Project Manager Assistant

Sue Richter

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Communications and managerial expert with 16 years experience working with

multi-national companies, Heads of State, and celebrities. Expertise in

internal/external communication, crisis management, and branding. Four

years mortgage industry experience.

Summary Of Experience

. Project management and external communication with CEO's and

government officials

. Worked with top level executives in mortgage industry

. Lead communication workshops for branding and crisis management

. Created award-winning speech for UNESCO during Beijing + 5 Conference

at the United Nations

. Created and organized communications campaigns for charity events

raising over $1M

SERA Publishing, California March 2009-current

Consultant

. Moderator for national tours with Luba Brezhnev (niece of Leonid

Brezhnev), Myriam Chavez (daughter-in-law of Cesar Chavez), and Lailee

Bakhtiar (niece of Shapour Bakhtiar). This included on-air interviews

with radio/television and live audience functions.

. Journalist for national online and print publications including

American Airlines online, Frontier Airlines In-flight magazine, and

San Diego Union Tribune.

. Consulted as an editor and project manager.

Countrywide Financial 2005-March 2009

Chief Executive Assistant to Managing Director - Distributed Retail

. Interfaced with HR executives as change management occurred.

. Worked with Marcom department on special projects for both internal

and external communications.

. Acting proxy for managing director, which included written

correspondence and verbal communication.

. Produced and coordinated presentation material for national meetings.

. Acting office manager for staff of 25.

AIDS Services Foundation (ASF) Orange County, CA 2004

Director of Communications

. Editor/Publisher of newsletter, 10,000 distribution.

. Website Editor/Contributor for ASF and AIDS WALK Orange County.

Responsible for generating $250,000 in online donations.

. Developed and implemented public relations campaigns.

. Responsible for creating yearly board communication plans.

. Conducted public speaking.

. Spearheaded branding task force.

NAMI New Jersey 2003

Publicity Coordinator (Contract Position)

. Communication director for NAMI's first Statewide walk-a-thon. Created

press materials, online columns, emails to executives and coordinated

events with Senators, CEOs and other dignitaries.

. Developed and conducted communication training seminars for volunteers

and board members.

Habitat for Humanity, West Chester, PA 2000-2002

Communications Manager

. Developed and implemented branding campaign to unify Habitat's U.S.

brand.

. Collaborated with the National Football League Alumni Association, the

Today Show and national print magazines to leverage media.

. Delivered communication workshops to over 211 Habitat affiliates.

. Lead communication projects for President Jimmy Carter, during the

Jimmy Carter Work Project in South Korea.

. Designed, wrote, and implemented internal enewsletter distributed to

1,600 + U.S. affiliate locations. This was a model that was later used

by the entire Habitat U.S. organization.

. Taught crisis management and communication workshops to the Eastern

Habitat affiliates.

Janus of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 1998-2000

Marketing/Development Director

. Collaborated with community leaders.

. Created and developed company website. Revamped collateral material to

unify branding.

. Provided marketing analysis to board members for the purpose of

expanding operations.

. Managed press events.

. Created first Neurotherapy program for Janus (learned about program

and created a successful press event in less than six weeks).

Early Career:

Assistant to VP of Global Marketing at Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA.

(1996-1998); Assistant Project Manager for William Wilson and Associates,

San Mateo, CA (1993 to 1995); Marketing Manager for Balcony Publishing,

Austin, TX (1991 to 1993); Manager for Fitness Corporation.

Education:

B.A. Economics Texas A&M University/ Minor Business Administration

Certificate Pace University New York, Front Page & HTML

USCS: Completed course work - Persuasive Writing

UCLA: Completed course work on screenwriting

Hobbies:

Dive Master - PADI Certification

Marathon Runner

Screenwriter/Actor

Travel Journalist

Author

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