Janet Gebow
Traverse City
Summary
Outgoing and upbeat professional successful at balancing customer and business needs. Skilled in management, organization, written and interpersonal communications. Proficient at multitasking, planning, and computer skills. Very dependable.
Overview
47
47
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Guest Service Representative
The Homestead Resort
Glen Arbor
08.2024 - Current
- Wrote detailed training manual for summer interns.
- Trained five summer interns.
- Organized front desk office including updating the filing system and composition of check lists for each shift.
- Responded to emails and phone calls from guests, team members, and vendors.
- Wrote weekly newsletters for guests.
- Registration and check out of guests.
- Interacted with guests assisting them with questions and concerns related to their stays.
Caregiver to Elderly Parents
Volunteer Work
Traverse City
05.2011 - 04.2022
- Assisted my parents with daily activities, recreation, transportation, personal hygiene, and physical therapy regimens both in Denver and later in Traverse City. After dad died, moved to Traverse City with mom so she could be near her siblings.
- Provided companionship and emotional support to enhance their well-being.
- Managed medication schedules and ensured proper adherence.
- Prepared nutritious meals based on specific dietary needs and preferences.
- Followed physicians’ plan and directions for administration of medications.
- Provided most of end-of-life care with limited hospice assistance due to Covid restrictions.
Owner
Stage Right
Denver
01.2004 - 05.2016
- Staged homes for sale in the Denver for Realtors and homeowners in the Denver Metropolitan area.
- Interacted with Realtors and other clients to meet decorating requirements for top-tier properties.
- Purchased furniture and decorative items and kept an inventory of these items.
- Implemented marketing strategies to increase company visibility and expansion.
- Held a real estate license in the State of Colorado.
- Kept up with continuing education requirements for licensed real estate brokers.
Senior Legal Assistant
Holme, Roberts & Owen
Denver
10.1985 - 12.2004
- Interacted with attorneys and medical expert witnesses from major medical schools throughout the country in product liability and toxic tort litigation.
- Worked closely with co-counsel at Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles which required weekly travel between Denver and Lis Angeles for several years.
- Summarized life time medical records for hundreds of plaintiffs.
- Drafted interrogatories to plaintiffs.
- Drafted outlines of deposition questions for plaintiffs and plaintiff expert witnesses.
- Attended all depositions of plaintiffs, clients, and medical experts.
- Summarized and analyzed information of from plaintiffs in depositions and interrogatives in comparison to medical records.
- Led teams of paralegals and temporary workers in trial preparation.
Senior Research Analyst/Senior Paralegal
Goodwin Procter
Boston
04.1978 - 10.1984
- Began as a paralegal and promoted in 2 years to senior paralegal (the first in the firm), and then promoted to senior research analyst.
- Researched the medical literature regarding state of the art of epidemiology and pharmacology relating to obstetrics and gynecology beginning in 1947 through 1980s.
- Researched and analyzed the epidemiology of various types of cancer.
- Attended grand rounds at Harvard affiliated hospitals in areas of causation and treatment of gynecological cancers.
- Was made the co-head of the paralegal department.
- Attended all interviews of medical experts in preparation for depositions and trial preparation.
- Attended all depositions of plaintiffs and expert witnesses.
- Drafted interrogatories and deposition outlines.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 09.1964 - 05.1968
Some College (No Degree) - Italian And French
University of Denver
Denver, COSkills
- Customer relationship management
- Training and development
- Front desk operations
- Administrative support
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Inventory monitoring
- Data inputting
- Basic accounting
- Guest accommodations
- Computer skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Detail-oriented
- Complaint handling
- Self motivation
- Organization
Affiliations
- Board of Directors of Northeastern University’s paralegal school.
- Volunteer for many years with the Denver Public Schools focusing on mentoring and tutoring students.
- Volunteered for NPR, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens.
- Expert downhill skier.
Timeline
Guest Service Representative
The Homestead Resort
08.2024 - Current
Caregiver to Elderly Parents
Volunteer Work
05.2011 - 04.2022
Owner
Stage Right
01.2004 - 05.2016
Senior Legal Assistant
Holme, Roberts & Owen
10.1985 - 12.2004
Senior Research Analyst/Senior Paralegal
Goodwin Procter
04.1978 - 10.1984
Some College (No Degree) - Italian And French
University of Denver
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
University of Wyoming
09.1964 - 05.1968
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