Sabrina Lear Email & Phone Number

Belton, Texas, United States

Nature-based forest school for 3-6 yr olds.https://www.littleforestadventurestx.com/

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

In-person and/or virtual assistant helping entrepreneurs and self-employed business owner’s with general administrative tasks, email management, research, project management, and more.

Temple, Texas, United States

Working with the owners/farmer on projects including rebranding, new logo, jar labels, and educational materials. Increased followers on Facebook and set up a new Instagram business page.Edited website and updated online storefront as needed.Designed monthly e-newsletter and disseminated.Led the brand and logo redesign. Personally designed over 20 labels for products.

Belton, Texas, United States

Creating and sustaining our next generation. Great at multitasking, budgeting, operations of all kinds, social media, and building management. Gardener and outdoor enthusiast. Ask me about our local trails, parks, and farms. Facilitated a weekly parent and kid social group "Little Explorers". Weekly explorations of parks and trails. I also actively volunteered professionally with my church, a local farm, and a nonprofit during this time.

Downers Grove, Il

- Researched, procured, and implemented a board portal technology to facilitate meeting preparation, reminders, and ease of distributing meeting materials electronically to board members, volunteers, and staff. - Worked independently to automate the gift acknowledgment process using data from an internal database system, Word macros, and mail merge to decrease time spent manually drafting hundreds of letters each week. Decreased errors and staff administrative time. - Processed all accounts payable/receivables; vendor selection; processing all grantmaking checks. - Daily assisted the president & CEO and director of finance with projects. Including board of trustees and committee member correspondence, scheduling, and troubleshooting. - Promoted from administrative assistant to office manager after staff size increased by one-third and volunteers doubled. - Recruit, hire, and supervise part-time administrative assistant. Post all jobs online for officewide recruitment efforts and screen applicants. - Developed organizational onboarding material for the board of trustees and committee members. Managed all aspects of setting up bi-annual orientations. - Coordinate, recruit, and supervise volunteers for office duties, events, and large mailings. Increased steady volunteers by utilizing online portal and other recruiting efforts. - Process all gifts into the accounting system and improved gift acknowledgment procedure.- Worked with team to successfully relocate office and staff to a newly purchased condo over a four-month process. Managed construction punch-list, ongoing facility maintenance, and utilities set-up.

Henderson, Colorado

- Temporary assistant to cover maternity leave situation with a staff member; parted at the end of summer when I moved out of state for spouse's schooling. - Generated and prepared 30+ daily work orders for warehouse and processed invoices to reduce office manager’s workload. Proficient in Quickbooks- Daily interaction with customers requesting quotes/product info. Quickly calculated prices using the company’s unique formulas.- Processed 15-30 daily credit-card payments through an online merchant portal with accuracy and confidentiality. - Promptly resolved dissatisfied customers’ issues with care, patience, and understanding; or directed to the appropriate department.

Idaho Falls, Idaho

- Conducted investigations of damage, alleged misuses and/or illegal applications of pesticides.- Reviewed applicator’s records and analyzed for accuracy to determine compliance with state & federal pesticide laws. - Submitted detailed investigative and inspection reports to enforcement department to aid in their decision-making process. - Proctored monthly pesticide certification exams for 20-40 applicators; gave pesticide-related educational seminars as requested. - Operated Container Recycling Operation Program (CROP) for eastern Idaho covering 20+ counties, doubled clients served to over 100. Annually saved 100,000+ plastic pesticide containers from county landfills. - Traveled extensively to cover duties. Answered constituents’ questions and developed ongoing relationships; resolved confrontational situations with tactfulness.

St. Anthony, Idaho

- Responsible for maintaining the office during transitional phase from quasi-government agency to an independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity operating with regional council. - Managed all aspects of monthly board meetings with regional stakeholders and constituents. Extensive phone communication with county partners. - Developed programmatic material, end-of-year reports, annual reports, board communication and website updates. - Wrote, submitted, and was awarded grants for State funding of $50,000; managed awarded funds and tracked grant progress for regional conservation work. - Assisted with management of regional BPA Ag Energy Efficiency grant, received over $350,000 for multi-state project. - Experience with job posting, interviewing and hiring 15-20 seasonal employees to work on regional conservation projects.

Tangent, Oregon

- Worked on summer harvest crew with the assigned responsibility of supervising three combine drivers and teaching new drivers as required. Skilled in directing, explaining, and motivating other team members. - Experienced in operating large-scale farm equipment: 9670 STS John Deere, New Holland, 8010 Case IH, Caterpillar, and pull-type combines; multiple tractors including articulating, cab-less and those with various implements attached; front-loaders, service truck, air compressor, pressure washers, forklifts, windrowers, ATVs, and several farm trucks. - Independently completed ground-work tasks (i.e. cultivating, harrowing, rolling, etc) as assigned.

Corvallis, Oregon

- Worked as Biological Aide Technician under Soil Scientist supervision (STEP appointment). - Processed soil and water samples for various research projects. Skilled in several lab processes: pH analysis, titrations, conductivity, ash, DM, and bulk density. - Maintained two laboratories for Research technician; ran various plant and soil analysis machines under supervision; collected and accurately recorded data; trained other student technicians on processes as needed; worked on projects independently with weekly visits to supervisor.

Ashburton, New Zealand

- Term abroad in New Zealand exploring agricultural practices of cereal grain, grass and vegetable seed production. Contacted various farming operations to interview for final term report.- Learned about the political, social, and geographic dynamics of New Zealand’s southern island while working at host families’ farm.- Worked during harvest as trainee. Tasks included: maintained and operated seed truck, various tractors, and multiple soft-hose irrigation systems; filled and emptied storage and drying silos; tested seed moisture; communicated effectively with supervisor and other employees; reported potential disease problems to supervisor.

Albany, Oregon, United States

Processed bill of ladings (gross, tare, net, etc.) for truck drivers bringing in hay and straw bales. Entered data into system and printed reports with a high level of accuracy. Other administrative duties as assigned.

Masters Degree, Master'S Of Nonprofit Administration (Mna)

Activities and Societies: Certificate of Nonprofit Finance; Certificate of Nonprofit Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Crop And Soil Science, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Agricultural Executive Council - Ag Day Chair, 2008 - 2009; Crop and Weeds Club; Ag Tour (2009) Germany.