Executive Assistant to the Executive Director/Principal of the highly regarded K-9th grade special education school, Villa Maria School in Stamford, CT. Duties include scheduling of staff, preparation of weekly, monthly, annual newsletters for the Director, event coordination, project management, grant and State of CT Board of Education compliance and various other duties.

Corporate hr representative partnering with the management of a 650 member Sales force and 60 member Events Marketing team to facilitate the human resources functions of processing 850 part time Field Coordinator new hires annually with duties including conducting background screening, maintaining the database for 1600 active (pay increases, change of addresses, supervisory/organizational cost center changes), 600 separations per year, processing verifications of employment and unemployment claims for current population and 4000+ former workers.Developed and implemented online documents which resulted in the elimination of the mailing costs for 4,000 pieces ($4920) annually and ensured timely processing plus confirmations for requestors.Created a streamlined, bound new hire kit which was duplicated in house to reduce costs and eliminated lost documents from delaying the new hire process.Consolidated the background screening and motor vehicle review processes from two to one vendor resulting in a savings of $10/candidate for $8,500 annually.Working knowledge of company and hr policies and programs with ability to handle customer and vendor inquiries.Responsibile for the timely distribution of the company's Federal and State Department of Labor Compliance Poster Notification program for corporate and 40 subsidiary locations.Participated on the hr transition team involved with preparing the materials for the separation of 1100 company employees due to January 2009 merger with Altria in Richmond, VA.

Managed staff of 10.Oversaw program development, subsidiary consolidation, and contract negotiation for the company's 10 million annual travel budget including implementation of the corporate business travel credit card program, airline, hotel, limousine, and car rental preferred vendor programs.Worked as on site transportation coordinator and liaison for company events including National Sales Meeting (750+ attendees), AT&T Pebble Beach Golf Tournament, Americares annual fundraiser dinner, and Miami Project for Paralysis annual event in NYC. Developed bi-monthly travel newsletters, policy and program manuals and provided timely industry related communications.Responsible for the management (including housekeeper staff, guest amenities, furnishings) and scheduling of the company's corporate condominiums (NYC Essex House, NYC Trump Parc, two in Greenwich, CT) used for overnight and relocation stays each averaging 150 nights per year usage.Served as the buyer, manager, and sole sales clerk for UST's Company Store for six years. This position was limited to three hours a day and responsibilities included merchandise selection/customization, vendor/purchasing teamwork, customer service with 70% of merchandise shipped to outside business locations. Increased revenues from $100K to $650K annual sales.On a daily basis, served as the company's back up receptionist/telephone operator providing coverage for the primary operator's lunch and breaks plus vacation.

What started as a two week temporary assignment in the Corporate Travel department developed into a 27 year career with UST. Duties in travel included booking airline, hotel, car rental reservations and limousine service (including scheduling three corporate chauffeurs, vehicles and maintenance) for 500 corporate plus 200 plant employees and increased to include the scheduling of the company's three corporate jets (travelling 600 hours/year both domestically and internationally), eight pilots, and four engineers, handling fixed based operators and customs reservations and serving as customer liaison.Was promoted to travel supervisor in 1986.

Stamford, CT store which closed in 1990Hired as sales clerk, promoted to assistant manager in boy's and men's department. In 1980 requested by Branch Vice President and Operations Manager to serve as the part time Office Manager till store closed in 9/90.