As the Creative Executive Assistant, I serve as the right-hand person to our CEO while also infusing creativity and visual storytelling into our brand identity. I am responsible for managing executive administrative tasks efficiently while also capturing the essence of our company's work through lifestyle photography. This unique role will blend the traditional duties of an executive assistant with the creative flair of a branding and lifestyle photographer.

We offer on-location services:Babies and Children 🔹 Bah/Bat mitzvah 🔹 Christenings 🔹 Corporate Events 🔹 Engagement/Couples 🔹 Executive Head Shots 🔹Family Celebrations 🔹 Family Portraits 🔹 Graduation 🔹 Maternity 🔹 Product Photography 🔹 Quinceañera 🔹 Sweet Sixteen 🔹WeddingsMy passion for photography allows me to capture the unique moments of your special day. Each event is as important as the next to me. Capturing each event as it unfolds, with special attention to detail (while using mainly digital cameras or film if preferred). The digital photography allows me to enhance and edit photos, making any color image into black and white to allow for the timelessness of the events.

Focus Forward Fellowship is designed to help women student veterans and service members build skills, leadership, and a sense of community with their peers.

● Provides comprehensive support for the day-to-day operations of the Military and Veterans Student Services (MVSS) office, ensuring seamless functioning throughout the semester.● Demonstrates exceptional customer service skills by promptly addressing in-person inquiries, phone calls, and emails courteously and professionally.● Serves as an executive assistant to the BSU VA Certifying Official(s) and MVSS Director, coordinating administrative tasks efficiently.● Effectively communicates with BSU faculty regarding student-veteran issues, always respecting student privacy and maintaining confidentiality.● Collaborates with national, regional, and state veterans' groups when necessary, fostering valuable partnerships.● Strictly adheres to federal, state, and BSU regulations concerning the safeguarding and confidentiality of student records and personal identifying information.● Assists benefit-eligible students and their dependents in the application process for VA Education Benefits, ensuring a smooth and accurate submission.● Guides prospective student-veterans through the application process for VA educational benefits and admission to BSU, facilitating their transition into the academic environment.● Keeps students informed of any issues related to federal benefits promptly and transparently.● Maintains accurate records of worked hours on VA Form 22-8690 Time Record, ensuring compliance with documentation requirements.● Collaborates closely with BSU faculty to enhance support for veteran, military, and military-family students, contributing to their academic success.● Facilitated workshops and coordinated veteran benefits informational seminars to provide valuable resources and information to students.● Corresponding with students, faculty, and staff using email and Microsoft Teams ensures effective communication channels.

● Conducted precise monitor calibration, ensuring optimal color accuracy and image quality for photography projects.● Performed regular maintenance tasks, including enlarger cleaning and alignment, to guarantee precise and consistent image enlargements.● Managed and maintained an organized photography equipment inventory, tracking and documenting its condition and availability.● Facilitated equipment check-out procedures for students, ensuring proper handling, usage, and return, contributing to a smooth workflow in the studio.● Assumed responsibility for enhancing the equipment tracking system, and implementing improvements to streamline the process and enhance efficiency.● Provided informal tutoring and guidance to beginner-level photography students, offering valuable insights and fostering skill development.● Expertly mixed chemistry for film and paper development in the darkroom, adhering to safety protocols and ensuring the quality of photographic prints.● Maintained the cleanliness and functionality of the darkroom and lab sinks and equipment, creating a safe and conducive working environment.● Organized and managed studio tools and supplies, optimizing accessibility and workflow for photography students and faculty.● Maintained an inventory of consumable supplies and proactively created order forms when supplies required replenishment, ensuring a well-stocked studio for ongoing projects.

● Serves as Administrator for providing low-income benefits under MA General Law Chapter 115 to veterans, widows and their dependents.● Acts as a Veterans’ Services Officer aiding veterans and their dependents of the Town in applying for a full range of federal, state, and local benefits. ● Primary host on radio show “Ask Your Veterans Agent,” heard on WVBF AM1530 providing important information on a weekly basis pertaining to veterans’ advocacy; regulations involving federal, state and local levels of government; and educating the general public about veterans. ● Serves on the Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers Association (MVSOA) as an elected member to Executive Board and provides support as the MVSOA’s treasurer, training committee member, social media and virtual meeting manager.● Services on the Southeastern MVSOA’s elected officers slate as 2021-Present President and 2019-2021 Vice-President. ● Interacts regularly with other agencies to ensure that the total needs of veterans are met. These agencies include but are not limited to: MA Department of Veterans’ Services, US Dept of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Centers and Clinics, Vet Center counseling sites, Career Center, Veterans Outreach, Housing Authorities, Social Security and Department of Transitional Assistance ● Discusses and assists in resolving needs pertaining to substance abuse, financial matters, death, employment, education, service-connected injuries, medical and other personal matters. ● Develops the budget for the department and manages operating costs to remain within budget. Presents the budget to the Finance Committee annually to obtain approval. Communicating regularly with town’s finance offices and town administrator to keep them apprised of expenditures and request adjustments to budget if necessary.

