E.L. is a seasoned administrative and communications professional with strong project management and event planning experience spanning over 18 years. E.L. currently works as a Communications Specialist at a mid-sized church, managing their e-marketing, website, social media content, and livestream broadcasts. From 2013-2016, she worked as a Speaker Consultant for a national speakers bureau. She coordinated speaking engagement itineraries including travel and expenses for motivational speakers, business executives, and celebrities. From 1998-2006, E.L. worked at a national financial trade association in Washington, DC where she spent 5 years working in public relations.  She devised media relations strategy, wrote press releases and communications materials, coordinated press briefings, and acted as spokesperson on issues such as bank fraud, security and financial crime, small business lending, financial education, and bank employment trends. For the same trade association, she also worked for 3 years as a Facilities Project Manager and Space Planner. In that position, she was responsible for interdepartmental construction projects and office interior design, developed emergency preparedness plans and staff training, and controlled the facilities budgets and expenses. She has a Bachelors in Communications from Old Dominion University.

Senior researcher/communications professional with 15+ years of branding, writing and research experience for both small and large organizations. He is currently an independent consultant developing a history podcast series for a major global audiobook distribution platform. From 2011 to 2019, he served as Global Media Bureau and Client Research Manager at the world’s largest B2B technology media company, providing strategic guidance to C-level executives. He also was a prominent, SEO-focused journalist at a leading global technology media brand, with his own column on the ways in which global C-level executives foster innovation, attract talent, and develop outstanding corporate cultures. He also served as head of all research in his division, creating original content on these topics that were in turn quoted or published in The Wall Street Journal, CIO and other publications. From 2007 to 2010, Brendan served as Senior Research Associate at Forrester Research, a global consulting leader, with a special focus on the financial services industry, and among a host of research functions (interviews, client calls, data analysis, and original content creation) was also responsible for copy-editing all content before it was published. Brendan has a BA in History, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Trinity College, Hartford, and was competitively selected to attend Dartmouth College during his junior year. His technical skills include expertise in Survey Monkey, full Adobe Suite, designing surveys for customers, he possesses strong quantitative skills.

Finance leadership and product marketing/brand management specialist with 17+ years of experience in the travel industry. Experience with P&L management, budgets and forecasting, price strategy and costing, variance analysis, sales projections, and marketing strategy. She leveraged her strategic, analytical, collaboration, and communication skills to effectively manage millions of dollars of revenue while beating her P&L goals, excelling at forecasting, and driving strong profits. From 2016 – 2020 (Grand Circle Corp.) as VP Finance (focused on FP&A) she assembled and headed finance and inventory teams to maximize brand profits; partnered with top business leaders to review efforts and supply feedback to increase profits and hit goals; and spearheaded monthly forecasting including summaries of key indicators by P&L line item against the financial plan and prior forecast. From 2006-2016 (Vantage Travel) held various leadership roles in Planning & Strategy, Brand, Financial Analyst and Circulation where she generated action plans to achieve targeted objectives by analyzing P&L metrics related to net profit, ROI, and renewal rates; was tasked with full P&L responsibility; realized budget by simultaneously monitoring and reacting to trends. From 2004-2006 worked as an accountant where she directed financial operations of an independent restaurant. From 1993-2004 (Vantage Travel) held various roles in accounting, product development and product marketing. Skilled in Tableau, QuickBooks and Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. T.F. has a Bachelors in Finance from Bentley College.

Controller with 30+ years of diversified finance, accounting, and senior management experience in construction, manufacturing, and related industries. Currently G.E. provides management support, special projects, and advisory services to clients on Boston’s North Shore. An expert in construction accounting, G.E. holds the designation of “Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional”. He has served in CFO/Controller-level roles for companies with revenues from $40 million to over $200 million. In addition to accounting, past responsibilities have included financial reporting, cash management, risk management, and human resources. G.E. is proficient in Advanced Excel and has experience with Sage 300 CRE (Timberline), Dexter + Chaney Spectrum, and Quickbooks/Quickbooks online Pro Advisor. He holds a BS in Accounting from Northeastern University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Suffolk University. G.E. has a proven track record for building strong teams and promoting positive organizational change through technology and innovation.

