While working as a social media specialist I was a part of a larger national team that updated and maintained 9 state Facebook pages for Blue Star Families as well as the national page and program page for Operation Honor Cards. I personally developed and distributed an electronic monthly newsletter for Operation Honor Cards (now Corps), wrote a number of peices for the Blue Star Families blog and national websiteIn my role as a Chapter Director, I organized and promoted Blue Star Family events & initiatives on a local level in the San Angelo area of Texas. This included volunteer recruitment and reaching out to local organizations to form mutually beneficial partnerships.

Re-evaluated, re-built and re-established a functioning family readiness program for the Marine Detachment at Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX. Providing direct experience with the military lifestyle through advice and guidance to other spouses about successfully navigating the military lifestyle by providing and organizing resources, updates, workshops and socials for our spouses in an easily accessible format.Highlights Organised and executed a spouse's business day for spouse owned businesses to be able to promote and network, monthly spouse social activities and detachment family events during 2012 & 2013. Organized and executed two school supplies drives that provided ALL the school supplies needed for the 2012/2013 school year for every school aged Marine child (56). In addition another 117 Airforce school aged children were provided at least 1/2 of their needs. The 2013/2014 school supplies drive saw a significant increase in donations and therefore more than 200 military children had at least half their school supplies provided.Establishing a Facebook Group & Page for the Marine Detachment as well as an interactive community calendar for the Marine Families that shows all the town, base and other activities and events.Advocate for Marine families within the larger base system.Attended and participated in the Air Force Key Spouse & Key Mentor program as the Marine Detachment representative.Making it a personal mission to "attach" any Marine spouse who is leaving our detachment to a support system where they are going.

A key player in the team who helped establish and implement an electronic records management system for a large environmental upgrade construction project across three power plants in Maryland. Trained six data entry clerks and supervised the input of documentation into correct categories to ensure staff and government agencies would be able to access anything that was needed or required in a timely fashion. .Developed a training system for existing field staff on the new document retention system and reporting needs. Helped in putting together correspondence to government agencies and federal officials in regards to environmental/safety/fire complianceCreated a calendar of more than 230 federal, state & city reporting requirements/inspections dates as determined by construction progress and milestone achievement.Conducted monthly quality assurance testing on the documentation retention database to ensure data entry clerks where entering records correctly, efficiently and with the appropriate security settings.Lead the quality assurance testing for accuracy and completion on the final submittals from subcontractors.Quickly became a trusted assistant to the project manager, executive staff and on site engineers. I earned a reputation for maintaining a positive attitude and producing high-quality work in high pressure situations.Results:A functioning electronic document retention system that is not only compliant for the Federal Environmental Protection Agency but also county and state officials. The electronic system is also being used by field employees to have access instantly to drawings, manuals & specifications needed to complete their jobs.

Served as administrative assistant to in a busy insurance office, handled a busy phone system, functioned as primary liaison to customers and ensured a consistently positive customer experience. Created an efficient electronic database of clients in Microsoft office suite that when a client called we could easily retrieve the necessary information from any computer in the office about the client without having to look at a paper file. Assisted in preparing insurance quotes and presentations for individuals, groups and companies.Results:A more streamlined approach to helping clients by eliminating the time needed to retrieve and look through client files. By having instant access to each client's information we created a more professional but yet personal experience for each of them.Unrelated