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As International Liaison, I manage relationships with international members and guest surgeons and interact with outside organizations and other College divisions to link necessary services (e.g. Executive Office, Communications, Patient Education, Development, Conventions). Accomplishments include: • Proposed improvements to committee nomination process, reduction of committee size, and streamlined committee protocols. Recommendations were accepted and instituted by the College’s International Relations Committee (IRC).• Re-engineered processes to reduce the IRC’s operating budget by increasing use of Internet.• Simplified processes and placed promotional brochures online to reduce costs and more effectively promote international scholarship and outreach programs. Also, translated (Spanish) or obtained gratis translations for documents. • Seamlessly added two additional foreign exchange programs to ongoing Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) fellowship and expanded International Guest Scholarships program, and launched new outreach initiative to international sister surgical societies.As Administrator, Scholarships Section, I manage all aspects of $2M+ annual North American scholarships program; interface with specialty surgical societies regarding multiple shared scholarships; write and edit requirements brochures and magazine and newsletter articles; contribute to the College’s annual report and work extensively with the ACS Foundation. Accomplishments include:• Implemented new Scholarship Executive Subcommittee and improved organizational structure and program, saving time and reducing travel and hospitality budget by 60%.• Streamlined Scholarship Committee operating budget through eliminating obsolete programs and increasing use of Internet to publicize offerings.• Launched two large scholarship programs with no additional staff.

• Advise and assist students in production and promotion of annual University of Chicago Folk Festival • Write publicity materials and make personal appearances on radio to promote folk festival• Successfully obtained the gift of 35 years of festival recordings from WFMT Radio and raised funds for remastering this collection• Key member of committee preparing celebration events honoring 50th year of folk festival in 2010

• Composed and edited highly confidential correspondence for high-ranking executive• Managed budget for division section

Facilitated International Guest Scholarship and ANZ Traveling Fellowship programs, including tours of North American surgical centers for visiting surgeon-scholars. Provided personal assistance to international VIPs. Assisted the International Liaison, a senior citizen with disabilities, with moving 30 years of files to the College’s new headquarters. Participated in her oral history interviews for the College’s history project.

* Created protocols for and managed all aspects of the individual and collaborative grants competitions ($2M annual budget)* Performed preliminary evaluation of all applications* Provided ongoing follow-up with awardees over the life of their grants and beyond

Supported the Executive Director and managed special projects, including supervising the students of the Piano Master Classes, preparing the CSO’s instrumentation book so that special or additional instruments could be obtained and extra musicians could be hired in a timely manner, and worked with the Women’s Club on private post-concert receptions honoring artists. Accomplishments include:• Designed direct advertising campaign for Young People’s Programs that resulted in increased attendance• Designed audience questionnaire for Piano Master Classes that captured audience profile and enhanced attendance

Am, Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Folklore Society, English Country Dancers, Windy City Women's Morris DancersPeople sometimes ask whether I use.

Ba, Anthropology And Spanish

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