Administrative Assistant High School

Bettina (Tina) M. Thomasson

**** ****** ***** - ********** *****, VA 23140

804-***-**** (Home) and 703-***-**** (Cell)

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EDUCATION

Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC (Fall 1992, Spring 1999)

Indiana university, B.A. (with High Distinction; GPA 3.88), English,

Bloomington, IN (May 1984)

AWARDS

Sigma Tau Delta, National English Honorary

Sigma Pi Alpha, Scholastic Honorary Society

Kappa Delta Pi, Honorary Society in Education;

Dean's List

EMPLOYMENT

B&D Consulting - Washington, DC, Administrative Assistant (December 2007 -

April 2011)

. Educational Administrative Assistant to Ren Islas, Dr. Henry Johnson,

Dr. Ray Simon, in implementing school improvement; coordinate travel

schedules and expenditures; research/produce/assemble Power

Point/Excel presentations for marketing; arrange Congressional,

Executive and Department of US Department of Education meetings for

clients; track data.

New Kent High School - New Kent, VA, (August 2007 to November 2007)

. Secondary Education Teacher for sophomores and seniors

McGuireWoods, LLP - Richmond, VA, Legal Secretary (January 2006 to June

2007)

. Floater for high level attorneys at McGuireWoods, LLP, including

Jacquelyn E. Stone (partner in charge of recruiting, immigration and

diversity) and Stephanie Karn (litigation partner). Legislative

duties for Ms. Stone involved internet research, monitoring Virginia

legislation, arranging meetings, contacts and travel arrangements.

Hunton & Williams, LLP - Richmond, VA, Legal Secretary (July 2005 -

October 2005)

. Assistant to senior partner, Lori Elliott Jarvis, intellectual

property and mass tort litigation.

Lawyers Staffing - Richmond, VA (October - November 2005) Temporary

Assignments

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - Reston, VA, Legal Assistant (July 2000

to June 2005)

. Worked with Michael Raschid, Senior Partner in Technology

Transactions, Mark Fitzgerald (Senior Associate and Air Force Reserve

Officer of the Year) and associates (Kieran Dickinson, Heather Cameron

Greenawald and Kim Tobler).

. Excel, Visio, and Power Point presentations, meeting and travel

arrangements, drafting correspondence, organizing files for due

diligence, internet research for business development, filing,

tracking CLE courses and credits.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP - Washington, DC (January 1993 to January 1999 and

May 1999 to June 30, 2000)

. Assistant to partner, Ronald A. Klain, former Chief of Staff to Vice

President Al Gore, and associates (Katie Hazlett-Wang, John B. Owens)

and senior immigration paralegal (Cora Harris). During this time

period Mr. Klain assigned projects which allowed me to work with

partner, ex-Secretary of State, Warren Christopher. Worked with

Senior Partner, A.B. Culvahouse, Jr., whose legislative duties were

extensive, including arranging meetings with White House, Capitol Hill

representatives and high level corporate personnel. Administrative

duties included drafting correspondence, handling calendars, internet

research and monitoring travel arrangements. During the Clinton

administration, worked with partner, John Welch, who dealt with health

care issues.

Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn - Washington, DC Office of Professional

Development (March 1989 to August 1992)

. Responsible for writing/editing/coordinating printing and distribution

of attorney biographies for firm brochures; arranged for meeting

facilities/catering services/videotaping/budgeting/staffing for

seminars/meetings; handling reports for department managers, ABA

applications, court and bar invoices, wrote new partner announcements;

arranged CLE classes; processed incoming bar expenses and

moving/salary advances for new attorneys; supported work for Legal

Recruiter; prepared orientation materials; and scheduled interviews

with firm principals.

Potomac Capital Investment Corporation - Washington, DC (Sept. 1987 to

March 1989)

. Acting Office Manager/Legislative Executive Legal Assistant to the

President and Executive Vice President

. Responsible for monitoring schedules of both principals and

interfacing directly with international officials and businessmen;

making international travel arrangements and calculating complex

expense accounts involving foreign exchange rates; coordinating staff

assignments and project progress.

Steptoe & Johnson - Washington, DC (July 1986 to Sept. 1987 and Summer Temp

1984)

. Responsible for managing litigation files; transcribing shorthand and

machine dictation; typing briefs, pleadings, correspondence and

memoranda; preparing client billing; drafting correspondence and

routine legal documents; coordinating work with associates during

partner's absence.

Van Ness, Feldman, Sutcliffe & Curtis - Washington, DC (July 1985 to April

1986)

. Worked with Eric Hultman, legislative partner, and Howard Shapiro, FCC

partner. Duties included shorthand and machine transcription; typing

briefs, floor statements, correspondence and memoranda; making

arrangements for major conferences, projecting costs and verifying

expenses, maintaining partner's calendars; scheduling appointments and

preparing client billing.

Wakefield High School - Arlington, VA (September 1984 - June 1985)

. Secondary Education Teacher for sophomores and seniors

PUBLICATIONS

"It's a Business; Let's Run It Like a Business," Worklife, A

Publication on Employment of People with Disabilities, Summer, 1990,

Vol. 3, No. 2

Freelance Writer for The Columbus Republic, Columbus, Indiana 1994

SUMMER INTERN LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE

Congressman Steny Hoyer - Summer 1984

Congressman Barber B. Conable, Jr. - Sept. 1965 to

October 1966

Congressman Carlton Sickles - Summer 1966

Congressman Paul Rogers - Summer 1965

Senator Birch Bayh - Summer 1964

ACTIVITIES

St. Catherine of Sienna (Great Falls) and St. Michael's (Glen Allen)

Catholic Church,

Stephen Minister, trips to Israel/Russia, water aerobics, sailing, digital

photography,

Writing, gardening, reading, Meals on Wheels

SKILLS

Internet research; Digital photography; Word Perfect 2007,

Outlook; PowerPoint, Excel; Congress Plus 2000; Adobe; Copy Editing

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