● Serves as Administrator for providing low-income benefits under MA General Law Chapter 115 to veterans, widows and their dependents.● Acts as a Veterans’ Services Officer aiding veterans and their dependents of the Town in applying for a full range of federal, state, and local benefits. ● Primary host on radio show “Ask Your Veterans Agent,” heard on WVBF AM1530 providing important information on a weekly basis pertaining to veterans’ advocacy; regulations involving federal, state and local levels of government; and educating the general public about veterans. ● Serves on the Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers Association (MVSOA) as an elected member to Executive Board and provides support as the MVSOA’s treasurer, training committee member, social media and virtual meeting manager.● Services on the Southeastern MVSOA’s elected officers slate as 2021-Present President and 2019-2021 Vice-President. ● Interacts regularly with other agencies to ensure that the total needs of veterans are met. These agencies include but are not limited to: MA Department of Veterans’ Services, US Dept of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Centers and Clinics, Vet Center counseling sites, Career Center, Veterans Outreach, Housing Authorities, Social Security and Department of Transitional Assistance ● Discusses and assists in resolving needs pertaining to substance abuse, financial matters, death, employment, education, service-connected injuries, medical and other personal matters. ● Develops the budget for the department and manages operating costs to remain within budget. Presents the budget to the Finance Committee annually to obtain approval. Communicating regularly with town’s finance offices and town administrator to keep them apprised of expenditures and request adjustments to budget if necessary.

● Serves as Administrator for providing low-income benefits under MA General Law Chapter 115 to veterans, widows and their dependents.● Acts as a Veterans’ Services Officer aiding veterans and their dependents of the Town in applying for a full range of federal, state, and local benefits. ● Primary host on radio show “Ask Your Veterans Agent,” heard on WVBF AM1530 providing important information on a weekly basis pertaining to veterans’ advocacy; regulations involving federal, state and local levels of government; and educating the general public about veterans. ● Serves on the Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers Association (MVSOA) as an elected member to Executive Board and provides support as the MVSOA’s treasurer, training committee member, social media and virtual meeting manager.● Services on the Southeastern MVSOA’s elected officers slate as 2021-Present President and 2019-2021 Vice-President. ● Interacts regularly with other agencies to ensure that the total needs of veterans are met. These agencies include but are not limited to: MA Department of Veterans’ Services, US Dept of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Centers and Clinics, Vet Center counseling sites, Career Center, Veterans Outreach, Housing Authorities, Social Security and Department of Transitional Assistance ● Discusses and assists in resolving needs pertaining to substance abuse, financial matters, death, employment, education, service-connected injuries, medical and other personal matters. ● Develops the budget for the department and manages operating costs to remain within budget. Presents the budget to the Finance Committee annually to obtain approval. Communicating regularly with town’s finance offices and town administrator to keep them apprised of expenditures and request adjustments to budget if necessary.

Serves as technical expert in health record content and documentation requirements; Ensures all patient care data entered into VistA and/or Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is accurate, timely, and complete; Advises the clinical treatment teams on issues related to record completion and documentation requirements; Assembles reports for the Operations Manager of Health Information Management Section (HIMS); Uses the Gains and Loss (G&L) to maintain logs on all admissions, discharges, and transfers within the VA Boston Healthcare System; Reviews health records to ensure all records contain sufficient information to meet documentation requirements as outlined by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) regulations, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) guidelines, as well as medical-legal requirements are complied with, to ensure continuity of patient care, and to support education and research needs; Processes and analyzes records from discharged patients to ensure all medical records are complete with proper documentation and signatures; Follows-up with medical units when discharge records are not received or when records are needed for completion of discharge summaries.

