Rachel Elves Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for strategic planning and non-profit incorporation process, volunteer recruitment, training and mentoring; marketing; establishment of new host locations and community partnerships; financial strategy and accounting; vendor and inventory management; design of market displays and site plan; urban gardening workshop facilitation; and social planning and review of relevant literature research.Working to establish one of the first community food market systems that is financially self-sustainable.

Burquitlam, Bc

Vancouver, Canada Area

Worked for the South Granville Seniors Centre to coordinate the 2014 Summer Westside Mobile Food Market including: strategic planning, volunteer management, marketing and promotions, financial and inventory management, market research and data analysis, fund procurement, communication and coordination with community stakeholders and partner non-profit organizations, educational outreach and workshop facilitation.

Richmond, Virginia

Formed first student-led sustainability group on campus. Planned and led gardening and sustainability workshops; coordinated zero-waste events & speaking engagements; collaborated with local non-profits and civic associations; established local media contacts and worked with them to promote events and projects.

Richmond, Virginia

MCV Campus Sustainability Intern for VCU Office of Sustainability

Vancouver, Canada Area

Conducted patient interviews, provided one-on-one contraceptive education and counselling, trained new volunteers, responsible for filing and general office duties.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Taught tutorial and laboratory sections, developed lesson plans, created extra tutorial problem sets, planned and taught two 2 hour class lectures, designed and ran course web site, marked exams and student presentations.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for scheduling appointments, phoning clients, typing doctor’s dictated reports, doctor billing, and training new office assistant.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Independently reviewed patient charts and designed electronic pedigree. Attended patient reviews at Children's and Women's Health Center of BC.

Designed Microsoft Access database for a regional epidemiological study on the causes of Autism. Entered patient medical history into database, and observed Autism assessments.

Carried out molecular genetic experiments involving Microsporidia to investigate the effect of genome compaction on intron conservation.

Associate Certificate, Non-Profit Management

Master Of Science (Ms), Human Genetics, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program trainee; Executive Board, MCV Campus.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Medical Genetics

Constructed mouse ES cell model to research Silver-Russel Syndrome and Uniparental Disomy.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Cell Biology And Genetics