Jane E. Downs

Taught English in Madrid for one year in 1998.

Lived in Honduras for six month as an AFS exchange student in 1977.

Speak fluent Spanish.

Graduated Comm Laude from Northeastern University in 1996 with a Major in Political Science and Minor in Economics.

• Tutored adults, adolescents and children in English language
• Conducted legal research and collected data necessary for immigration related matters
• Composed and filed visa applications and petitions for immigrants
• Produced and delivered employment verification letters

• Tutored ninth grade students English to help them better comprehend student lectures, learning objectives, and catch up with other students in their class
• Instructed students in intermediate level grammar, reading and writing and listening and speaking classes

• Taught all levels of ESL to Turkish high school students at Putnam Science Academy
• Worked as coordinator of the ESL Program with Worcester State University Continuing Education Department

• Within the refugee organization, taught all intermediate grammar, reading, writing and conversation classes
• Prepared and filed applications for employment-based permanent residency, visas and extensions
• Participated, coordinated and attended in-house presentations to new refugee clients and responded to one-on-one immigration queries for both nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions and pending cases

• Taught beginner-intermediate ESL to Kaplan Aspect students using the Kaplan curriculum and guidelines

• Taught advanced, intermediate and beginner level ESOL to Spanish speaking students
• Instructed University of Massachusetts Medical School employees

• Reviewed and edited all advertising material produced by Marketing and Communications departments for compliance with National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and regulations
• Acted as primary Compliance contact for all corporate compliance issues including Code of Ethics policy, Insider Trading and pre-clearance of employee securities trades

• Prepared and reviewed mutual fund registration statements, prospectuses, proxy statements and annual reports assuring their timely filing with the SEC
• Supervised and trained Legal Product Management staff on NASD and SEC rules

• Supervised and trained Legal Product Assistant staff
• Worked with outside counsel and marketing department to obtain registered trademarks and resolve trademark disputes

• Prepared Post-Effective Amendments, proxy statements and Board of Trustee material
• Reviewed all advertising for retirement and college savings plans for NASD and SEC Compliance