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Healdsburg, Ca, Us

Healdsburg, Ca, Us

Calistoga, California, United States

Healdsburg, California, United States

United States

• Managed integrative herbal apothecary and clinic.• Led, trained and supervised a team of seven people. • Conducted daily operational duties including banking, balancing cash registers, handling incoming calls, delegating projects and tasks, ordering supplies, and facility maintenance.• Utilizing Quickbooks retail management software and POS systems I oversaw and managed customer service and shipping, and assisted customers on the floor and at checkout, employee timeclock in Uattend software, and employed outstanding customer service. • Coordinated with owner, bookkeeper, health practitioners, vendors, and handled main email correspondence.• Managed online orders on Shopify, as well as overseeing the operations of our order integration system.• Problem solved and communicated with the website/marketing coordinator about sales and Shopify issues.

San Francisco Bay Area

Outdoor education

Danville, Benicia, Berkeley Ca

•Acted as point person for customer wellness inquiries.•Enhanced and stabilized health food store operations; increased average sales in Benicia by about 30%.•Collaborated and communicated with Sales Reps; Coordinated with Vendors to promote products.•Diligently recruited, interviewed, hired employees; trained, mentored, and delegated tasks.•Spearheaded marketing projects; wrote health articles for the company website; planned Instagram posts; organized company events including wellness fairs and nutrition talks.•Tactfully monitored budget for ordering; conducted payroll, banking, and scheduling.•Maintained organization and appearance of storefront with the assistance of my team.•Advised the owner on key nutrition and supplement information.

Boulder, Co

▪ Worked as a team with the school’s director to keep school running smoothly.▪ Maintained professional relationships with students, parents, and teachers.▪ Managed the client database in MS Access.▪ Created social marketing material and designed and edited documents such as the monthly newsletter.▪ Planned events and field trips.

Boulder, Co

▪Collaborated with GLOBE for my Applied Leadership Project (Master’s Thesis). ▪Conducted research and prepared a report on how GLOBE is engaging K-12 students to be active in their communities and be conscious stewards of the planet.▪Presented the results of my research at the Capstone Seminar at Naropa University.

Boulder, Co

Berkeley, Ca

▪ Assisted management in design and set up the department for grand opening in 2009.▪ Guided customers with health and supplement questions. ▪ Trained and mentored new employees.▪ Attended nutrition company trainings.▪ Coordinated with sales representatives, assisted with ordering.▪ Maintained and organized inventory.

Berkeley, Ca

▪ Advised customers on their purchases and with general health questions relating to nutrition.▪ Consulted with practitioners to ensure the customer received the best supplement product.▪ Maintained and organized inventory.▪ Prepared dried herbal formulas for customers specific health needs.▪ Planned and gave talks on medicinal teas of the day.▪ Coordinated with Department Supervisors to obtain their green business certification, during which I helped reduce their waste stream of paper.

Rohnert Park, Ca

▪ Coordinated with representatives from businesses and multi-family housing complexes to increase and improve recycling efforts.▪ Provided educational outreach for community groups and business owners.▪ Gave presentations to local businesses on recycling.▪ Researched waste stream diversion opportunities.▪ Presented at Rohnert Park City Council meetings.▪ Organized community events, including the Rohnert Park Treasure Hunt for reuse and recycling, and the Christmas tree recycling program. ▪ Wrote articles for the Chamber of Commerce newsletter and assisted in other public relations tasks.

Penngrove, Ca

▪ Completed naturalist training course.▪ Taught field-based natural history education programs to students.▪ Gave classroom presentations to prepare students for their wilderness field study.▪ Mentored new naturalists

-Main office receptionist, office management tasks, assisted in developing promotional and sales materials; coordinated and processed outgoing donations for community fundraising events.-Performed research as needed; researched organic farming, and worm composting; implemented paper recycling program.

Napa

▪ Completed stream survey training with The California Department of Fish and Wildlife.▪ Conducted over 300 hours of stream and habitat surveys in the Napa River Watershed.▪ Assisted consulting firm with the analysis of the collected data.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Environmental Leadership

Reiki

Reiki Master program

Nutrition Educator Certificate, Holistic Nutrition

B.A., Environmental Studies, Conservation And Restoration

Child Development

Associate Teaching certificate