Hi, I’m
Susanna Seidensticker
Paso Robles,California
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Demonstrated experience in finance, administration, management, farming, archaeology, and the service industry.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Bee The Change Microfarm, LLC
Owner/Operator
01.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Manage day-to-day business operations including but not limited to: feeding and caring for animals, animal husbandry, processing poultry, starting seeds, caring for plants, pruning, fertilizing using natural inputs, integrated pest management, marketing, making and managing business relationships, financial tracking, et cetera.
- As of 2023, Bee the Change Microfarm has provided more than 500 dozen pasture raised chicken and duck eggs to community members, annually, and has sold approximately 200 quail to a local, Michelin mentioned restaurant.
Colorado State University, CEMML
Research Associate II
04.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Surveyed land for damage to archaeological sites before and after Military training exercises, construction projects, fires, and other potentially damaging activities. Generated survey reports as needed.
- Monitored subsurface activity for archaeological materials.
- Created a database containing archival, base-wide information specifically pertaining to associated cultural records.
- Assisted with annual reporting.
Central Coast Creamery
Cheesemaker
11.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Gained experience in pasteurization, vat operation, hooping, pressing, packaging and shipping artisanal cheeses.
Calcareous Vineyard
Tasting Room Manager
04.2021 - 11.2021
Job overview
- Supervised daily operations of a multi-million dollar tasting room.
- Managed 23 team members across two departments.
- Recruited, hired and trained high-quality personnel.
- Helped write employee manual and implemented new policies and procedures.
- Preformed daily and monthly financial reports and handled all scheduling.
- Ordered all needed supplies and merchandise and monitored inventory.
- Conducted staff meetings and trainings.
- Spearheaded change of reservation management software and introduced brand new, elevated tasting experience.
- Promptly dealt with staff issues and preformed write-ups as needed.
- Successfully completed WISE Tasting Room Management training course.
- Oversaw kitchen manager, staff, and all elements of food service.
- Promptly and efficiently dealt with emergent issues on the floor and filled in gaps where needed.
Cass Winery
Tasting Room Lead
11.2020 - 03.2021
Job overview
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional customer service.
- Motivated and disciplined staff to achieve challenging objectives in a fast-paced environment.
- Assisted Tasting Room Manager and Assistant Manager with managerial decisions, planning, COVID 19 risk mitigation and regulations, and staff meetings.
- Accurately completed end-of-day financial tasks.
- High working knowledge of tasting room POS, Wine Direct, and Tock Reservation System.
- Provided informed wine suggestions to tasting room guests.
Cass Winery
Tasting Room Associate
12.2019 - 11.2020
Job overview
- Provided outstanding, client-centered service.
- Provided informed wine suggestions to tasting room guests and poured wines according to quality and service standards.
- Quickly and accurately answered customer questions, suggested effective solutions and resolved issues to increase customer satisfaction.
Applied Earthworks , Inc.
Laboratory Technician
03.2020 - 11.2020
Job overview
- Sorted archaeological materials, using knowledge of lithics, shell, and osteological remains to identify and isolate relevant artifacts.
- Sorted all human remain associated units and assisted coworker with identification of highly fragmentary human remains.
- Identified and analyzed lithic materials and tools.
- Kept highly detailed notes and inventory spreadsheets.
Colorado State University, CEMML
Research Associate II
07.2019 - 03.2020
Job overview
- Developed and wrote the Cemetery Preservation section of Fort Hunter Liggett's Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) for 2019.
- Identified surface human remains and develop protection plan in compliance with the Native America Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
- Monitored site impacts and implement protection measures when necessary.
- Assisted with annual reporting.
Access Support Network
Executive and Finance Support
09.2016 - 06.2019
Job overview
- Assisted with fiscal management, grant development and writing, invoicing for state and local level government contracts, managerial planning and decision making, and developing processes to help with organization and efficiency.
- Worked with Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Access, Blackbaud, Wix, and Quickbooks.
Access Support Network
AmeriCorps Fellow-Volunteer Infrastructure Project
01.2017 - 08.2017
Job overview
- Recruited 112 short-term and 19 long-term volunteers (131 total).
- Secured over $3,000 in cash and in-kind donations.
- Identified areas of need and successfully implemented policy changes, including the addition of a Volunteer Service Request form, allowing staff to better utilize volunteer power and make sure that tasks were properly delegated.
