Sandy Douglas Email & Phone Number

Rocky Mount, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Maintained responsibility for travel arrangement and trip organization for both foreigners and U.S. nationals going overseas for training, support or networking purposes. Usually worked with 250-300 individuals per year. Also oversaw all outreach and compassion ministries for a 10,000 member church. • Actively participated in all charity/outreach events, initiating fundraising campaigns and other activities. Acted as a point of contact for all needs within the church and surrounding community. - Provided leadership and recruited volunteers for year-round food pantry and homeless ministry. - Handled all calls and emails from people within the church and in the surrounding community who needed help with financial assistance, groceries, meal deliveries, etc. Trained case managers to provide needed support to anyone who asked for it. - Coordinated all major events in the church, e.g., backpack school supply drive, Blood drive, Thanksgiving meal deliveries, food & clothing drives, Christmas gift store. • Scheduled and planned short-term trips, collecting necessary documentation and managing funds/budgets.- In 2018, assisted around 120 people in travel coordination and organized 14 trips to 3 different countries, planning and allocating $186,000 fundraised budget to support these missions. Also coordinated around 70 foreigners to come to the U.S. for a yearly training conference. - Provided administrative and meal and travel arrangement support to the Pastoral Training Center consisting of 14 men from 5 different countries over the course of 3 months.

Relocated to Romania to provide consultancy services to 12 Romanian churches throughout Eastern Europe through training, strategy planning, performance evaluation and change implementation.• Maintained responsibility for organization and coordination of all US/Canadian short-term trips to different cities in Romania, managing from 5 to 30 people in a team up to 14 times per year.• Contributed to the establishment of the European Pastoral Training Center providing regular administrative support and coordinating with American pastors invited to conduct training.• Acquired funding for all major conferences in Eastern Europe occurring 3-4 times/year.- While living abroad, organized and coordinated 600-person 3-day training conference for people coming from 5 different European countries, recruiting 20 North American speakers, overseeing $35,000 budget and negotiating meal and transportation contracts with local vendors.- Monitored conference registration procedure while acting as a focal point of contact for any travel, housing, A/V and translation needs.- Supervised the creation and distribution of all promotional and conference materials.- Conducted check-ups of venues and equipment to confirm overall readiness of events

Coordinated with 29 international church plant partners to organize joint training sessions or other activities and cultivate growth and development.• Initiated and managed fundraising campaigns dedicated to collecting funds to support travel organization and establish budget for short-term mission trips.• Planned and held regular team meetings at different levels to prepare people for cross-cultural collaboration and encourage idea exchange.• Monitored air travel and housing market to cut travel costs while ensuring a maximum level of comfort for all delegates during the trip.• As a part of a team, organized and participated in 2-week trips to Liberia, Kenya, India, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Greece, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Malaysia

Bachelor'S Degree - English, English Language And Literature, General

Master'S Degree, Education/Teaching Of Individuals In Secondary Special Education Programs