Naional Executive Coordinator

Posted on: 2006-07-24

Pamela Whittenbury 1215 South Saint Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 734-1873 Businesswoman with managerial experience wishes to use her excellent people, legal, financial, negotiating and organizational skills to manage your personal and professional life. I will cheerfully and efficiently: • Manage your staff • Oversee your home • Administrate your business • Promote your career • Create / balance your budgets • Facilitate travel plans • Plan events • Negotiate contracts • Eliminate stress with yoga • Collect A/R • Close sales • Negotiate A/P • Arrange / advise personal and business calendars • Identify / resolve legal issues SKILLS: PC skills; Java, HTML, Java Script, DHTML, LINUX, Visual Basic, SQL, MS Office, MS Word, Excel, Safari, email campaigns, web research. Office skills; basic accounting, budget analysis, A/P, A/R, P/R, G/L, Collections Legal Skills; Drafting and service of basic motions, Court Appearance, Filing procedures for corporations, negotiating liens EXPERIENCE: · National Executive Coordinator: Administrated all phases of non-profit agency, focusing on personal promotion of founder and president. Used web and email to publicize events. · Events Coordinator: Planned business meetings and large conventions for non-profit agency, negotiating hotel and meeting space as well as banquet events. Liaison between Board of Directors and local chapters. · Technical Sales Support: Technical support and consulting to fortune 500 companies for software vendor. Emphasis on public speaking and interaction with clients to assist in closing sales. · Director: Responsible for all phases of managing a non profit free clinic · Director of Financial Applications: Managed 30 people with related projects for a software vendor. CLIENT SUMMARY: · MAJOR BUSINESSESS: IBM, Farmers Insurance, Trans America, Jet Propulsion Labs, Chase Manhattan, Bank of America, Programming Methods, Computer Sciences Corporation, Loeb Rhoades, Tone Software, Legent Corporation, A.M. · NONPROFIT AGENCIES: YOGA for Youth, International Association of Black Yoga Teachers, Main Gate Board and Care, Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, Region 2 of Overeaters Anonymous WORK HISTORY: 2003 – Present YOGA for Youth, National Executive Coordinator Over see the administration of international organization, including fundraising, volunteer coordination, and program administration. Proficient in email campaigns and strategies as well as database design. Instrumental in starting satellite offices in Seattle, NYC, DC and Minneapolis. Served as paralegal in business endeavors, forming non-profit foreign corporations across the USA to service satellites. Negotiated all contracts for fund raising and service events. Coordinated all travel planning for president. 2000 – 2005 Region 2 of O.A. Board of Directors, Event Coordinator Plan all meetings for the Board of directors, the assembly for the delegates (65 persons) and a convention for the region (500 – 650 attendance). Included selecting hotels, negotiating contracts for meeting, sleeping and banquet events. Monitor the convention budget and assure it is created and modified within reasonable historical parameters. Updated the policy and procedure manual for conventions. 2003 – Present Main Gate Board and Care Assisted in running facility for mentally disabled adults, assuring facility and staff were adhering to code. Also negotiated lawsuit and liens against facility. 1999-2006 Consumer Systems Services Group - Project Management Project Management and application development support, system enhancement, troubleshooting, client interface. 1995– 1999 LA Inter Group O.A. Board of Directors, Treasurer Created and monitored $100K annual budget for non-profit agency. Maintained all reports, spread sheets and approved all expenditures. 1994-1999 Farmers Insurance Co. – Consultant – Project Management Application development support: Year 2000 conversion managing 8 programmers. 1987-1994 Tone Software and Legent Software (CSC) - Systems Sales Engineer Provided Sales product support including training, troubleshooting, programming and installation support for IBM software. Salary incentive based on closing statistics. Heavy interaction with customer staff on all levels to facilitate sale. AM Jacquard Systems – Project Manager Designed and implemented financial application packages on midrange computers. Managed 30 programmers, 10 QA testers, and 4 technical writers. EDUCATION: BA Child Psychology, University of Minnesota Class work completed for MS Psychology, CSU Long Beach IKYTA Certified Level 1 Yoga Teacher Sat Nam Rasayan Certified Level 2 Healer Ordained Minister Sikh Dharma