Sara Darga Email & Phone Number

Northbrook, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Mclean, VA, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Manage issue submission ticketing system, triage and resolve database issues, system enhancements, reporting needs, and process automation.
• Build Salesforce workflows and processes to automate procedures for staff, reducing click paths and manual entries thus mitigating erroneous data entry risk.
• Oversee integrated applications and packages and support API integration monitoring. Applications include NPSP, Cvent, FormAssembly, and Conga.
• Train and provide ongoing support to colleagues to effectively leverage Salesforce org.
• Conducted data validation testing and configuration for CRM transition to Salesforce.
• Composed translation rules for data mapping and migration to Salesforce.

Chicago, IL, US

• Develop logic checking and cleaning SAS programs and documentation for national Medicare CAPI survey data.
• Research and analyze logic for complex questionnaire variables and develop processes to identify and resolve data issues.
• Assist in production of summary data product on client website, including quality checking data tables, and editing technical appendices.
• Liaise with client to maintain timely data delivery deadlines and assist in data deliverable preparation efforts including quality checking, formatting and ensuring compliance with 508 standards.
• Oversee research project subtask budget of over $170k and track charging and expenditures.
• Manage generation and circulation of salient data issue reports to data processing and delivery team, in order to ensure continuity and consistency in data issue logging, tracking, and resolution.

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed staff tracking database and conduct weekly data review and quality check of staffing data
• Drafted reports, memos, and field communication materials for management review and approval
• Prepare materials, detailed training and reference documents, and coordinate supervisor and interviewer training.
• Coordinated webinar training for field interviewer staff to enable them to collect data
• Ensured field interviewers are certified on survey instruments and protocols
• Ordered and managed all biospecimen collection supplies for 2013

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

• Developed and implemented a Strategic Plan for FY 2013 to ensure effective development of volunteer program management, recruitment, placement and marketing efforts
• Directed all volunteer program efforts including recruitment and placement of volunteers to assist professional staff in providing school based programming to at-risk Chicago youth at 40+ school sites
• Recruited 30+ volunteers between April 2012 and present to donate over 85 hours of service valued at $2,000
• Planned and executed a successful group volunteer event for 35+ people that included finance company executives and active funders of the organization

New York, NY, US

• Provided administrative support for a dynamic roster of 100+ lawyers
• Reviewed multitudes of legal resumes to select quality candidates for interviews with staff
• Completed research projects and reports for company executives upon request, including compiling data about U.S. cities’ demographics for potential satellite office additions
• Designed and produced office-wide circulated newsletter to inform staff about pertinent legal developments and events

• Organized hundreds of legal files for retention and destruction to produce a more organized manageable office environment for partners
• Facilitated correspondence with attorneys, court officials and county employees regarding salient case materials

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Managed the online store and coordinated over one hundred shipments of merchandise across the U.S. and internationally
• Assisted in coordinating student activities, events, for students, Alumni and stakeholders
• Acted as a student leader in informing peers about career and professional events through my office using social media, and campus outreach

Washington, DC, US

• Composed brief and succinct reports summarizing Congressional briefings for 15+ staff persons to analyze, including the Assistant Secretary
• Actively corresponded with Congressional offices to help organize upcoming education events for Department of Education staff and external stakeholders
• Researched educational policies and voting histories on educational legislation from multiple Congresses, provided research to staff to ensure preparation for education policy meetings

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science And Environmental Affairs