S.S. is a communications and marketing professional with 15+ years of domestic and international experience (mostly B2B and some B2C). She is currently an independent consultant providing writing and marketing services to start-ups. Upon relocating to India from 2006-2011, S.S. was the Director of Communications, Brand Development & Marketing for a mid-sized international infrastructure and energy company (2011-2013) and established a successful retail brand and managed all operational and marketing aspects of the business (2006-2009). Prior to this, she spent 5 years at Cox Communications HQ in Atlanta, where she was Corporate Marketing & Promotions Manager. She served as the main liaison between 32 nationwide marketing departments and networks such as VIACOM, Lifetime, and Discovery Communications. She has a Masters in Journalism from University of South Carolina and is currently pursuing a Certificate in Digital Marketing at Georgetown University.

P.B is a CMP-certified Meeting Planner with 8+ years of experience working in the association and government contracting industries. She has experience managing small VIP meetings as well as conferences with 200-1000 attendees. She also managed hotel arrangements for a city-wide event with 30,000 attendees. P.B. is currently freelancing, working mostly as a contractor planning and supporting government meetings. Prior to this, she worked for 5 years as a Meeting Planner at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Association of County and City Health Officials, and Institute of Medicine. Her expertise includes speaker and VIP management, onsite lead, logistics, hotel sourcing and contracts, process streamlining, CSR databases and event software management. She speaks Japanese at an intermediate level. She received her BA from American University in International Studies.

S.K. is a tech-savvy, high-level EA with experience supporting C-level executives in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She currently supports the President and General Counsel of a nonprofit insurance organization with a staff of 50 and 40 Board members. From 2012-2017, S.K. supported the President and Chief of Staff for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, with a staff of 60 and 35 Board members. In both positions, she was responsible for the full scope of administrative support, including travel arrangements, expense reports, schedule and calendar management, event planning, and Board communications and management. Prior to this, S.K. worked full time in administrative roles while obtaining her degree, including serving as an EA at a CPA firm. She is advanced proficient in MS Office Suite and proficient in Raiser’s Edge, Salesforce, Concur, GotoMeeting, Skype, Quickbooks, and Adobe Acrobat. She has a Bachelors from George Mason University.

S.H. is a Project Manager with 10 years of experience providing operations, project management, event planning, and staffing support on mostly government contracts. Most recently, she was a Project Manager Consultant on a 5-month contract with a medical association, providing research and logistics support. From 2009-2017, she worked as a Project Manager for a small government contractor with $5-$7M in revenues. She was the senior manager assigned to two of PSG’s largest NIH contracts. She managed all administrative/operations aspects of two cancer research programs with annual budgets of $12M and $30M respectively. In this role, she managed 70 contract staff; recruited and onboarded new employees; coordinated with vendors and grantees; managed client relationships; planned conferences and meetings, including a 2-day event with 500 attendees; managed travel, calendars, and logistics; and regularly wrote and edited scientific papers, SOPs and contract documents. From 2008-2009, S.H. was the Event Planning Coordinator for Aramark on a contract with the IMF, where she planned and executed the IMF Spring and Annual Meetings of up to 15K participants. She has a BA from Allegheny College.

K.L. has 8+ years of strategic and tactical HR generalist experience supporting mostly small businesses, including federal government contractors and medical clinics. From 2012-2018, K.L. worked as an HR Advisor for an outsourced HR/benefits provider. In this role, she provided HR generalist and management support to a portfolio of small business clients ranging in size from 25 to 75 employees. She conducted comprehensive HR audits; completed project work related to the implementation of audit recommendations; and provided on-site HR management services, including full-cycle recruiting, employee relations, performance management, benefits administration, compliance, policy development, and payroll processing. In April 2016 she was promoted to Lead HR Advisor with supervisory responsibilities and increased client management duties. She started her career as a Compliance/Human Resources Manager with The Jackson Clinics, serving as the sole HR manager for 100+ employees. She is proficient in several payroll, HRIS, performance management, and applicant tracking systems, including ADP, Paybridge, Ascentis, Taleo, BreezyHR, and Ultipro. She has a MS in Health Systems Management from George Mason University, a BS from Ithaca College, and PHR and SHRM-CP certifications.