- Designed, wrote, and implemented a comprehensive volunteer training manual to be used in both San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties.
- Collected and organized all volunteer information. Developed and maintained a comprehensive volunteer tracking system.
- Spearheaded a partnership with CSUMB's Service Learning Program to secure long-term, high-value bachelors and masters student interns.
- Completed an intensive training to become a certified HIV/HCV testing counselor.
- Received professional development training in Harm Reduction, Trauma Informed Care, and Conflict Resolution.
Colorado State University, CEMML
Research Associate I
07.2016 - 12.2016
Job overview
- Resurveyed and evaluated prehistoric and historic sites for eligibility based on surface artifacts and potential for buried sites.
- Monitored sites post-maneuver and recorded any damage using GPS and photography.
- Inspected any osteological remains to determine if human or faunal.
Colorado State University, CEMML
Archaeological Field Technician
12.2015 - 07.2016
Job overview
- Conducted extensive site location and recordation, collected spatial data using various Trimble units, and installed protective measures to ensure site safety during military training maneuvers.
UCLA
Research Assistant
06.2015 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Assisted in the excavation of a previously looted Chullpa like tomb, as well as two cist tombs and various test units.
- Analyzed all loose teeth, all juvenile remains, all vertebrae on reeds, and helped with the analysis of adult remains from 2014 and 2015 seasons.
- Aided in instructing field school students in proper excavation technique and osteology.
UCLA
Research Assistant
07.2014 - 08.2014
Job overview
- Assisted with the surface collection, cataloging and analysis of archaeological human remains from a Chullpa like tomb in Chincha Alta, Peru.
- Analysis included osteometrics, identifying non-metric morphological variation, cataloging age and sex markers, and identifying paleopathologies.
Fowler Museum At UCLA
Work Study Student
10.2013 - 03.2014
Job overview
- Worked to create and complete official reports detailing the museum's qualifying archaeological collections in compliance with the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
- Worked with Microsoft Word, Excel, Paradox database system, publications, primary and secondary documentation, archaeological human remains, and funerary objects.
Education
University Of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts from Anthropology (3.804)
2014
University Overview
- Cum laude graduate
- College honors graduate
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
Post-Graduate Certificate from Grant Development And Proposal Writing
11.2018
Skills
- Archaeological field work
- Human osteology
- NAGPRA
- Data entry and management
- Grant writing and editing
- Quickbooks
- Microsoft Office
- Leadership
- Staff management
- Training and development
- Creative problem solving
- Customer service
- Finance
- Compliance
Certification
- Wine and Spirit Education Trust Level I
- Wine and Spirit Education Trust Level II, with distinction
Publications
- Bongers, Jacob L., Juliana Gómez Mejía, Thomas K. Harper, and Susanna Seidensticker. "Assembling the dead: human vertebrae-on-posts in the Chincha Valley, Peru." Antiquity(2022): 1-19.
Timeline
Research Associate II
Colorado State University, CEMML
04.2022 - Current
Cheesemaker
Central Coast Creamery
11.2021 - Current
Tasting Room Manager
Calcareous Vineyard
04.2021 - 11.2021
Tasting Room Lead
Cass Winery
11.2020 - 03.2021
Laboratory Technician
Applied Earthworks , Inc.
03.2020 - 11.2020
Owner/Operator
Bee The Change Microfarm, LLC
01.2020 - Current
Tasting Room Associate
Cass Winery
12.2019 - 11.2020
Research Associate II
Colorado State University, CEMML
07.2019 - 03.2020
AmeriCorps Fellow-Volunteer Infrastructure Project
Access Support Network
01.2017 - 08.2017
Executive and Finance Support
Access Support Network
09.2016 - 06.2019
Research Associate I
Colorado State University, CEMML
07.2016 - 12.2016
Archaeological Field Technician
Colorado State University, CEMML
12.2015 - 07.2016
Research Assistant
UCLA
06.2015 - 08.2015
Research Assistant
UCLA
07.2014 - 08.2014
Work Study Student
Fowler Museum At UCLA
10.2013 - 03.2014
University Of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts from Anthropology (3.804)
Arizona State University
Post-Graduate Certificate from Grant Development And Proposal Writing
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