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ProjectManager

Kristi Foster

Chapel Hill,United States

Summary

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

A LOTTA LOVE
04.2017 - Current
  • A Lotta Love's mission is to empower women and their children to reclaim their pride while living in this temporary housing.
  • Design rooms for families in homeless shelters.
  • Implement research study with psychologists from
    Duke to assess impact of design on women's
    well-being and quality of life.
  • Update project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
  • Select, train and mentor over 50 volunteers.
  • Match volunteers to appropriate opportunities by
    conducting skills-based assessments.
  • Follow-up with staff and managers to assess
    volunteer needs and opportunities.
  • Write, implement and enforce volunteer program
    policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Create professional presentations to creatively
    communicating design intent and direction.
  • Source additional resources and staff to meet
    timeline demands.
  • Closely collaborate with project members to
    identify and quickly address problems ALOTTALOVE.ORG.

Broker

Berkshire Hathaway
08.2015 - 06.2018
  • Answered inquiries and provided information to sales representatives, distributed appropriate paperwork and fulfilled quote requests to deliver excellent customer support.
  • Advised clients on mortgage and housing conditions to identify successful properties and promote customer satisfaction.
  • Reviewed stop-loss reporting to customer accounts and complied with policies and procedures for release of information.
  • Arranged for inspections and surveys of sold properties.
  • Developed and maintained strong knowledge of multiple products and varying levels of benefits within each product.
  • Sold high volume of properties in short timeframes to exceed quotas and maximize business revenue.
  • Obtained agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms.
  • Prepared contracts and related documentation according to strict standards.
  • Developed advanced product knowledge to share current information while generating and delivering products quotes.
  • Led cross-departmental and divisional workflows supporting risk management.

Clinic Assistant Manager

Planned Parenthood
01.2011 - 07.2015
  • Counseled patients about pregnancy options.
  • Updated quality control standards, methods and
    procedures to meet compliance requirements.
  • Managed and archived quality documentation and participated in internal and external quality
    audits.
  • Conducted training and change management
    processes to improve operations.
  • Managed staff and work schedules.
  • Made financial decisions related to our CAP
    (Consortium of Abortion Providers) fund.
  • Worked with researchers and staff to implement
    clinic studies.
  • Educated patients about sexually transmitted
    infections, testing and treatment.
  • Performed lab tests including hemoglobin
    checks, STI tests, Rh screenings, and pregnancy
    tests.
  • Conducted fetal ultrasounds.
  • Counseled patients about pregnancy options.
  • Educated patients about sexually transmitted
    infections, testing and treatment.



Proposal Manager

Research Triangle Institute International
08.1996 - 12.2000
  • Managed multidisciplinary teams.
  • Oversaw the design, development, schedule,
    budget and production of contract and grant
    proposals.
  • Provided assistance on public health projects -
    including survey design, evaluation, and
    manuscript development.
  • Assisted in raising over 150 million dollars in grants
    and awards In this position I relied heavily on my
    attention to detail.
  • Completed writing assignments according to set
    standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness,
    style and terminology.
  • Proofread copy written by colleagues to correct
    spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Researcher/Writer

MicroMass Communications
08.1994 - 04.1996

Researched and designed curriculum for various interactive health education projects, including Nicorette gum

  • Wrote the health education component for Nicorette gum.
  • Assisted in the development of proprietary
    tailored software.
  • Customized communication plans to fit target
    audience knowledge and level of expertise.
  • Maintained message consistency across all
    channels to fully support short- and long-term
    communications goals.
  • Wrote and edited content for operations,
    marketing and public relations needs.
  • Leveraged analytics to optimize communications
    strategies, better targeting audiences and achieving desired engagement and responses.


Education

MPH - Health Behavior And Health Education

University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
05.1994

Bachelor of Arts - Public Health

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
12.1991

Skills

  • Knowledge and application of public health theories, specifically stages of change and barriers/benefits theories
  • Development of program planning and evaluation
  • Specific experience in smoking cessation and reproductive health
  • Organization and collaboration expertise

Timeline

Project Manager

A LOTTA LOVE
04.2017 - Current

Broker

Berkshire Hathaway
08.2015 - 06.2018

Clinic Assistant Manager

Planned Parenthood
01.2011 - 07.2015

Proposal Manager

Research Triangle Institute International
08.1996 - 12.2000

Researcher/Writer

MicroMass Communications
08.1994 - 04.1996

MPH - Health Behavior And Health Education

University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Bachelor of Arts - Public Health

University of California, Berkeley
Kristi Foster