Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Languages
Timeline
Generic

Leptissia J. Ashley

Orlando,FL

Summary

Motivated professional offering proficiency in Grant management combined with strong mathematical and analytical thinking skills. Thoroughly understands grant development, planning, and how to create unique strategies to meet specific funding needs. Personable team player with exceptional customer service abilities. Fast learner and committed to continuous, self-directed learning.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Education Initiatives Coordinator

Grant, Orlando Science Center
05.2022 - Current
  • Coordinate and manage grant programs by recruiting, marketing, and selecting grant recipients
  • Book, schedule and create itineraries for schools for their grant programs
  • Develop a tracking system to manage grant reservations
  • Manage and update monthly grant forecasts and funding reports
  • Collect data, input, Analyze, and create reports for future and current grant
  • Responsible for tracking and updating daily financial charges to each grant
  • Responsible for working with finance to ensure grant funds are being used correctly
  • Brainstormed with grant manager to improve future school recruitments and marketing for grants
  • Communicate with schools on grant-related needs via phone and email
  • Ensures all deadlines for grant billing and school booking are met
  • Maintaining and managing grant documentation
  • Established and maintained electronic files for grant-funded projects for tracking and reporting.
  • Worked with directors and grant program staff to implement established grant compliance policies and procedures.
  • Conducted routine compliance reviews of grant programs.
  • Answered questions from staff about grant funded programs for fiscal and programmatic compliance matters.
  • Monitored and re-classed errors in grant charges, accounting and close outs.
  • Managed budgets for events and campaigns, keeping financial goals on track.

Education Program Reservationist

Orlando Science Center
04.2019 - 05.2022
  • Assisted with checking-in school field trips, including prepping materials, taking payments, and communicating with other departments
  • Responsible for utilizing grant funds and booking grant-funded programs
  • Responsible for booking all reservations pertaining to all educational programs
  • Used ticketing software systems to process payments,book reservations, input data, and reports
  • Assisted and created itineraries for field trips
  • Responsible for answering email inquiries, web-sale requests, faxes, and phone calls regarding educational programming
  • Handled reservation confirmations on all sales
  • Collected and followed up on deposits and payments received for fee-based educational programming.

Customer Service Cashier

Universal Studios Orlando
03.2016 - 01.2019
  • Collected payments via cash, check, or other charge payments from guest
  • Calculated thecost of shipping products to create quotes
  • Assisted in stocking shelves and rotating merchandise
  • Provided sales support including assisting customers in making purchase decisions
  • Answered questions about store policies and addressed customer concerns.

Education

Southwestern High School
Detroit, MI

Associate Degree - General Science

University of Michigan

undefined

DeVry University

Skills

  • Grant Research
  • Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
  • Data Entry
  • Planning & Coordinating
  • Tessi Ticketing system
  • Microsoft Business Central - (Dynamics)
  • Fiscal Reporting
  • Program Auditing
  • Financial Planning
  • Grants Coordination
  • Scholarship Applications
  • Funds Allocation
  • Accounting Procedures
  • Attention to Detail
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Report Preparation
  • Financial Modelling

Affiliations

Passionate and motivated with more than 7+ years of experience in working in the customer service industry and 4+ years of experience working with grants at a nonprofit. Oversaw various grant proposals, research, applications and paperwork at a museum.

Languages

French
Limited Working

Timeline

Education Initiatives Coordinator

Grant, Orlando Science Center
05.2022 - Current

Education Program Reservationist

Orlando Science Center
04.2019 - 05.2022

Customer Service Cashier

Universal Studios Orlando
03.2016 - 01.2019

Southwestern High School

Associate Degree - General Science

University of Michigan

undefined

DeVry University
Leptissia J. Ashley