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Ada, Michigan, United States

An organized, driven, highly experienced business professional with a human touch. Aiming to parlay proven communication, customer service, marketing, presentation, and consumer-insights and data analysis skills into a career in consumer behavior, human resources and recruiting. Recognized as enthusiastic, extremely approachable, and highly effective.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Assisted in the management of the retail establishment, lead offsite classes involving painting art projects, marketed the retail establishment at craft fairs in the area, supervised staff in the absence of the owner.
• Primary responsibility for working with customers to schedule events such as bridal parties, birthday parties, mom’s night out parties, and other events.
• Position became multi-dimensional and took on responsibilities for marketing, events, staff management.

Kentwood, MI

Supported office staff in the day-to-day administration of middle school principal's office. Multitasked in a fast-paced environment performing tasks including but not limited to tracking attendance, documenting behavioral referrals, administering registration and enrollment packets, distributing medications to students in need, counting and submitting.

Avon, IN

• Supported students using Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention strategies, focusing on the enhancement of language, literacy, math, and behavioral skills. Consequently forged long-lasting relationships with teachers and.
• Assisted teachers in the development and implementation of developmentally appropriate interventions for individual students to enhance their acquisition of social/emotional and cognitive skills.
• Effectively employed instructional and behavioral support tools, specifically, Wonderworks, Envision Math, and Social Thinking methods, adding supplemental resources as necessary (online media and games, board games.
• Collected data to help teachers identify and group students who need additional supports.

• Created the first-ever welcoming committee focused on providing new families with beneficial information about the school community, enabling them to make a seamless transition to the district.
• Assembled and distributed packet of school information for new families to Lowell Elementary clarifying and highlighting items of immediate importance such as enrollment and registration.
• Developed a corps of PTA Ambassadors available as support to new Lowell families

• Oversaw the organization and implementation of the 2012 Silent Auction fundraising event during which the Lowell PTA auctioned off items donated by local businesses and community members raising, for the first time.
• Directed public relations for the event, handing out ‘save-the-date’ fliers, publicizing the event in school news letter, soliciting advertisements for catalog, leading to the most attended auction ever.
• Canvassed local community businesses, sports teams, and families, and secured donations.
• Oversaw event, ensuring attractive and easily negotiated footprint and management of donations.

Wheaton, IL

• Data gathering and analysis of real estate information necessary for filing assessment appeals in the County of Dupage, IL, Oversee mailings to potential clients. Assemble evidence to prove necessity of assessment.
• Currently filing for over $100,000 worth of assessment savings.

• Directed the development of research plan, protocol, survey, and focus group plan, centered on exploring innovative improvements to the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) for university students, both residential and.
• Collaborated with WRC program manager and IRB to develop the thorough plan and submit it for approval
• Proudly served and recognized as LGBT ally on over five panels conducted in sociology and psychology courses, sharing my experience as an ally and why I choose to support this often misunderstood and marginalized group.

• Managed and authored an Addendum to the Student Conduct Code specifically addressing student violations of the Department of Education’s Title IX Amendment against sexual harassment and assault.
• Facilitated cross-functional team of student affairs and human resources leadership, university legal services and Ombudsman’s office in the development of a code addendum consistent with higher level procedures.
• Collaborated with the EMU Wellness Center on improvements to their discipline programs addressing drinking on campus and violence prevention on campus.
• Created a student-focused pamphlet promoting the prevention of sexual assault and harassment to the student body which served as the model for the most recent brochure.

Plymouth, Michigan

• Project ManagementManaged and executed simultaneous research projects focused on driving global product innovation.
• Facilitated global research exploring safety and security leading to the identification of interior environment that reduces stress and increases driver focus.
• Directed the Consumer Research piece of cross-functional research team leading to the submission of two global patents.
• Managed web community developed to achieve cost-effective and timely consumer responses via online chats and surveys, driving interior product enhancement.
• Implemented online and hands-on tools disclosing seating occupant profiles by segment and introduced them via a novel role playing session.Research & AnalysisCreated research plans, protocols, questionnaires, and.
• Recommended reachable position of overhead bin and its latch, writing the protocol, overseeing development of prototypes, interviewing participants, and interpreting data.

Canton, MI

Dearborn, MI

Troy, MI

Ann Arbor, MI

Master'S Degree, Higher Education - Student Affairs

Bachelor'S Degree, General Studies