• Schedule and prioritize meetings and conferences with the leadership team• Exercise discretion and professionalism in maintaining confidential information• Ensure daily office schedule runs smoothly and efficiently • Responsible for booking all travel, both business and personal including domestic and international • Work directly with private equity firms and strategic partners• Serve as liaison with the leaders of the franchisee community as well as supply chain leaders• Preparation of all expense reports and review of leadership teams expenses and approval

• As the sole assistant to the CEO exclusively handled all domestic and international travel which included obtaining visas and coordinating security when applicable• Served as gatekeeper to the CEO, and was given the latitude to be sole decision maker for managing daily calendar, activities and events• Events and meeting planner for the Board of Directors including booking travel, catering and coordinating meetings and events• Worked directly with Chairman of the Board and Lead Director • Worked with various departments including Corporate Communications on presentations and events

• Manage department staff to maximize efficiency in administrative functions to decrease budget spending• Solely responsible for scheduling appointments, calendar management, correspondence and screen incoming calls • Responsible for both international and domestic travel as well as expense reports• Interface with executives and their staff to coordinate executive-level meetings involving domestic and international participants • Coordinate personal needs on an as-need basisStrategy & Planning DepartmentExecutive Secretary promoted to Administrative Assistant• Began as an Executive Secretary to the Vice President of Worldwide Loss Prevention. Promoted to Administrative Assistant to the Senior Vice President, International Finance and later assumed the added responsibility of the Senior Vice President International Operations• Entirely responsible for coordination with the General Managers and Finance Directors of the International countries for reports on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis for the corporate executive staff• Responsibilities later changed to the corporate level of finance with a role change to Strategic Planning Group, which encompassed Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance• Managed administrative workflow to ensure critical deadlines were met