Katherine Buck Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Lead the full recruitment life cycle, from sourcing strategies, talent recruitment and acquisition to interview preparation, compensation, and on-boarding.• Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.• Generated specific candidate pool for career opportunities through evaluation of applicant credentials, and conducting pre-screening assessments and comprehensive initial interviews.• Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.• Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines.• Held the highest conversion rate at the agency within the second year.

• Created public involvement plans for policy initiatives. • Oversaw and audited government contracts. • Created tools to evaluate and receive feedback on program performance and reliability. • Composed legislative summaries, factsheets, testimony, comment letters, and reports. • Worked with community stakeholders to design legislative fixes and procure county funding for projects. • Tracked the budget and oversaw the management of largescale capital flood protection projects. • Managed and negotiated the appropriation of $2.5 million for county water quality projects.

Olympia, Wa

• Managed a yearly calendar and coordinated activities for onsite meetings, events, and conferences. • Organized large scale town halls biannually, attended by hundreds of constituents, for Senator Pedersen and the Speaker of the House Frank Chopp.• Developed and managed relationships with lobbyists, constituents, staff, press, and stakeholders. • Acted as an ambassador for Senator Pedersen, maintaining the highest level of professionalism at all times. • Supervised and managed all office staff. • Provided strategic legislative guidance to the Senator, allies, and key stakeholders. • Worked with Senator Pedersen and the staff team to achieve legislative victories on issues like marriage equality and reforming the uniform parentage act.

Olympia, Wa

• Served as Representative's surrogate at meetings, reception, and other events in district and Olympia. • Established and maintained close working relationships with lobbyists, legislative staff, and a wide range of organizations. • Conducted research and drafted responses to constituent inquiries. • Worked with state agencies to resolve constituent casework issues. • Supervised and mentored interns. • Managed Representative's expense account.

Olympia, Wa

• Coordinated the daily schedule with the Chief of Staff. • Drafted talking points for public testimony and public speaking engagements.• Organized stakeholder meetings. • Identified and tracked legislative priorities.

New York, Ny

• Invoicing and reception, New York Magazine. • Reception, Alfred P. Sloan. • Data entry, New York City Food Bank. • Administrative Assistant to Executive Vice President Stewart Paperin, Open Society Foundations.

Olympia, Wa

• Leased apartments for a complex that consistently maintained 98 percent occupancy. • Developed Excel spreadsheets to track sales and residency retention. • Crafted advertising promotions and classifieds. • Scheduled apartment manager’s weekly meetings and appointments.

Chicago, Il & Seattle, Wa

• Interviewed, hired and trained new employees.• Offered tailored customer service to clientele to ensure an exceptional shopping experience.• Assisted clients in styling, offering merchandise that effectively met their needs.• Achieved selling standards and goals on a consistent basis.• Performed with a sales team to maximize retail goals daily.• Set and achieved personal and team sales goals.• Helped oversee and maintain all fitting room and sales floor recovery processes.• Completed daily department maintenance tasks.• Worked with merchandising team to plan upcoming merchandise placement plans.• Maintained displays, restocked merchandise on sales floor and supported floor-set execution. • Assisted with planning floor moves, placing graphics, and executing visual detailing.• Identified opportunities to reorganize the selling floor to increase rate of sale.• Contributed to the execution of visual elements to support merchandising statements.• Responsible for stockroom maintenance.• Assisted with the execution of inventory processes (cycle counts, system uploads, stock ledger, Radio Frequency Identification Scans, markdowns, etc.). • Identified replenishment opportunities.