Serves as the PA Student Credentialing Coordinator in all aspects of the privileging and credentialing process for their academic/clinical rotations; in which the processing of applications, verify information, research application details, and assure processes are in accordance with medical center bylaws. This position provides consistent, accurate, and timely credentialing support, enhancing the organization’s ability to provide professional services. Work includes the accurate, timely and documented verification of the information provided by the applicant and maintenance of the highly confidential credentialing related files; Personnel Identification Verification (PIV) manager and sponsor; Establishment and maintenance of the tracking spreadsheet for all incoming request for educational support and travel requests for the Medical Center; Reviews requests for ACOS-E signature and forwards to next level in the approval process. Tracks documents entering ACOS-E office and maintains filing systems digitally and in paper format as appropriate.

Provided highly detailed coordination for executive’s calendars meetings and events to include coordination of site visits to/from vendors within the Integrated Disability Programs; Responsible for periodic data organization and blending information into multiple reports and schedules; Construct professional, innovative, and creative presentations, reports, and correspondence to ensure professional integrity of Integrated Disability Programs for all 73,000 plus Raytheon Company employees; Collaborated with vendors to streamline and catalog the flow of monthly financial and quarterly statistical reporting as well as coordinating efficient relationship management between vendors and claimants; R6 Sigma Specialist certified on project streamlining the Fee negotiation process for surgical procedures in the Workers’ Compensation Program; Key Six Sigma team member for Data Warehouse (HRMS) upgrade and implementation to the Disability Cubes; Cross-trained within the Self-Insured Workers' Compensation section to allow for coverage in the absence of key personnel; Developed matrix and metrics to detail breakdown of pay scale at each location and ensured that all systems receive updates in a timely fashion; Established and maintained the Integrated Disability Programs electronic library; OSHA Certified Technician Level Emergency Responder for Global HQ Locations and ECCO Team member; member of the Operation Phoenix Program, which provides opportunities for transitioning military personnel who were severely wounded, injured and/or ill during combat operations in the global war on terror (on or after September 11, 2001); Specific criteria consistent with military, government and VA definitions must be met. R6 Sigma Specialist

Provided administrative support to Transportation Department serving as floater for the department providing complete coverage in the absence of any personnel; Coordinated removal of business files including cataloguing, organizing and tracking of each carton for the Talbots Transportation Department for business record retention; Coordinated the pick-up and delivery of all inbound/outbound merchandise for the Talbots Lakeville Distribution Center and 1,050 retail store concepts; Prepared and audited all outbound freight bills to include long haul trucking, pool point distribution, store to store transfers and various inbound vendors payments for the Talbots Transportation Department to be sent to paying agent; including updating the budget sheets totaling over $5.7 million annually; Audited all inbound receipts for proper compliance to the Talbots Vendor Instruction Guide; notified vendors of non-compliance and issues Transportation Department generated charge backs.

Provided administrative and sales support to highly productive computer sales teams allowing teams to spend more time on productivity; Arranged customer shipments overseas saving computer hardware customers up to 40% and increased company sales of freight by 120% in the first six months of employment; Implemented and maintained tracking and proof of delivery on all inbound/outbound shipments and interfaced with customers and vendors on delivery shipment schedules per occurrence; Coordinated over $500,000.00 per month for domestic and international shipments of mainframe computer equipment; Implemented streamline shipping channels saving company $25,000.00 in freight bills in first six months of employment with computer hardware business.

Provided detailed and accurate administrative support to the Vice President of Litigation and a staff of 64 people while maintaining a mortgage-servicing portfolio of $11 billion annually. Created and monitored employee reports to track completion of departmental goals and incentives on a monthly basis. Maintained department personnel files, including scheduling, tracking, and reporting of personal, vacation, and sick time. Coordinated and streamlined IT Department liaison for Litigation Department to include reformatting hard drives, installation of software applications and Level One Help Desk requests. Organized administrative data filed and created databases for client records and media library.

Provided administrative support to the CEO/president, CFO, chairman of the board of directors and general manager. Developed internal libraries for drug and alcohol testing procedures and client services for compliance to US Department of Transportation mandated business. Organized, tracked, and coordinated training orientation and training for new hires and certification renewal of current employees to comply with State of Louisiana Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. Provided highly detailed coordination for four (4) executives' calendars, meetings and events and domestic/international travel.

Managed 15-person administrative support office for a United States Marine Corps unit of over 500 service members. Maintained the service record books and personal reporting requirements for higher headquarters and for the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Coordinated administrative and office management planning for approximately 100 United States Marine Corps senior officers and staff non-commissioned officers. Developed publications library system for more than 8,000 publications at 22 locations (Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal awarded for this accomplishment). Maintained a Secret Security Clearance for seven years with the Department of Defense, USMC.Honorably Discharged with 30% or more Disabled Veterans Preference