Award-winning, experienced, senior communications professional who helps clients increase their visibility and strengthen their brand in the marketplace. He does this by thoughtfully crafting strategic messages, writing about newsmakers, developing and editing web stories, and creating social media content. Working for the past two decades at a local business college, he provided a wide-variety of written content designed to promote the brand to various internal and external audience members. In an earlier position, he worked at an internationally recognized, local law school. There he provided written content for internal and external audiences designed to promote the brand and the accomplishments of members of the academic community. He is skilled at creating and editing content for the web and for blogs, print publications, emails messages and newsletters, and social media vehicles. He has experience with numerous communications software programs, vehicles, and tools, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, WordPress, Google Analytics, Cision, and Meltwater. He has earned a Master’s Degree in Communications from Emerson College in Boston and a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Northeastern University in Boston.

Human Resources professional with a broad range of experience in Talent Acquisition, Benefits Administration, Leave Management, Policy and Procedure Guidance, Performance Management, Training, and Project Management. Over the past 15+ years, she has specialized in start up and non-profit entities. As a contractor she is able to quickly assimilate to organizational needs in roles that require specialized knowledge on leaves, policy development/rollout, and compliance initiatives. Her range across industries includes education, healthcare and technology. She has a Bachelors Degree and obtained professional certification from the Society of Human Resources Management. Her technical HRIS system skills include ADP Workforce Now, Kronos, Meditech, Lawson, BSwift and TriNet as well as Microsoft Office systems.

Dedicated office manager/accountant with an eye for detail and experience handling a wide range of administrative, financial, technical, and executive support tasks. For the past 21 years she has managed the office of a business in the trade show industry where she has implemented accounting leadership, addressed customer inquiries, handled employee benefits and marketing. She has supported the sales team daily by placing orders, billing, and maintaining records in the CRM system. She started her career at Arthur Andersen in the tax department and then chose to focus on corporate taxation at Harcourt General, Inc. Upon completion of her Master’s in Taxation she worked for Cambridge Technology Partners to build their internal tax department and later at Specialty Filaments upon the relocation of their internal tax function. She is proficient in QuickBooks, Goldmine, Microsoft Office and Constant Contact. She has a MS in Taxation from Bentley University and a BS in Accounting from Bryant University.

D.M.(Silver Spring, MD) is an administrative and customer service professional with 10+ years of experience, working at U.S. Embassies. Before immigrating to the US, she spent her entire career working as an Admin Assistant at a US Diplomatic Representation Office in West Africa where she was promoted two times. She worked with multicultural teams in an environment that demanded discretion, confidentiality, and the swift prioritization of needs. In this role, she provided both executive support and customer service; managed busy calendars; handled confidential information; submitted expense requests; maintained paper and electronic files; translated and edited documents; managed travel requests; and actied as a liaison to various interal departments and external contacts. She is proficient in Office 365 and has an Associate degree in English from the National University of Benin, coupled with a Higher Diploma in Administrative and Commercial Studies from the Alliance of Française of Accra, Ghana.

L.B. is a second-career professional looking to transition into a community outreach, marketing or administrative role in a mission-focused organization. She brings 30 + years of experience in public relations, community outreach, event-planning, marketing and legislative affairs. She has advanced the programs and policies of senior elected officials, both at the local and Congressional level. From 2008-2020, she worked for 4 different elected officials. During the past 4 years she worked to resolve constituent concerns in the field of human services, which included Covid-19, aging in place, suicide prevention, and senior tax relief. Her past experience includes marketing, franchising and human resources for a chain of children’s hair salons; director of a local Chamber of Commerce; Director of Legislative Affairs for an international economic think tank; and serving as a subcommittee staffer of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. L.B. is also a notary.

K.H. has 15+ years of HR, management, and administrative experience. Since 2018, she has worked for a non-profit, where she was promoted from an admin to an HR Generalist, after earning her SHRM-CP certification in July 2020. She is responsible for  onboarding, training and compliance, engagement initiatives and leave management. From 2013-2018 she worked in an administrative and operations role at a for-profit private care company, where she was responsible for client management, manager support, client scheduling, and data management. She is proficient in LMS (NAVEX), HRIS (Ceridian/Dayforce), ATS (JobVite), and MS Office Suite. She has a BA from George Washington University and a SHRM-CP certification.