SUZANNE CORRIGAN
Orange, CA 92869
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EXPERIENCE:
Sole Catering and Unique Events, Villa Park, CA 7/06-
Present
Executive Assistant
Family owned enterprise. Full time position as direct assistant to the
President of company. Heavy calendaring, booking, travel arrangements,
heavy word processing, first point of contact via telephone, translation of
all legal docs for insurance and human resource criteria. Heavy email
correspondence, petty cash voucher management, marketing, all human
resource detail, hiring, terminations, workers comp, LOA, medical, dental,
vision plans, new hiring training, LOA. Translating and delegating for our
Spanish speaking employees. All coordination of large and small events.
Heavy executive assistant duties.
Experian, Costa Mesa, CA 11/05-7/06
Executive Assistant
Provide support to two Senior Level Executives. Heavy calendaring
utilizing outlook. Duties include creating presentations, reports, and
documents for external and internal client transactions and internal
operations. Additional responsibilities include organizing and
coordinating meeting schedules, meeting arrangements, conference calls,
appointments, completing expense reports, and extensive domestic and
international travel arrangements. Maintain office supplies and equipment
and arrange new hire workstations, tools and all materials for new hire and
office moves within our corporate guidelines. Team with other
administrative staff to provide phone coverage for executive telephones and
schedules and coordinate special events and other administrative needs.
Stratosphere Hotel Tower Casino, Las Vegas NV. 12/03-
10/05
Executive Assistant to VP of Operations/Surveillance Investigator
Responsible for monitoring all table games, internal and external theft,
report writing, close watches, and audits. Conducting and analyzing
investigations. Worked closely with CCTV systems, radio equipment.
Reported to President and V.P. and Directors. Worked closely with law
enforcement and various security departments. Originally hired as
Executive Assistant to V.P. of Marketing, was promoted to the Surveillance
department.
Shade Tree Shelter, Las Vegas, NV. 7/03-
12/03
Domestic Violence Advocate/Bilingual
Assisted victims of domestic violence, drug addiction, chronic
homelessness, sexual assault, elder abuse, prostitution and child abuse.
Organized and administered court support for women and children in the Las
Vegas Valley. Translated for all Spanish-speaking clients. Heavy fund
raising duties, worked with community members in holding conferences,
created and organized groups for families at risk; coping skills, time
management, organization skills development and self-esteem courses.
Maintained and updated all spreadsheets with statistical and demographical
information pertaining to the community at risk. Heavy report writing,
supervision, intake, wellness and general administrative duties.
Chapman University, Orange CA 02/00-7/03
Administrator
Responsible for the departments of Philosophy and Religion. Grant writing.
Responsible for all bookkeeping of all endowments and gifts. Supervised
and trained all student workers. Organized all travel schedules for
professors and visiting international scholars. Travel coordinator for
Humanities division as well as visiting professors. Worked with top tier
individuals including the Dali Lama while visiting the Los Angeles region.
Worked closely with other private universities. Heavy attention to detail
and organizational skills. Organized speaking events for large groups up
to 5000 guests. Assisted students in post graduate admissions. Maintained
all budgets, monthly and annual fiscal budgets. Conducted all proofreading
and editing of works published by professors in department. Conducted large
fund raising events. Heavy email and general correspondence utilizing
Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Access. Heavy research duties,
errand running and advanced administrative duties.
Williams Telecommunications/NextiraOne One 11/90-2/00
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant to the Western Region Vice President of Operations.
Training coordinator for over 400 employees. Fleet Manager for western
division, hired, supervised and trained all administrative staff, human
resources representative for region, payroll, disability and termination
coordinator, finance; maintained all budgets, coordinated all fiscal and
quarterly budgets. Accounts receivable and payables, errand running,
translated for our South American branch, and coordinated all meeting,
events and conference calls. Heavy calendaring advanced administrative
duties. Also served as emergency dispatcher and switchboard operator in
overflow. Was promoted total of (4) times in tenure.
EDUCATION
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
-Master of Arts, Criminal Justice
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISO
-Bachelor of Science, Organizational Behavior
SKILLS
Bilingual Spanish. Computer literate all software; word, excel,
PowerPoint, outlook, access, Internet savvy. Have conducted numerous
internships at public law enforcement agencies while in graduate school.
Assisted in passing the bill Proposition 36 for drug rehabilitation reform
in California.
Taught part-time at Las Vegas College; Courses taught: Constitutional Law,
Nevada U.S. Constitution, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Introduction
to Criminal Justice, and Critical and Analytical Thinking.