Jessica Lange

· Plan all commodity meetings and events.

· Work with meeting locations such as restaurants, hotels, expo centers and other venues.

· Set up of group meals, hotel rooms, travel arrangements, tours, and any giveaways needed.

· Combination of big picture thinking and attention to detail, timeline of required actions for successful events, prioritization, clear communication with all parties.

· Conference and committee meeting planning to include property acquisition, set-up/take down, attendee reporting, payment reporting, material ordering, compiling data for attendee use, and preparation and transport of all necessary supplies.

· Contract with hotels, venues, restaurants, and transportation services necessary.

· Creation of correspondence/publications for various meetings and events.

· Mail-outs and e-mails ranging from 1 to 2,000 pieces. Coordinate with various departments, agencies, and vendors to find the most cost-effective methods and carry-through.

· Travel coordination for department, volunteer leaders and other staff members for various company related events.

· Initiation and follow-through of state approved contracts between various agricultural boards and contracting parties.

· Coordinate and schedule lobbying efforts for agricultural issues between the LA Congressional Delegation and our staff and volunteer leaders.

· Committee member nomination process for organization.

Additional Titles: Current

Louisiana Beef Industry Council

Administrative Assistant

· Coordinate all meetings and promotional events.

· Managed all logistics in preparation for trade shows.

· Creation of a presentation board and displays for booth related events.

· Order literature and giveaways for trade shows and any other events.

· Preparation of agenda and minute taking.

· Receive and coordinate project requests.

· Contracts Coordinator.

· Prepare Marketing Plan.

· Maintain Website.

· Answer incoming calls, e-mails, and correspondence.

Louisiana Crawfish Promotion & Research Board

Administrative Officer

Coordinate all meetings throughout the year.

· Promoted Louisiana crawfish through social networking and the creation of billboard campaigns.

· Manage promotion and research contracts between the Board and Contracting Parties.

· Make any necessary changes or additions to the Board’s website.

· Created and maintain the Board’s Facebook page.

· Answer incoming calls, e-mails, and correspondence.

· Make sure the Board members are compliant with all state reporting.

· Take minutes at all the Board meetings.

· Maintain rosters of the Board, and any other correspondence that needs to be sent to the Board.

· Set agenda for the Board meetings in consultation with the Chairman.

· Create financial spreadsheets with the Board’s checking, interest bearing account, balance sheets, check issuing and depositing of funds received.

· Work with the auditor each year to collect all statements (checking account journal, interest bearing account journal, income statements, balance sheets…) needed to complete the Board’s audit.

· Organizing the daily activities of the country club such as: Making schedules, assigning tasks, payroll, signing up new members, member assistance, coordinating and heading all events and managerial duties.

· Event planning, pricing, staffing, decorating, budgeting, supervising of events, food and beverage selections and audio service arrangements.

· Managed all human resource activities for the company: Hiring, training, schedules, terminations, and payroll.

· Responsible for all member’s satisfaction, issues, questions, and concerns.

· Organized and sent out all member e-mails and letters pertaining to future events, changes, and notifications including the monthly Southern Oaks Newsletter and Calendar.

· Communicated with all the vendors of Southern Oaks, placed all the orders on a weekly basis, inventory check and met with vendors to discuss future product use.