Mary Jane Suarez Partain Email & Phone Number

Richardson, Texas

• Provide overall leadership, vision, direction, coordination, and delivery of comprehensive living learning program for 675 incoming freshmen • Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate four professional and six student staff • Identify, create, and maintain relationships with university and community stakeholders to increase participation, support, and understanding of living learning programming and objectives• Collaborate with key faculty partners including assistant and associate deans to select coursework, develop pre-professional and social programs, and mentor student participants• Assess, measure, and interpret program outcomes to ensure university mission and industry standards met and learning outcomes achieved via formal and informal analytics; Present findings via presentations and written reports• Forecast needs, manage allocations, and supervise reconciliation process for a 250k budget• Conduct feasibility studies to determine viability of program expansion; Create plans for growth where appropriate• Serve on campus-wide committees to market program and develop programming opportunities for student participants including Freshman Year Experience (FYE) Committee, LGBTQ Engagement Advocacy and Programming (LEAP) Committee, and National Engineers Week Committee• Oversee the facilitation of a comprehensive marketing plan including hard copy documents, website, social media, and various presentations• Oversee the planning, development, and facilitation of over 100 annual social, academic, and pre-professional programs designed to meet specific learning outcomes

Richardson, Texas

Orlando, Florida

• Developed student opportunities for service learning, volunteering, full time and part time employment through a coordinated effort of calls, meetings, and site visits to various local and national employers and nonprofit agencies; Advertised these opportunities via online database (Symplicity and eRecruiting)• Served as faculty advisor for Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans (2004); Facilitated learning experiences with special needs, low income, and homeless populations• Collaborated with key college faculty, staff, alumni, students and employers to exchange ideas, market programs, determine learning gaps, develop education strategies, and create programming to address gaps• Planned and implemented campus-wide events/programs including soliciting fundraising monies and sponsors, coordinating volunteers, organizing catering, facilitating publicity and conducting post event effectiveness surveys• Marketed and promoted university services and programs through various speaking engagements and industry meetings; Created advertising pieces including posters, displays, flyers, and presentations for marketing• Counseled individuals and small groups in major and career decision making using various formal, informal, computerized, and hand scored instruments and assessments including but not limited to MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, Career Decision Scale and eChoices

Sicilia, Italy

• Designed, facilitated and managed program to assist military spouses in achieving their• education, career and volunteer goals• Marketed program through speaking engagements, writing articles, and creating various original marketing documents such as pamphlets, flyers, and posters• Managed volunteer program including: recruiting, performing intake, matching with suitable organizations, maintaining database of job descriptions and evaluations, and hosting annual appreciation banquet• Raised funds for various events through formal applications and informal channels including the writing of grant proposals• Created and taught workshops and seminars on various career-related issues, including• transitioning from the military, job search skills, interviewing, resume writing, and applying for federal employment

Women'S Leadership Certificate, Women'S Leadership

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services