Jodi Suckle Email & Phone Number

I offer a comprehensive approach to creating meaningful travel experiences. I support small companies, travel advisors, and anyone in need of support for their group trips and travel operations.● Designing and supporting small-group custom tours. Managing group departures, start to finish.● Coordinating with in-country partners and DMCs to ensure accuracy of itinerary elements and traveler details.● Working with travelers to get them prepared for travel, including collecting necessary data and answering questions ahead of departure.www.lovelylittleadventures.com

Lead all elements of designing RISE Experiential Journeys. Oversee researching and vetting of service providers and partners at destinations, participant applications, logistics arrangements, pre-and post-trip debriefings, and program evaluation. Develop trip itineraries in accordance with RISE Flagship Program curriculum and ensured that all partners and service providers are aligned with organizational values and objectives.Developing ethical, safety, risk management, and partnership policies. Manage creation of registration processes, terms and conditions, and pre-departure meetings. Piloted first ever RISE Experiential Journey to Guatemala.Lead planning committee for annual RISE Travel Institute Student Conferences.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Manage portfolio of eight faculty-led worldwide experiential learning programs for engineering students. Oversee program marketing, student applications, faculty preparation, program and itinerary building, provider connections, and contracts, as well as budgeting. Support faculty, students, and partners throughout the duration of the program.Co-led group on 2-week experiential learning program to Cyprus. Facilitated program logistics, ensured student health and safety, and encouraged students to ask questions and consider new perspectives and ideas.Designed four faculty-led programs from the ground up, creating new itineraries in collaboration with partners and faculty.

As Chapter Events Lead, I support ITA chapters around the world in their efforts to carryout events that educate and empower travelers and locals to make more sustainable travel choices.

Create systems and processes for Chapter Leaders and events, including job description, application, onboarding process documents, handbook, event process documents, and other related materials.

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

Coordinated logistics with in-country teams, established registration sites, oversaw registration process, helped students raise money, and provided general program assistance for TeleSquad and Squads Abroad initiatives.Supervised additional administrative duties, including production of program materials, post-squad follow-up surveys, impact reports, and completion certificates.

Selected into a Global Professional Fellowship program for experienced professionals working to further develop global leadership, design thinking, shared-value, and social enterprise know-how. Our global community of Fellows works together to learn and share best-practices through case-based learning, exposure to thought-leaders, coaching & mentoring, and through a highly skilled service project.

Designed and carried out content and program development, and created and managed event implementation plans, including budget and closeout operations, for three events and four subcontracted events. Established and maintained partnerships with content providers, event speakers, trainers, facilitators, and subcontractors.Supervised execution of all logistical requirements, including travel, lodging, food and beverage services, ground transportation, venues, and all other meeting arrangements.Coordinated process of assigning attendees by creating and managing event registration websites and applications using services such as Cvent, Crowd Compass, and online survey tools.

Coordinate between travel agents, event organizers, program advisers, and travelers to book international and domestic travel for Fulbright events.Worked with the GPO Travel team to create processes to ensure efficiency &effective communication within the team & cross departmentally

Research, write, and edit travel guides for GoAbroad about a range of topics, programs, and destinations.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Website maintenance and social media management.Assist with transition to new website, including building new pages, formatting photographs, and editing content.Proof read and edit course materials for academic semester abroad.

Thailand

Lead groups of college students during programs in and around Chiang Mai. Responsible for safety and wellbeing of students while on program.Help students cope with culture shock and stresses of first time travel.

Greater New York City Area

Negotiated vendor contracts for services, including hotels and transportation, and handled event invoices. Oversaw customer service, addressing and resolving issues and concerns from parents and students. Supervised airport meet-and-greet, constructed employee schedules, coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements, and developed and disseminated travel-related materials and communications.Recruited, trained, and managed staff of fifteen seasonal employees and thirty volunteers.Organized pre-departure orientations for outgoing exchange students in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.Supervised and personally organized travel and orientation logistics for 1,000 American students per year participating in 100+ international programs on six continents.

Coordinate domestic and international travel for 600 foreign students from 70 countries hostedthrough the Midwest, and about the same number hosted throughout the east coast.Recruit and managed volunteers at events.Act as liaison with vendor staff.Rehired for the same position Summer 2017 (July to September)

Coordinate travel logistics and data, facilitate meet and greet at airports, coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, manage database of all changes made to student placements.

Conduct research to obtain grants for solar and water projects in a youth village in Rwanda.Create materials to demonstrate successful fundraising methods for youth groups.

Facilitate leadership discussions and activities for middle and high school students

Master’S Degree, International Relations And Affairs

Practicum: Rural Women’s Movement (Sept. to Dec. 2013) Co-­‐participated in designing a project to improve food security in rural South.

Bachelor’S Degree, International Relations And Affairs; History

Online Journalism Course, Travel Writing

With course material on travel writing-related topics such as SEO, branding, and writing for an audience, the Writer's Academy gave me.

E-Learning Seminar, Ethical And Sustainable Service Learning For Education Abroad

Objectives: -Identify ethical issues that often arise during service learning abroad programs -Prepare students and faculty to handle.