Anna Lifsey

- Served, worked and lived in Turkey, Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) and Israel over the last 10 years.

- I used extensive hospitality skills in housing, cooking and hosting groups of people.

- I acquired adaptability and flexibility and a readiness and willingness to learn in all kinds of different environments.

- I managed and coordinated with teams that visited.

- I developed skills in relating cross culturally with people that are very different from the culture I grew up in.

- I developed a resolve and endurance to expect difficulty not quit when it comes.

- I developed leadership skills in relating to and with diverse people groups.

- I developed empathy and compassion for people and their personal experiences.

- Handled his correspondence.

- Schedule appointments.

- Booked flights.

- Managed his calendar.

- Took notes/minutes in meetings that required discretion.

- Provided hospitality for both him and people he was meeting with.

- Was often the person that people would come to when they couldn’t get access to him.

- All of this required personable skills as I had a lot of interaction with people from all kinds of backgrounds and in various emotional states.

- Was responsible for processing all applications for incoming international and local students.

- Was responsible for all communication with students to help them prepare to come to the school covering anything from applying for the appropriate visas to what to pack. I also issued all acceptance phone calls and emails and was also in communication with parents and family members that had questions. Lots of personal interaction for students, etc.

- Was responsible for entering all information into the database and making sure all records were accurate and up to date.

- Was the liaison between students and the leaders of the schools they would be attending.