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Glendale, Az

• On pace for 80% placement in fiscal year 2015-2016• Closed out fiscal year 2014-2015 with a 78% placement rate, exceeding accreditation standards• Exceeded accreditation and internal benchmarks on student retention. Initiating several action plans that surpassed corporate goals for student terminations• Conducted several successful reentry campaigns that saw, on average, 11 students reenter per month• Monitored Satisfactory Academic progress (SAP) for 300 students, advising them on available resources, which resulted in a 12% decrease in number of SAP terminations• Improved our Career Success and Human Resources Management curriculum, developing program specific learning objectives and lesson plans that led to positive student outcomes• Initiated several new policies and procedures, in multiple departments, that focused on improving student outcomes and compliance• Implemented several new programs and served as the students advocate decreasing the amount of class time that students missed by 5%• Organized professional development courses for students and graduates, developing their skills not learned in the classroom• Created, implemented and trained students on professionalism, active job search, business acumen and effective communication for success and career placement• Consistently identified and managed a steady pipeline of employment opportunities for student placement• Coordinated events on and off campus for employers and students including: Program Advisory Committee Meetings, Career Fairs, and Graduation Ceremonies

Glendale, Arizona

• Advise over 100 employees on all aspects of Human Resources and companies policies and procedures• Coordinate recruiting and hiring for all departments, minimizing employee turnover and increasing new employee morale• Processed and maintained all aspects of companies payroll including wage garnishments, unemployment, and employment verifications• Approve or deny terminations, salary increases, new hires, position changes, performance reviews• Provide cost analysis to Vice President of Finance and President decreasing overall payroll budget• Administered all aspects of companies benefit administration including medical, dental, life insurance, short term disability, 401K, and health savings accounts• Created human resources newsletter

Phoenix, Arizona Area

*Accurately processed payroll for entire campus.*Primary H/R contact for campus*Responsible for organizing and planning two ACICS reaccreditation visits with zero citations.*Responsible for entire institutions purchasing, accounts payable, and payroll; consistently falling below our budget all while implementing new programs and improving the facilities.*Extremely knowledgeable on national and state accreditation standards.*Created and organized institutions Self Study Report, Campus Effectiveness Plan, and Campus Accountability Report for FY14.*Served on 3 task forces that implemented retention strategies, a graduate alumni association and how to increase professionally developed leads in Admissions.*Organized community service based programs including blood drives, clothing drives, homeless shelter visits, and Locks for Love events which ultimately aired on local television.*Top performing school out of 44 schools in Non-Title IV cash collections for FY13 and FY14.*Prepared and organized institutional budget; maintain a 40% operating profit for FY13 and FY14.*Determine ongoing technology needs for classrooms through research and student satisfactions surveys including purchasing and training.*Create and organize college specific activities that decreased the amount of class time students missed by 7%.*Implement Strategic Planning initiatives that increased profitability, student retention, and student satisfaction.*Acknowledged as Business Office Trainer for western division.*Designed and implemented marketing programs growing our student population by 150 students.*Designed a new student orientation process that increased our start rate by 7%, resulting in a more student friendly engaging orientation.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

*Successfully lead a team of 4, raising our placement percentage by 24% to 68% overall.*Responsible for an internal audit to ensure previous directors were following all policies and regulations.*Found over 70 different potential citations and corrected all of them.*Raised employee morale by increasing their training and empowering them.*Processed on average 6 employment verifications a week.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

*Directed the entire Student Services department, increasing institutions student retention 10% to 80% overall.*Exceeded accreditation and internal benchmarks on student retention. Initiating several action plans that surpassed corporate goals for student terminations 11 out of the last 12 months for FY 2012.*Maintained accurate student attendance and academic records. Decreasing the amount of time students are absent from class by 10% from August 2011 to May 2012.*Designed and implemented an Academic Advising program in collaboration with the education department that decreased the amount of failed classes.*Designed student specific programs that were culturally diverse and exposed employees and students to culturally different environments.*Created a Student Ambassador program that drove student engagement, community activities, and student learning outcomes, including peer tutoring.*Exceeded corporate goals for reenters the last 2 fiscal years.*Hired, trained and supervised a staff of 4 and 10 federal work study students.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

*Marketed to local insurance agents resulting in branches insurance business growing by 5%.*Analyzed Profit and Loss spreadsheets developing areas to control costs and grew revenue resulting in a 7% increase in sales and vehicle fleet from March 2008 to August 2008.*Worked with a team of 7 to manage a fleet of 200 vehicles while still exceeding corporate goals.*Completed the airport training program, which allowed me the opportunity to manage a 2,000-car fleet, while solving problems ranging from customer service to vehicle maintenance.

Tempe, Az

*Consulted with owner to train and hire new associates, resulting in a more efficient claim processing system and employee participation. *Assisted owner in successfully implementing marketing and strategic business plans raising sales 8% from April 2004-April 2005. *Conducted and distributed market research analysis through print media enabling new profit centers to be developed that increased customer count 5% from June 2005-June 2006.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Higher Education, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Institutional Review Board (IRB) Training and Approval Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Interdisciplinary Studies; Emphasis In Business And Communication, 3.8 Gpa

Dean’s List: Spring 2003, Fall 2005, Spring 2007