CURRENT CAREER GOAL: I recently moved to the East Bay to go graduate school (eves.) and am looking for the perfect fit in a part to full time position utilizing my extensive experience, organizational capabilities, and sense of humor. Creative talents are a plus.

ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS:
Over 30 years experience ranging from founder/manager/bookkeeper of 40 person cooperative arts and crafts gallery to high school art teacher (3 yrs.), office manager, receptionist, administrative assistant, data entry. Friendly, helpful initial contact with people both in person and on the telephone; excellent telephone manner; comprehensive knowledge of office procedures; bookkeeping, purchasing, billing, payroll, employee, state and federal taxes, correspondence, manuscript editing, newsletter publishing, travel arrangements; extensive computer experience on both MAC and IBM- Word, WordPerfect, Lotus, Excel, Quicken, Powerpoint, Hyperstudio, FileMaker Pro, DataPerfect, PlanPerfect, DBase, Adobe Photoshop, Director, Fractal Design Painter 4, for a variety of tasks; budgets, accounting, word processing, NAU CUFS system, IDMS system, CRIS, AR, Home page development and WWW use.

PEOPLE SKILLS:
Ability to directly and clearly communicate with others in an outgoing positive manner; ability to supervise effectively; ability to teach, share information and insights; ability to resolve problems in a way which benefits all concerned; desire to understand other’s viewpoint, understanding of various counseling/ psychological approaches which provide methods for relating effectively with others, genuine caring for people and commitment to the part of my life labeled my employment.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS:
Excellent problem solving capabilities, prompt perceptive action; ability to organize diverse responsibilities and functions; ability to formulate systems and procedures with which to operate an office smoothly; ability to inform and train others, to delegate workload; ability to promote open communication and act upon new perspectives; to settle internal conflicts and encourage a positive work environment and an effectively operating department.

EDUCATION:
JFK University, accepted into Master of Transformative Arts program - (evening classes)
Northern Arizona University, grad. May 1997, B.S. in Secondary Education - Art, Minor - Computer Art/Technology in Education

EXPERIENCE:
Aug. 2000 - present Adm. Asst., Peter David Gilbert, architect, Oakland, CA-12 hrs. per wk.
April 1992 - June 2000 Manager/bookkeeper, The Artists Gallery, Flagstaff
Aug. 1997 - May 2000 Art teacher, Coconino High School, Flagstaff, AZ
Jan. 1988 - Jan. 1997 F/PT Admin. Sec. with Northern Arizona University (most for 3+ yrs.)
June 1966 - present Progressive variety of life and job exper. incl. incredible 18 yr. old daughter

REFERENCES:
Ms. Pam Raskob, Asst. Manager/Owner, The Artists Gallery, (520) 779-6176
Mr. Dave Roth, Principal, Coconino High School  (520) 773-8200
Ms. Julie Roller, Flagstaff Foundation Manager, (520) 526-6399
Dr. Nancy Paxton, Professor, Northern Arizona University, (520) 773-9181

INTERESTS:
Personal spiritual, emotional growth, healing arts, friends, writing, painting, jewelry, sculpture, hiking, biking, reading, movies, sea kayaking, gardening, yummy restaurants, galleries, people watching, coffee shops, critters (miss my cats), keeping up with Robin (off at college) in new ways.