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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Glencoe, Il

• Create entertaining, cooking and wellness curriculum for classes with 4-25 students, aged 3-90 years• Class offerings include Summer Entertaining, Nutritious Feel-Good Meals, Celebration Menus and Pies• Support new teaching on-boarding with classroom shadowing and mentoring• Offered online cooking classes during the pandemic• Consistently received favorable feedback from class participants including referral business

Lake Forest, Il

• Create cooking and wellness curriculum for students aged 3-90 years• Teach classes with 4-25 students per class

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Deliver exceptional fan experience to premier clients at Wrigley Field • Engage with clients using knowledge and history of Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

• Seating & Administrative Coordinator for Spring Gala, 2019• Holiday Boutique, Vendor Liaison 2017-present o Coordinate logistics, presentations, and financials for 42 vendors • Live Auction Chair for Spring Gala, raising $200,000, May 2017• Grants Committee 2018-present o Assist in annual appeal campaign, donor management, analyze grant requests, host a ‘shark tank’ presentation

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

• Analyzed space and designed a plan for the school’s new edible garden in consultation with Chicago Botanic Garden for size, layout, and contents• Evaluated proposals/bids for demolition, building and landscaping from 3rd party contractors • Served as general contractor for the project until completion• Created a curriculum for 150 students, aged 2-14 years, in the kitchen and garden classroom, focused on health, nutrition, sustainability and conservation• Mentor students for weekly farmer’s market, selling produce grown in the garden and created in the kitchen classroom

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

• Created an engaging experience for customers by sharing expertise on cooking, entertaining and enhancing the home• Provided supervision to ensure store was meeting financial goals and associates were providing excellent guest service• Trained and coached associates in selling, product knowledge and customer data management • Ensured store met visual, replenishment, cleanliness, safety and back of house standards during manager on duty shift

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

• Contracted to create curriculum and programs for employee wellness events• Lead and taught classes for up to 65 employees

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

• Nominated to Board of Governor’s Class of 2020• Co-Chair organization’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, June 2017 o Raised $2 million in a capital campaign - Met with organization’s founders and major donors to discuss celebrating the organization’s monumental anniversary and solicited for capital campaign o Planned every detail of Celebration including vision, location, logistics, food & beverage, entertainment, fundraising and transportation• President of the Associate Board 2013-2015 o Lead 30 members during monthly meetings that included educational, event planning and advocacy activities o Planned two outreach and fundraising events each year, including Storytime with Santa, Spring into Auction, Family Campfires and Sip and Shop with J. McLaughlin• Board of Directors (ex-officio) 2013-2015• Co-Chair Associate Board Inaugural Cattails & Cocktails Evening o Advocacy and fundraising event raising $85,000

Chicago, Il

Women's Designer Buying Office• Accountable financially and logistically for all of the department’s receipts• Analyze department’s sales, inventories, penetration and gross margins on a daily, weekly and monthly basis• Planned and executed four seasons of Preview Day events for Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis regions; organized Spring and Fall Preview events for 15 vendors to exhibit their lines to over 800 Marshall Field’s employees STATE STREET STOREAssistant to Regional Director and Store Operations Director, October 1998-October 1999• Assisted in store projects in the areas of operations, guest service and logistics

Chicago, Illinois, United States