Quantitative and financial analyst with almost 10 years of experience in the banking industry. She started her career as a Mutual Fund Accountant with State Street Bank and then moved to Colonial Management Associates where she rose through the ranks as Mutual Fund Accountant to Manager to International Portfolio Analyst (during that time Colonial was acquired by Liberty Financial who was acquired by Fleet Boston). In these roles she was responsible for financial accounting, audits, compliance reporting, SEC filing, assessing fund risk/exposure, tax issues, cash projects, market statistics, pricing, etc.  More recently, she has worked as an asset liability management analyst and as a Research Grant Administrator for Mass General managing the financials for NIH grants. She is highly proficient in Excel and Access, learns new systems quickly, is detail oriented and excels in analyses and modeling.  She has a BS in Finance/Quantitative Methods from Babson College.

An outstanding business educator for 33 years as proven by her Teacher of the Year award. She trained future admins to enter the business world by developing and administering curriculum for students to excel in skills such as Microsoft Office, office procedures, accounting, entrepreneurship, and business communications. She facilitated grade 9-12 classes daily in all aspects of Business Technology including: Microsoft Office, Office Procedures, Entrepreneurship, and Financial Literacy at career technical regional high school from 1986-2017. M.E. was given school’s first Teacher of the Year award by parent/teachers’ association. Chosen by Department of Education to lead state-wide Framework Revision Committee for Entrepreneurship strand. Certified as a National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship instructor through Babson College. She was Director of all Career Technical Education programs from 2007-2009 at a career technical regional high school; responsibilities included evaluating and supervising approximately 60 teachers as well as managing the CTE (career technical education) budget and grants for the school. M.E. has advanced skills in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word; Proficient in Access and Outlook as well as Google Docs and Adobe. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, New York Institute of Technology and Microsoft Office Certification in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook; and certification in teaching Office Technology, Business Education, Entrepreneurship and Personal Finance.

Experienced business professional across sales, marketing, and business development functions, focused on executing strategic plans, driving communication, and consistently delivering sales goals. Since 2014, M.O. has been the primary Researcher for an executive search firm, sourcing candidates and cultivating relationships within the Education industry. Prior to this, she was a Strategic Alliance Manager with Marketmax/SAS, combining sales and marketing skills to create a partner strategy that drove over $1.5 million dollars in revenue annually through VARs, technical and consulting partners, and complementary software companies. In addition, M.O. has successfully managed major accounts, sales territories, and people for The Gillette Company, and was a Buyer for J. Baker, Inc. She offers advanced skills in Microsoft Office, Google docs, and Salesforce. She earned an MBA as well as a BA from Boston College.

B.Z. has 15+ years of experience in project management, education and training, client services, and communications support. Her experience spans multiple industries including non-profit organizations, trade associations, and professional services and software solutions firms. From 2015-2017, B.Z. was Program Manager for a small non-profit education foundation supporting two trade associations. She implemented outreach programs to promote the corrugated packaging industry within the higher education and business communities. Prior to this, she worked as a Marketing and Client Care Assistant for a top-producing real estate agent. Over this 15-month period, she developed a client management program and assisted with the development of a new marketing/communication support plan. From 1998-2000, B.Z. was an Instructor Manager for J.D. Edwards, an enterprise resource planning software company, where she led a team of software instructors, conducted corporate training programs, and assisted with the development and rollout of a training model to promote cost savings. Prior to this, IBM Global Services recruited her as a Project Account Manager to lead a corporate wide system rollout and development of a user training program for a large Fortune 500 client. B.Z. started her client services career with Roadshow International, a supply chain software solutions company, and held several customer-facing positions during her 8 year tenure including a promotion to the first Director of Implementation Services. She is proficient on MS Office and website administration and content management. She has worked on proprietary association software. She has Bachelors in Sociology from Towson University.