Erin Cunningham

Executive Support for CEO and other executives, Administrative Manager, and Lead on Employee Events & Community Engagement

• Manage CEO’s schedule, meeting preparations, follow-up tasks, and travel.
• Deliver multi-faceted administrative support and assistance to ensure effective use of CEO’s time and productive interactions internally and externally.
• Act as a gatekeeper regarding CEO’s schedule and communications.
• Prioritize CEO’s time and commitments, to ensure focus on most critical issues, and provide required information for CEO to make efficient and effective decisions.
• Support planning, preparation, and successful execution of executive, board, and other key governance team meetings.
• Partner with Director of Communications to develop clear and efficient communication and visibility plans for CEO and executives.
• Act as a point of contact between top management and other stakeholders internally and externally.
• Plan and direct administrative and office operational activities.
• Provide oversight to administrative projects and identify opportunities to improve efficiencies in administrative processes.
• Developed career ladder of professional development for administrators.
• Works closely with corporate business unites to establish and improve policies and procedures.
• Oversee and execute company events, volunteer opportunities and activities.
• Define and research new ideas and opportunities to support our corporate responsibility initiatives, Sustainability, DE&I, Community Engagement, and Employee outreach.
• Assist in formulating and tracking budget for events, including vendor management and logistics.
• Serve as employee/senior leadership liaison, building strong relationships with employees throughout the firm, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence, fostering trust, providing feedback to CEO and senior leadership to enhance/preserve company culture.

Executive Support for Co-CEOs and SVPs and Administrative Manager

• Provide executive-level administrative support to the Co Chief Executive Officers
• Organize an immensely active calendar of meetings,events, conference calls, and travel.
• Coordinate and organize Executive Management, Executive Committee and board meetings.
• Manage Co-CEO communication including an internal blog, public relations, business announcements, quarterly/annual updates, non-us office visits and employee outreach.
• Lead a team of six Executive and Administrative Assistants across different business units. Conduct interviews, manage onboarding and training.
• Oversee a team planning several internal and external events per year.
• Plan a variety of community outreach programs, such as volunteering, local donation drives and charitable activities.
• Senior leader of the Charitable Giving Committee and maintain partnerships with local non-profits.
• Assist other executives with ad Hoc requests, such as space planning, strategic and corporate development, communication plans, and presentation development.
• Work closely with a variety of departments within the firm (Finance, Corporate, Investments, Research, Client Service, Marketing and Information Technology) and provide updates to executives.

Provided executive-level administrative support to the Global Head of Marketing and Client Service

• Organize an immensely active calendar of meetings, events, conference calls, and travel.
• Prepare and sort necessary materials for meetings, projects, and presentations.
• Manage several domestic and international travel itineraries.
• Support Acadian’s public relations consultants on media interviews, advertising, and press releases.
• Assist the head of corporate communications in internal and external communications.
• Coordinate and organize all conferences in which Acadian is attending, presenting, and/or sponsoring.
• Assist executives in budgeting for marketing conferences.

Provided senior-level administrative support to the Boston Private Banking Managing Director.

Provided gift and trust administration for non-profit organizations and assisted multiple relationship managers on a variety of complex clients and accounts.