Women’s Advocates, Inc. Women’s Advocates is a shelter that provides personalized support, advocacy, education, and resources needed for the women and children to live independent lives free from violence. Administrative Assistant 2002 - 2015 Provided administrative support for the executive director and managers, as well as 25 direct and indirect staff. Developed and managed the administration budget of $90,000 annually and achieved financial objectives through planning, scheduling expenditures and monitoring costs to insure budget was not exceeded. Managed supervisor’s daily calendar; scheduled appointments, managed files and responded to correspondence. Good reviews from supervisor on how well the calendar system was kept.Organized special projects by working with database management systems to get reports out to the state. Reports were turned in on a timely manner and accurate enough for agency to receive grant money each month.Coordinated all staff meetings and confirmed information for presentations and documents with other management, on a monthly basis. Retrieved incoming mail; prioritizing order. Highlighted important requests for action. On average handling anywhere from 100 to 250 pieces of mail per week.

Family Advocate/Program Assistant 1995 – 2002 Worked with women and their children to provide information to leave their domestic violence situations. Assisted program manager with reports to be given to the state. Counseled individuals, facilitated groups, families and communities regarding issues of mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, and medical care. Served over 1000 women and children each year.Prepared information from database and assisted program manager with reports to give to the state. Over 1000 records were kept in the database and reports were based on demographics of the people that were served each year. Gained experience to effectively work with people of diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds.