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Administrative Manager Assistant or Associate Director Customer Services Office Manager
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Solution provider for governmental entities
Producer and overseer with 12 years of management experience and consistent success in achieving cost controls,
productivity, and delivery of administrative and technical support services. Able to guide, and lead, highly skilled,
cross-functional teams providing leading-edge solutions and customer support services. Effective and efficient analyst,
problem solver, and communicator. Seeking new management position.
KEY ATTRIBUTES
Budget Planning & Administration Project Planning, Scheduling & Delegation Team Building, Mentoring &
Leadership Problem Solving & Organizational Change Federal, State & Institutional: Regulatory Compliance
Management, Quality Assurance Control/Standards Administrative & Technical Operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Washington State University (WSU) Pullman and Vancouver, Washington 1995 Present
Administrative Manager, College of Arts and Sciences 2012 - Present
Management of personnel processing for all faculty and staff assignments: tenure-track faculty employment
appointments (permanent), clinical faculty employment appointments (three year, renewable), instructor
faculty (annually renewable), adjunct faculty (semester, renewable), civil service (permanent and project-
grant paid) employees, graduate student (research assistantship, teaching assistantship, and fellowship
stipend) and temporary hourly employees
Payroll processing, leave and time reporting are bi-monthly and monthly reporting, depending on
employment appointment type
Initiate background check requests for temporary hourly employment appointments
Administrative Manager, Science Programs 2006 2012
Promoted to WSU Vancouver Science Programs from the Pullman campus. Tasked with planning, organization,
implementation, coordination and development of administrative and instructional support services for WSU
Vancouver Science Programs.
Supervised four full-time, and seven part-time staff
Approximately 70 personnel employment appointments processed annually
Reviewed and oversaw programmatic budget management, which ranged from $2-3MM, and other fiscal
activities generated by extramural resources funded, for examples by NSF, NOAA, USGS, Harvard
University/Department of Defense, and Rutgers State University grants
Reviewed existing program, campus, WSU, State of Washington, and Federal existing policies, procedures,
and regulations - provided recommendations for change when necessary
Grant administration
Coordinated administrative functions with other departments, units and outside agencies
Provided advisory input and recommendations to the director, faculty, staff, and students and various
administrative personnel
Liaison for Science Programs at campus and system level, financial central service units, academic
department/schools, and WSU College of Arts and Sciences
Program Support Supervisor II (Office Manager) 2004 2006
Promoted within the Office of Grant Research and Development (OGRD), to direct administrative, fiscal, project
management, and personnel support services for the Research Compliance Office (RCO formerly, and Office of
Research Assurances, (ORA currently), and the Administration of Professional and Scientific Personnel
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(APSP). Managed a staff of five, oversaw budgets, staff recruitment and orientation; and implemented the
administration of intern employees at the Idaho National Lab ($2.2MM contract; INL is one of the DOE s 10 national
labs) for the APSP.
Directed personnel administration of 28 administrative/professional and civil service staff positions by
writing and updating position descriptions, recruiting, hiring, training and evaluating staff
Collaborated with the OGRD Resource Group to develop the Faculty Development Series (FDS) a
comprehensive faculty program providing training in grant proposal writing. The FDS earned over $110,000
in additional funding from the Office of Research and created two new staff positions in Fiscal Year 2005.
Oversaw personnel, travel, purchasing, and administrative policies and procedures for OGRD and RCO.
Summer 2006 - Co-Investigator providing administrative management of a $2.2MM project through the
Idaho National Laboratory: processing 150-200 summer interns through WSU s temporary employment
policies and procedures (includes wages and housing costs). Interns work at the INL in Idaho Falls, ID.
Semi-annually produced six Strategic Plan Update reports for the Director as part of compiled Research Area
reports to WSU s Provost
Administrative Coordinator 2001 2004
Advanced to develop and coordinate all aspects of training and education events sponsored by OGRD, including:
OGRD New Faculty Orientation, grant proposal workshops with invited proposal experts, video workshops and online
education programs hosted by the National Council of University Research Administrators, and the OGRD Seminar
Series (particularly curriculum development and selection of faculty presenters). Provided daily supervision to and
business training of three positions providing purchasing, travel and clerical support to the Office of Grant and
Research Development. Additionally, conducted and administered professional search committee processes. Managed
annual administrative accounts of roughly $164,000, served as primary purchasing agent and created and/or facilitated
seminars for faculty and staff.
Successfully coordinated numerous grant-writing workshops with more than 350 attendees that outlined the
grant writing process and assisted faculty and staff in securing additional resources
Wrote, edited and published The Informer Online in Macromedia Dreamweaver, a monthly newsletter for
University employees that highlighted funding opportunities from federal and non-federal sponsors, research
news, and training opportunities available to faculty
Comprehensively audited expenses, eliminating superfluous costs and reducing annual expenses by over
$10,000
EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS
Washington State University; Pullman, Washington
B.A. in Communications with emphasis in Journalism (1992)
Fulbright Scholars Program
WSU Liaison for the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (1998 2006)
Society of Research Administrators, International
Member (2004 2006)
Washington State University s Office of Research
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Representative (2005)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012 Higher Education Accounting Forum, Denver, CO
National Association of College and University Business Officers
2005 International Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
Society of Research Administrators, International
2004 International Meeting, Salt Lake, City, UT
Society of Research Administrators, International
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2004 Western Section Meeting, Palm Springs, CA
Society of Research Administrators, International
Business Contract/Host
2004 Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting, Spokane, WA
Society of Research Administrators, International
2003 Regions VI and VII Joint-Meeting, Denver, CO
National Council of University Research Administrators
2002 Campus Representative Training
Fulbright Scholars Program, Washington, DC
Council for the International Exchange of Scholars
2000 Merck-Merial Scholars Symposium
University of Georgia at Athens, GA
Leadership Development Series for Supervisors, WSU (Completed 2006)
COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft Office Professional
Macromedia- Dreamweaver
Drupal
Internet Content Management System (CMS)
WSU Administrative Information Systems (AIS)
DOS-based interface to Financial and Student Data Warehouses
Applications:
DEPPS/HEPPS (Personnel)
BALANCES (Accounts/Financials)
PAPR (Purchase Orders and Travel Reimbursement Tracking)
WSU encrypted internet portals
OGRD Gateway: Grant Proposal and Award Database Tracking System
APSP Central: Postgraduate and Intern Employment Tracking Database (INL-DOE)
RONet: Registrar s Office Portal to Student and Enrollment Data
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