Ruth O'Meara Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Washington

― Manage the President’s calendar including travel, scheduling and prioritizing meetings while ensuring timely preparation for projects and coordination of leadership events― Provide day-to-day confidential administrative support for the President and the Executive Team, using critical independent judgment to prioritize or escalate issues, gatekeeping with diplomacy― Oversight of the general office environment and processes of the Office of the President including internal staff communication and external communications, purchasing gifts, supplies, catering― Built and manage the Operations Administrative SharePoint intranet site to include tracking/managing consultant work, insurance claims, leadership reports, company calendar, company directory― Arranged all aspects of leadership annual meetings including venue, F&B, agenda, presentations, payments, travel, swag, formal dinners and managing budget for these events which varied from 20 to 150 attendees― Manage ten-week on-boarding schedules for new General Managers

Seattle, Wa

- Provide day-to-day confidential administrative support for the President and the President’s Executive Team, whilst ensuring confidentiality of all information and practicing critical independent judgment to prioritize or escalate issues- Facilitate communication between the President and Board of Governors in respect to Board meetings, minutes, university contracts, confidential performance review of the president, financial reports, and leadership transition- Oversee the general office environment and duties of the Office of the President including internal staff communication and external communication/presentation to dignitaries and officials, manage the President Suite's receptionist- Manage the President’s calendar including international and domestic travels, scheduling and prioritizing meetings, while ensuring timely preparation for projects and coordination of university-wide events- Event planning of the annual commencement event Board platform and speakers, the Board of Governors retreat and dinner

Bellevue, Wa

• Provided confidential administrative support for the two Deans of the university including scheduling meetings and managing the Dean’s calendars, arranging travel, preparing expense reports, coordinating communication from the Office of the Deans and assisting in development of strategic plans and annual budgets• SharePoint Lead for all Academic sites including site owner for all school-related sites, chairing the bi-weekly Academic SharePoint sub-committee and serving on the Academic Technology committee, documenting SharePoint training, providing training for new administrative assistants and full-time faculty in SharePoint

Bellevue, Wa

• Assistant for the Bachelor of Arts in Education department; primary duties included maintaining confidential student records, arranging student interviews, coordinating end-of-year activities, assisting with Commencement activities, data entry of instructor nominations, liaison to Field Supervisors, recording minutes for department meetings, maintaining the department SharePoint site, creating and revising department forms and documents

Bellevue, Wa

• Assisted students, faculty, and staff with various university needs such as transcript requests, basic technical support issues, online classes and portal accounts, online registration, and admission status, in addition to promoting the university’s degree programs to perspective students

Houston, Texas Area

• Opened classroom as long term 2nd grade teacher (August - December, 2003) creating lesson plans, teaching, establishing reading groups, attending faculty meetings• Long term music teacher (January - June, 2004) for grades K - 4, creating lessons and teaching• Administered teacher’s lesson plans and maintained responsibility for student’s well-being, behavior, and learning throughout the day in various schools, grades K-12

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Project Management, 3.78 Gpa

B.S. In Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, History, 3.93 Gpa