Eddie B. Pate
Executive Assistant
Edmond,OK
Summary
Accomplished administrator and military veteran with 18 years supporting the Garrison Chaplain and staff within a military community of more than 15,000 personnel. Specializing in administrative tasks ranging from scheduling and taking minutes to supervising a staff of fifteen personnel. A professional in Microsoft Office with the ability to use Adobe Creative Suite to produce and fabricate phenomenal templates and formats for publications. Passionate about cultivating an environment of team cohesion, enabling pastoral care to service members and their families.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Executive Assistant
United States Army
Fort Drum, New York
07.2007 - 11.2021
- Overhauled diminishing chapel operations alongside senior leadership, enhancing 70% of services for 5,000 personnel.
- Incorporated weekly staff meetings, analyzing weekly services and tasks, increasing patron trust and satisfaction 60%.
- Maximized confidentiality 100%, organizing office files detailing counseling intake, volunteer applications, and funding.
- Revamped chapel publications developing new templates and formats for chapel programs generating positive reviews by chapel congregants.
- Facilitated a complex calendar, coordinating corporate meetings, personal appointments, domestic and international travel, and visitations of VIPs and guests.
- Sustained proper maintenance and accountability of seven religious support facilities, and $250,000 in equipment with zero damages or losses.
- Ministry Coordination.
- Executed all chapel ministry events, successfully integrating chapel volunteers to fulfill ministry needs as appropriate.
- Partnered with local, state, and federal agencies to recruit and certify over 100 volunteers annually with an 80% retention status, despite constant personnel turnover.
- Consecutively awarded the Army Achievement Medal for coordinating extraordinary community outreach.
- Attendance always exceeded those of surrounding communities with larger populations.
- Financial Management.
- Supervised a $2.5 million budget, reconciling weekly contributions and disbursement of funds.
- Conserved $50,000 by reallocating supplies and acquiring free resources.
- Awarded $500,000 in non-personnel service contracts.
- Provided advice on pay, benefits, and entitlements.
- Developed database tracking systems for all funding expenditures, improving operational spending by 60%.
- Coordinated over $1.5 million in marriage conferences annually, impeding over 1,000 marriages from ending in divorce.
Education
Master of Divinity - Pastoral Counselling
Liberty University
Bachelor of Arts - History (American History)
The University of North Carolina
08.2002 - 12.2006
Skills
Multitask
Operational Analysis
Mentoring and Coaching
Team Builder
Database Management
Type 74 WPM
Time Management
Organizational Leadership
Accomplishments
In-depth research contributed to awarding $220,000 in federal ecclesiastical grants for infrastructure improvements.
Consecutively awarded the Army Achievement Medal for coordinating extraordinary community outreach. Attendance always exceeded those of surrounding communities with larger populations.
Built impeccable relationships while extending influences with senior leadership. A well-respected person within the organization and community.
Timeline
Executive Assistant
United States Army
07.2007 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Arts - History (American History)
The University of North Carolina
08.2002 - 12.2006
Master of Divinity - Pastoral Counselling
Liberty University