Vanessa Farris Email and Phone Number

With a background in entrepreneurship and service, my primary focus in my work is to provide the best possible experience for my clients and customers. Through hands-on experience creating and building my own custom furniture retail business, I have had the opportunity to think strategically and build meaningful relationships with vendors, customers, and fellow business owners. Currently at Yes Prep Public Schools I have expanded my skills and pushed through obstacles to learn the duties of a campus registrar. I started during the pandemic and learned an entirely new position and software virtually. Once the fall came it was time to move on campus and meet the students and co-workers I had only ever met in Teams calls. Learning a new role virtually allowed me to push through personal boundaries and seek help from other campus's and home office, to people I had never met, and seek advice and operational procedures. In my role at Rice University in the Jones Graduate School of Business, I specialize in providing high-quality service to all employer partners, visitors, students, staff and alumni. Through remaining attentive to our guests and providing thoughtful insights on day-to-day and long-term operations, I engage in genuine relationship-building with all of our stakeholders to strengthen our position as a career services office. I am a lifelong learner and would love to connect with fellow entrepreneurial-minded and employer relations professionals. Specialties: entrepreneurship, employer relations, business development, hospitality, customer service, relationship management, higher education, culinary arts.