Sara (Gammon) Finke Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Support learning and development for the Executive Assistant community across Egon Zehnder's global offices

Project coordination• Facilitate executive search and recruitment process in the Automotive & Mobility practice, coordinating internal and external touchpoints across support resources.• Manage the execution of search timeline, documentation, scheduling, interviews, and consequential activities. Serve as a key contact for clients and candidates while managing confidentiality concerns.• Prepare/take an active role in finalizing role specifications, candidate assessments, status update reports, and other documents for external consumption. Coordinate meeting and event logistics.Administrative support• Arrange travel, manage calendar and expenses, and perform multiple other administrative and practice-related tasks for the Global Head of Egon Zehnder’s Automotive & Mobility Practice, one of the partners with the highest workload in the Atlanta office.• Coordinate business development efforts (e.g., annual Automotive & Mobility event for 70+ clients of the firm).

Greater Atlanta Area

Human resources management• Oversee the receptionist as a direct report.• Engage in conflict resolution among Executive Assistants (EAs) and/or between consultants and their EAs. Balance consultant needs and preferences while advocating on behalf of EA concerns.• Lead check-ins with EA team and collaborate with Office Administrators in other offices. Coordinate closely with the Atlanta Office Leader when needed, but largely trusted to independently manage tasks.• Tactfully communicate challenging messages to the EA team.• Conduct 360° annual reference reviews for EA team and receptionist.Deep involvement with hiring process• Facilitate and participate in interview process for administrative positions; serve as a primary decision-maker. • Facilitate onboarding processes for new hires and departure processes for leavers. • Effectively manage capacity issues by balancing/rebalancing workload and responsibilities stemming from additions or departures.Facilities and financial management• Vendor and contractor management; oversee facilities management and coordinate required maintenance items.• Budgetary oversight, invoice approval, reconciliation, and expense reporting.• Oversee office events, budget, planning: including team building, business development events, etc.Miscellaneous• Managed office response and procedures at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic and facilitated a safe hybrid return to the office.• Serve on ad hoc work groups as needed: team addressing out-of-office coverage and mandating processes to follow; creation and roll-out of DocuSign templates across EA team.Trainer Responsibilities:• Host a regular training session for new Executive Assistant and Researcher hires across global offices. Host additional ad hoc trainings on other topics as relevant.• Routinely serve in mentorship and development capacity for new Atlanta hires one-on-one in local office.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Areas of concentration included: Healthcare Services; Life Sciences.• Aided business development efforts by creating pitch materials and conducting market research.• Identified candidate profiles for active client search assignments.• Gathered, synthesized, and presented information and data associated with client engagements and market opportunities.

Atlanta, Ga

• Supported management of the search process for one of the world’s leading executive search consulting firms. Provided administrative assistance to consultants in sectors including: Education, Nonprofit & Government; Hospitality & Leisure; Consumer; Health Care Services; Life Sciences.• Engaged in task prioritization while managing 20+ executive searches at any given time.• Streamlined administrative processes through coordination of interview schedules, meeting logistics, expenses, and travel; assisted in managing client billing and accounts receivable and maintained the client database.• Maintained close communication with clients and candidates throughout duration of search process, acting as a readily available resource, while partnering effectively with members of internal search team.• Ensured client satisfaction by demonstrating proficiency in document preparation and creation of client-ready deliverables and by adhering to strict confidentiality concerns.• Proactively anticipated client needs and necessary next steps.• Additional ad hoc responsibilities as needed, e.g., assisted in training 3 new receptionists, part of team that organized and executed corporate golf tournament for 30+ clients of the firm, office representative for new database roll-out.• Assisted primary consultant in generating one of the Atlanta office’s highest customer satisfaction survey scores; service and attention to detail noted multiple times in client comments.

Atlanta, Ga

• Demonstrated client relationship management skills through regular interaction with C-suite executives and preparation/editing of documents for client review.• Fulfilled client and internal needs by coordinating calendars, serving as internal contact between domestic and international offices, ordering supplies and maintaining all office inventory, coordinating videoconferencing needs, etc.

Atlanta, Ga

• Engaged in policy analysis activities through preparation of memoranda and of multi-state comparative analyses.• Maintained knowledge of legislative processes and bill development through attendance of House and Senate meetings and provision of corresponding analyses.• Maintained the Governor’s Legislative Information System used by agencies throughout the state, updated and maintained department spreadsheets, and tracked the fiscal/political status of bills and resolutions.• Performed tasks as needed for the Director of OPB.

Atlanta, Ga

• Performed inventory management and regulated equipment rental.• Monitored access to the facility, maintained patron databases, and managed customer relations with a diverse array of patrons.• Responded to emergency situations including severe weather and injuries.• Awarded Cast Member of the Month on numerous occasions.

Atlanta, Ga

• Provided policy analysis and administrative assistance to Rep. Mike Dudgeon by tracking legislation, updating relevant spreadsheets, analyzing legislative text, conducting research and analysis of various issues, composing policy memoranda, and attending and providing summaries/analyses of House and Senate committee meetings.• Enhanced constituent relations by drafting and sending correspondence and maintaining constituent database.

Washington, Dc

• One of 9 students selected nationwide for a summer-long internship administered under the Fund for American Studies.• Conducted research and analysis on topics of interest to the high-tech industry advocacy group. Topics included net neutrality, online privacy, cybersecurity, and other technology issues.• Regularly attended legislative meetings on Capitol Hill as well as meetings with representatives from leading technology firms.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration

• Earned degree through Georgia Tech’s evening MBA program while working full-time.

Paralegal Certificate

Master'S Degree, M.S. Public Policy - Science And Technology Policy

• Senior capstone: Worked with Georgia Tech’s Women’s Resource Center in regards to institute policies. • Invited participant.

Bachelor'S Degree, B.S. Public Policy

• Graduated with Highest Honors; Governor’s Scholarship recipient. • Capstone: Worked with the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Office.

Joint Enrollment

• Pursued joint enrollment program while a senior in high school. Received college credit along with completion of high school.