Wendy Cole Email & Phone Number

Seacliff, San Francisco, Ca

Responsible for the day to day running of a large household. Hiring and training staff, travel arrangements, gift purchasing, maintaining communication with vendors and personal contacts, arranging and overseeing maintenance and repairs, orchestrating all aspects of special events in the home. I intiated and completed a comprehensive Household Manual. I hired all new staff and established consistent high standards, and continue to monitor these daily.

Lake Tahoe, Nv. ♦ Paradise Valley, Az

I worked for this family in Lake Tahoe and Arizona for ten years and continue to work for them on a contract basis and be involved with the family. I left for Personal reasons to move to the Bay Area.A few reasons I particularly loved working for the family is their appreciation for my upbeat personality, their interest in yoga, alternative health and a healthy lifestyle and the "life I brought to their household".I was responsible for running two households and managing activities such as:*Maintenance of interior and exterior of two large private estates, gardens, pools, spas, annual maintenance schedule,*Supervised purchase and remodel of new home*Implemented and supervised construction repair due to extensive leaks*Liaison with Insurance company to assure maximum reimbursements *Staffing: Private Chef, Housekeepers, Personal Trainers, Yoga Instructors-negotiating fees, hiring, training, supervising and assuring consistent standards *Bookkeeping: Payables, Monthly and Quarterly reports of investments, Year end Tax Preparation, Bank Statement Reconciliations, Credit Card Reconciliations.*Travel Arrangements: Reservations for Hotels, Cruises, Restaurants, Activities, Monitoring use of Private Plane contract. Anticipating and facilitating everything needed for the semi-annual move between the homes, including travel to Arizona to assure everything is in order before owners arrival.*Calendar: Anticipating and Scheduling all appointments both for the indiviuals and all maintenance needed on both homes.*Events: Planning and executing special events as needed-catering, staffing, decorationsAnd last, but certainly not least*"Trail Angel": assisting my boss with his quest to complete the 2300 mile Pacific Crest Trail, this involved purchasing, packing and shipping his supplies, making him custom, light weight camping products and finding rides for him in middle of no where!

Homewood, Ca

This was a multi faceted job for a successful Jewelry Company. I was responsible for all of the Bookkeeping, inlcuding monitoring of Overseas wire transfers to various factories and tracking the costs, A/P ,A/R, invoicing, payroll and debt collection. In addition to that, frequent trips to NYC to assist in set up and sales at the Gift Shows.

Tahoe City, California

Monthly accounting for multiple clients-posting and reconciling bank accounts, preparing tax deposits, reviewing and generating P & L's, Balance Sheets and year-end reports. Dealt with many McDonald's owners and the requirements that needed to be followed by the franchise agreements.

Bs, Agricultural Economics/ Design

Activities and Societies: Honor Society

Education record

Activities and Societies: Junior Auxiliary-through Piedmont High School Student Council Honor Society I added this to my profile as I feel.