organizations. *.

Paraprofessional for sole proprietor accountancy firm. Areas of expertise included audit preparation and management, compliance management, tax and bankruptcy support, preparation for peer reviews.

Grassroots organizer creating and building community fundraising teams for AIDS Walk San Francisco, and participating in event planning and execution. Events included nearly 35,000 participants and raised over $3 million each year for local AIDS organizations.After leaving MZA, continued on as seasonal volunteer and Team Leader through present.

* Coordinated national auditions for the country's leading summer training program for young opera professionals. * Coordinated travel, housing and publicity for the young artists here in San Francisco, providing support as they launched their careers.* Worked with boards of directors, press, artists and community to create successful performances and.

House Manager for San Francisco International Film Festival for eight seasons.

Volunteer and Team Leader for non-profit organization that provided in-home practical support to people disabled by AIDS.

Assisted Production Manager of largest repertory theatre in the United States in managing everything that went onstage except actors, including:* Preparing monthly union reports* Processing petty cash, purchase orders, and time cards* Hiring and coordinating interns for the Technical Internship Program.

Retail clerk children's book specialist at iconic bookstore in downtown Santa Cruz.Upon moving to San Francisco in 1978, worked at Solar Lights Books and Brentano's Bookstore until 1980.

B.A., Major - English Literature; Minor - French Literature

Activities and Societies: Graduated with College Honors.

Education record