Laura Mcdaniel Email & Phone Number

Redmond, WA

For the PNW Regional Office

Bellevue

• Proactively reviewed challenges and provided solutions: streamlined billing, invoicing, and implemented month-to-month charges for POA adult family home patients.
• Data entry, verification, update and edit patient information in the DocLinks and Healthwind databases.
• File management, scheduling, and maintaining strict client confidentiality.
• Input, review and file order requests for laboratory, testing, and review medication requests from/to adult family home caregivers and supervisors.

Greater Seattle Area

• Extensive calendar logistics, and right-hand management for the President & CEO and EVP of Business Development as well as the Board of Directors, while maintaining a high level of confidentiality for both business and.
• Detailed domestic and international travel, including complex private jet and commercial operations.
• Relationship facilitation for CEO and Board with top hotels, venues, and industry partners.
• Financial management, RFPs, expenses, and budget administration.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, board members and external partners and vendors.
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.Corporate Event Planner:

Greater Seattle Area

Calendar management, expense reporting, meeting coordination and preparation. Weekly reporting data, record keeping manager coordination and overall office management.

Bellevue, WA

• Serving multiple Senior Recruiters screening candidates, process background checks, and check references.
• Coordinated travel, transportation, hotels, and meals for candidates, itineraries, scheduling, and preparation for the interview process and video conferencing.
• Compiled interview data and in-candidate hiring process assisted with HR processing.

Issaquah, WA

• Personal/Executive Assistant to Owner, requiring confidentiality and time management.
• Business development endeavors, screening, meeting planning, correspondence, errands, event coordination and travel arrangements.
• Liaison between restaurant management and staff for CEO: maintained group staff calendars tracking scheduling, PTO, events and tracking orders and sales.
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.

Bellevue, WA

• Multi-tasked Executive support to the CEO, Board of Directors and VP of Legal Affairs.
• Responsible for developing intra-office communication protocols, administrative procedures, inventory control, allocated tasks and assignments to subordinates and monitored their performance. A staff of 15 with 6-8.
• Assisted in the onboarding process for new hires/contractors.
• Calendar management, domestic and international travel, expense reporting, setting up teleconferences/webinars and administrative support.
• Managed relationships with vendors, service providers and landlord, ensuring contracts and price negotiations met with office budget.

Phoenix, Arizona

• Complex calendar management for Vice President who oversaw 6 Sales Managers and 75 to 150 Inside Sales Account Executives, Underwriters and Brokers.
• Served as liaison between Phoenix-based executive staff and the corporate office in North Carolina.
• Processed and maintained confidential employee records for the 75 to 150+ department employees, including PTO, vacations, write-ups and payroll (via Epay).
• Evaluated and managed staff performances with Sales Managers and reviewed with VP for promotions or raises as well as write-ups and dismissals.
• Sound judgment in implementing procedural and policy changes to improve operational efficiency.
• Ambiguity tolerance – provided an environment of certainty by offering solid and positive feedback.

Phoenix, Arizona

• Became the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health and Arizona School of Health Sciences
• Worked with Development Director interacting with philanthropists and corporate/foundation executives and dignitaries to develop relationship gifting for both schools.
• Planned and created fundraisers and special events to support two graduate schools in Phoenix, Arizona. Scouted locations, contracted with vendors and managed volunteers and oversaw all aspects of Corporate and Special.
• Developed relationship profile database of “Founding Members” by researching press releases, media, articles and participated in community and state events and activities.
• Supervised students for fundraisers, initiating timelines, tasks and duties and guidance. Mentored on donation procurement for auction items for Crystal Awards event and utilized their creative skills that yielded more.
• Agile Leader - created intern/volunteer opportunities for students to collaborate with teachers as well as some Founding Members. Monitored their performances and created merit information for student files.Corporate.