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Bethany Davis

Forest,VA

Summary

Highly organized and detail-oriented professional passionate about executing exceptional events that achieve established goals. Experience with planning, budgeting and coordinating wide variety of both small-scale and large-scale events. Strong communicator and negotiator able to foster relationships with key stakeholders and vendors.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Foster Care & Adoption Event Coordinator

Waymaker.Church
03.2023 - Current
  • Coordinate schedules and yearly timelines for events
  • Manage event logistics and operations for a quarterly Dinner Night Out
  • Work with the childcare department to coordinate programming for 150-200 kids for Dinner Night Out
  • Work with key leaders to organize meals delivered to families with foster children
  • Organize teams to support struggling foster families within the church body
  • Help to organize annual Mosaic Christmas Tree between participants and foster families

Outreach & Counseling Administrative Assistant

Waymaker.Church
03.2023 - Current
  • Compile data and adjust for scheduling in counseling
  • Organize training events for current counselors
  • Schedule meetings and arrange the scheduling for the Outreach & Global Team
  • Oversee the Meals Team to make sure meals are being scheduled and delivered
  • Teach discover outreach classes to people interested in joining various teams
  • Plan and execute large events such as a 5-day outreach initiative for the church and an annual community block party for around 2,500 people
  • Coordinate all volunteers for outreach events
  • Create information packets and booking information for global trips
  • Organize financial support for global partners and trip participants

Elementary Teacher

Lynchburg City Schools
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Maintained positive classroom environments by reinforcing rules for behavior and relationship-building actions
  • Devised lesson plans in alignment with state curriculum standards and created balanced instructional programs, demonstrations and work time to meet educational and instructional goals
  • Involved parents in student education by cultivating strong relationships
  • Identified student needs and collaborated with faculty to resolve social, cognitive or behavioral challenges.

Front Desk Clerk

Premier Limousine Company
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Assisted customers via phone by providing confirmations, answering questions and offering general information
  • Facilitated customer reservations by providing booking information and processing payments
  • Party hostess and planner- Began and ended events punctually by monitoring time and pacing schedule of activities
  • Kept all food stocked and accessible during event
  • Decorated and designed each event's decorations and style.

Front Desk Clerk

Liberty University Police Department
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Welcomed patrons to front desk and engaged in friendly conversations while conducting check-in process
  • Entered and filed parking tickets
  • Issued parking tickets
  • Worked in the call room when necessary to answer the incoming police department calls.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education -

Liberty University
Lynchburg
08.2011

Skills

  • Logistics Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Special events planning
  • Expense Tracking
  • Meeting planning
  • Catering Coordination
  • Scheduling

Timeline

Foster Care & Adoption Event Coordinator

Waymaker.Church
03.2023 - Current

Outreach & Counseling Administrative Assistant

Waymaker.Church
03.2023 - Current

Elementary Teacher

Lynchburg City Schools
01.2011 - 01.2014

Front Desk Clerk

Premier Limousine Company
01.2008 - 01.2010

Front Desk Clerk

Liberty University Police Department
01.2006 - 01.2007

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education -

Liberty University
Bethany Davis