LaVon Birney
Amidon,ND
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Enhanced operational efficiency and spearheading organizational initiatives. Excelled in office inventory management and professional communication, driving project success and fostering strong client relations. Achieved significant improvements by leveraging critical thinking and organizational skills. Focused on managing competing priorities in fast-paced and rapidly changing environments.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Coordinator
United Postal Service, UPS
01.2021 - 09.2022
- Answered phone calls and responded to inquiries from customers, vendors and other external contacts.
- Greeted visitors with professionalism and enthusiasm to provide support and direct guests to appropriate department.
- Managed and maintained electronic and paper-based filing systems to keep essential documents and information easily accessible and organized.
- Built highly-efficient administrative team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
- Developed internal requirements and standards to minimize regulatory risks and liability across programs.
- Managed supervisor itinerary and appointments and streamlined scheduling procedures.
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for [Number] employees.
Photographer
Log Cabin Pinery
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Edited, toned, captioned, and uploaded photographs for publication.
- Digitally edited photos to enhance appearance.
- Photographed high-quality images for various print and digital projects.
- Planned and prepared for on-location and studio shoots.
- Enhanced business operations by utilizing successful marketing and outreach strategies to bring in clients, close [Product or Service] sales and increase revenue.
- Developed long and short-term business needs while driving customer feedback for process improvements.
- Took photos from different angles and perspectives to capture perfect images.
- Scheduled and booked locations for photo shoots, working collaboratively with clients and contacts.
- Assisted clients in selecting poses, wardrobe and backgrounds to photograph different looks, concepts and locations.
- Collaborated with other photographers and videographers to capture special events.
- Assisted clients with creative ideas for photography needs.
Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Colorado
12.2009 - 09.2016
- Aligned department vision, goals, and objectives with company strategy to achieve consistently high results.
- Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions and maximize profitability.
- Fostered work culture of collaboration and inclusion to increase morale and reduce turnover.
- Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
- Built relationships with donors, government officials and other organizations to secure funding and support for organization.
- Represented organization to local public by giving presentations and speeches and participating in community events.
- Set organizational goals and objectives to guide and direct company focus and achieve mission fulfillment.
Grant Writer
Grand Harvest Consulting
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Researched grant and funding proposal opportunities in philanthropic databases to identify potential income sources.
- Generated monthly grant writing activities reports and submitted documentation to director to promote funding program transparency.
- Collected information on existing programs to demonstrate cohesive and sustainable organization to funders.
- Interacted with internal partners and obtained detailed information about organization's mission and goals to form solid foundation for grant applications.
- Developed impactful grant applications to enhance organization's potential for funding awards.
- Gained familiarity with organization's operational and financial challenges and opportunities to improve grant writing knowledge base.
- Tracked in-process and previously submitted grant applications to obtain status updates.
- Wrote, reviewed and edited proposals for grants, gifts, and contracts.
- Obtained pertinent organizational financial reports and other data to support grant applications and funding proposals.
- Prepared and submitted grant applications to corporate organizations, private foundations and [Type] to solicit grant monies for organization.
- Completed grant writing course, gaining practical experience to obtain knowledge of grant application policies and procedures.
- Attended grant writing conferences to enhance sources and interact with other grant writing professionals.
- Researched appropriate funding sources such as government programs and private foundations.
- Mentored new grant writers at non-competing organizations to promote elevated industry knowledge and submission of high-quality grant applications.
- Designed annual grant award strategy as key component of organizational funding initiatives.
- Worked closely with software engineers, product managers and other departments to determine accuracy and completeness of technical documentation.
Director of Development
Colorado Tobacco Education & Prevention Alliance
01.2001 - 02.2010
- Defined and integrated roles, responsibilities, and processes for business team and data management organization.
- Established technical strategy for entire company, accounting for overall business goals, budgetary limitations and resource allocation.
- Utilized ground-up approach to integrating CRM resources to optimize resource and time allocation.
- Monitored product pricing and legal requirements.
- Worked with senior management to define project scope and direction, creating inter-departmental frameworks to drive successful project execution.
- Worked with internal and external businesses and led cross-functional teams to develop intricate business plans.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism & Public Relations
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, COSkills
- Office inventory management
- Accounting ledger management
- Operation recommendations
- Travel administration
- Calendar management
- Time management expertise
- Strong attention to detail
- Expense reporting
- Travel arrangements
- Presentation development
- Budget tracking
- Document preparation
- File management
- Exceptional organization
- Human resources support
- Meeting planning
- Office administration
- Reception oversight
- Research
- Scheduling
- Microsoft outlook
- Professional communication
- Strong problem solver
- Multi-task management
- Marketing
- Human resources management (HRM)
- Technical support
- Report writing
- Critical thinking
- Minute taking
- Sensitive material handling
- Highly organized
- Problem-solving
- Documentation and reporting
- Customer and client relations
- Computer skills
Timeline
Administrative Coordinator
United Postal Service, UPS
01.2021 - 09.2022
Photographer
Log Cabin Pinery
01.2017 - 01.2020
Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Colorado
12.2009 - 09.2016
Grant Writer
Grand Harvest Consulting
01.2007 - 01.2015
Director of Development
Colorado Tobacco Education & Prevention Alliance
01.2001 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism & Public Relations
Colorado State University
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