Lorena Bruner Email & Phone Number

Stafford, Virginia, United States

Stafford, Virginia

• Specializing as a entrepreneur, personal consultant, and home design and renovation expert for clients on a low budget as well as high end. Consulting home renovation and upgrades on modern and old vintage homes. Providing word class customer service with emphasis on courtesy, creativity and artistic flair.

Stafford, Virginia

Columbia, Maryland

• Served as Account Manager for Northern Virginia Region in my position with sales in relevant customer related experiences with a specialty in hospitality and hotels. Among my client hotels, I have worked with Staybridge Suites, Wingate by Wyndham, Hampton Inn and Courtyard Marriott. Proven track record in sales generation, managing the achievement of sales result and profitability targets. Proven ability to develop new opportunities and maintain client relations while ensuring brand recognition and penetration in market.• Ability to present business strategy to audiences utilizing current technology with strong presentation skills.• As Directorate is a dynamic attentive and inspiring leader who has mastered relationship building with internal and external clients.• Someone who is representative of the company’s experience and client development by maximizing performance of motivation.

• Possesses Bachelors Degree, Graduate MBA Certificate and present graduate student of Joint MBA/Government Degree program from accredited university with human resource management with 7 years of experience with recruiting and consulting associated in higher education. • Assistant Manager to a team of 7 Admissions Consultants, providing support to students who are working adults pursuing undergraduate, and graduate degree programs on campuses and online.• Ability to review policy and procedures to ensure consistency in their application recommending modifications.• Possesses skill with applying Human Resources management principals, concepts, laws, and regulations. Oral and written communication skills sufficient to present management cases before third parties, negotiate agreements.• Has obtained the skill to provide authoritative advisory services and develop authoritative policy interpretations.• Possesses skill to provide staff advisory services on Marine Corps Branch and other military branch wide issues pertaining to potential impact of negotiation and third party decisions concerning management rights as defined in Statute.

District Of Columbia

• Planned directed, controlled and supervised as Board Member/VP Public Policy Virginia State Chairperson.• Possesses consulting skills to sufficiently deal with officials of other organizations in briefings, consultations, negotiations, hearings and/or other difficult situations. Has the ability to resolve unfair labor practice charges and complaints: arbitration of grievances; resolution of negotiable issues; conformance of labor agreements with applicable laws.• Addressed AAUW’s national and Virginia State public policy issues, focusing on federal policy with regards to education and breaking barriers relating to women, girls and families. Worked with and made decisions with 12 Virginia State Board members. • Develops, plans and campaigns while writing feature articles for “Vision”, AAUW’s Virginia Quarterly Newsletter.• Conducts/assists in studies to determine immediate and long range training and instructional needs of the various training programs

Fredericksburg, Virginia

• Served as manager of retail furniture store, one of three stores in a private family owned business, selling upscale, unique “One of a kind” baby and children’s bedroom furniture and accessories. Effectively lead, developed and supported the sales operations of store to meet and exceed sales plans and profitability targets.• Clear understanding of the demands and pressures required to succeed in a service intensive business • Averaging 80% of monthly customer sales. Negotiating prices for damaged and sales merchandize for customers.• Meet with clients to assess their furniture and accessory needs for bathrooms and bedrooms and recreational playrooms

Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia

• Volunteered/Mentored Legal assistant for Family Legal Assistance with Lt. Col. Clinton Janes, U.S. Marine Corps Attorney• Experienced legal document writer, family rights commentator, and legal researcher.• Coordinated court appointments, hearings, court appearance for client as “pro se” attorney.• Handled court appeals with preparation and submitting of proper court documents concerning military law and divorce issues.• Interpreted and applied legislative, regulatory and policy guidance as they apply to military plans and policies with family law and divorce legal cases.

Quantico, Virginia

• Worked as team lead, receiver, monitor and expert of store merchandise and licensed operator and driver of government vehicle with background check with retail warehouse. • Worked closely with buyers, venders, sales leaders, and sales associates to get merchandise prepared for retail store sales, FBI and outlying stores and off base facilities.• Oversaw business operations including working with military clothing and service sales stores; the golf course, bowling centers, food service operations; Marine Corps clubs, and temporary lodging facilities • Performed support operations: Human Resources and Training: Non appropriated Funds Resource Management; Legal Assistance Office, Support Warehouse and Enterprise Architectural Branch.