MARY STEVENS
StevensM99@hotmail.com
415.250.3209
PROFILE
Executive Assistant and Meeting/Event Planner with over 20 years of professional experience in Office Administration, Project Management, and Executive Level Support.
QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive experience planning corporate and nonprofit events, meetings, conferences and executive travel. Expertise in Creative Development, Logistics and Administration utilizing interpersonal, customer service and negotiation strengths.
Highly organized with demonstrated leadership experience in forming successful business partner relationships.
Proven ability to generate fresh ideas and creative solutions to difficult problems.
Executive Support responsibilities include scheduling, coordination and managing the flow of information among Executives and Management, staff, vendors, and clients.
Computer proficiency: MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Executive Assistant, Independent Contractor. 1990-99 and 2002 – Present
Worked on long and short term temporary assignments around meeting and event planning commitments. Positions required discretion and solid business judgment in supporting daily interests of the Executive office. Representative assignments include:
San Francisco Parks Trust, Golden Gate Park, Office Manager
Chiron Corporation, EA to Chief Litigation Counsel
Blue Shield Foundation, Assistant to President and CEO
The Trust for Public Land, Assistant to the President
Deloitte & Touche Consulting, Executive Assistant to Managing Director
The Sierra Club, Executive Assistant to Marketing Director
UCSF Foundation, Executive Assistant to Vice Chancellor Public Affairs
Kaiser Permanente, Executive Assistant to Senior VP Administration
Wells Fargo Bank, Campus Recruitment Coordinator
Heller Foundation, Executive Assistant to Executive Director
California State Automobile Association, 1999 – 2002
Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President HR & Corporate Diversity.
Position involved full range of Executive Support responsibilities. Also served as Community Outreach and Employee Programs Coordinator. Leadership meetings, seminars and events designed to increase awareness of cultural diversity in the workplace.
MEETING & EVENT PLANNER, 1984 – Present
Project Manager of Marketing and Promotional Media and Events.
Corporate and Nonprofit Coordination of Meetings, Seminars, Training and Retreats.
Sports, Film, Arts, City-Wide Festivals, Advertising.
Representative clients include:
International Museum of Women, Event Coordination, Women of the World Exhibit
Canadian Consulate, Logistics Coordinator, 10k Run for Cancer
Sail San Francisco, Design/Planning, Opening Ceremony, City-Wide Tall Ships Festival
World Cup, Event Coordinator, World Cup Finale, Universal Studios
LA Olympics, Staff Producer, Public Relations Media & Corporate Hospitality Events
UCLA Film Archives, Producer, Special Series, History of American Film
San Francisco Chronicle, Director, Annual Advertising Awards Ceremony
Foote, Cone & Belding Advertising, Staff Producer, Corporate Production
Smithsonian Institute, Executive Producer, Documentary, Natl Museum of American History
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Hospitality Sales – Pan Pacific, Holiday Inn, Hyatt Hotels
Travel Agent – Individual and Corporate Accounts
EDUCATION
BA French, Seattle University, WA
Sorbonne, University of Paris, France
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