NANCY SHERRILL HUDDLESTON
**** ********** ***** 757-***-****
Norfolk, Virginia 23513-3321 ******@******.***
I am looking for a job that would nurture my love of education and utilize
my skills in communication, networking, and computers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Enumerator
US Census Bureau, Virginia Beach, Virginia Apr to Jul
2010
Worked in the field taking and checking confidential and difficult to
obtain information for three 2010 Census operations in Norfolk, Virginia
Beach, and Eastern Shore, including Nonresponse Followup (NRFU), NRFU Re-
Interview, and NRFU Vacant Delete Check.
Owner & Secretary/Treasurer
Samurai Painting, Norfolk, Virginia 1999 to
present
Co-own and operate a small painting contracting company that provides
residential and commercial painting services and decorative finishes for
customers. Perform some sales and estimating. Manage financial operations,
customer relations, marketing/advertising, office/administrative duties, as
well as decorative painting production in the field.
Senior Production Specialist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, 1997 to 1999
Maryland
Produced grant proposals, journal articles, presentations, forms, and other
documents and graphics using WordPerfect, MSWord, CorelDraw, PowerPoint,
Harvard Graphics, and Pagemaker. Edited and proofread documents for
accuracy. Set up templates for proposals and other documents. Created
r sum s for staff and maintained and updated r sum files. Set up and
maintained library and other databases for computer files. Archived all
proposals.
Legal Secretary
Piliero, Mazza & Pargament, Washington, District of 1996 to 1997
Columbia
Assisted partners and associates in government contracting, corporate
counseling, labor and employment law, legislative and agency advocacy, as
well as general civil and appellate litigation. Prepared all briefs under
tight deadlines, maintained full litigation calendar for all partners,
managed law library, supervised production of the firm's newsletter, Legal
Advisor, handled computer input of client mailing list and database, and
administered use of E-mail and the Internet.
Assistant to Executive Director & Administrative
Assistant 1990 to 1995
Millard Fillmore Health, Education and Research
Foundation,
Buffalo, New York
1993 to 1995-Assisted executive director in all aspects of daily office
management. Provided a wide variety of non-routine and complex
administrative functions performed independently in a highly confidential
environment. Managed support staff and coordinated all special projects,
such as a corporate awareness program for education. Cultivated prospective
donors to the Millard Fillmore Health System. Organized meetings for the
Board of Directors and various committees. Produced and edited newsletter.
1990 to 1992-Worked as database specialist for $10-million Capital Campaign
fund. Conducted prospect research. Was responsible for solicitations and
follow-up communications. Recorded all donations and kept detailed computer
reports of all transactions. Created graphic layout of posters and charts.
SKILLS:
Computer Knowledge: Thoroughly familiar with IBM computers and use
Microsoft Office '03: Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word; QuickBooks Pro
2010; Quicken 2005; and MarketSharp 2.0.
Past Computer Experience: Somewhat familiar with Internet and have designed
a Web homepage. Have worked on MAC and Amiga 2000 computers. Have used
Access 2.0, Corel WordPerfect Suite 8, Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, Adobe
Illustrator 7.0, PageMaker 6.5, Photoshop 5.0 Limited Edition, and other
major graphics software including Quark XPress, CorelDraw 7.373, Photo-
Paint 7, and Harvard Graphics 2.0. Also, have worked on Lotus 1-2-3, Donor
II, Endnote2 Plus, and Edit.
Freelance and Other Work: 1990-95-Edited and proofread computer language
textbooks and chapters for book about airplanes; 1992-Wrote article
published in Whole English Catalogue SUNYAB; 1988-89-Worked at Koos Van Den
Akker Atelier, Inc. creating and assembling haute couture sweaters on
Merrow machine for Madison Avenue Boutique; 1985-88-Receptionist, Columbus
Caterers, Inc.; 1983-84-Gallery Assistant, Annina Nosei Gallery; 1982-83-
Artist's Assistant, Linda J. Stein; 1979-80-Paste-up and Mechanicals, Adco
Signs; 1975-DJ WKCR-AM Columbia University radio station.
EDUCATION:
1994 B.A. (cum laude) in Media Studies-State University of New York at
Buffalo.
Also studied: 2005-2006-Ghent Studio of Fine Art (Norfolk, Virginia); 1980-
81-Parsons School of Design; 1979-80-The Art Students' League; and 1975-78-
Barnard College (New York, New York).
AWARDS, GRANTS, SHOWS & CONFERENCES:
1996 Designed and organized The First Holistic Health Career Conference,
Unity Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
1995 Produced and edited videotape called Thanksgiving, in 3/4" format,
for The National Poetry/Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois.
1993 Received Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from Department of
Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo.
1992 Awarded Hallwalls/New York State Council on the Arts Western New York
Film Re-grant for Sidewalk Fishing, in super-8mm film format.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
My primary interests are in the arts including film and video, writing, and
painting. More broadly, I have a lifelong interest in all aspects of
culture, developed through travel. I have traveled extensively in the
United States and Canada. As a child, I traveled extensively in Europe and
lived in England for a year. I traveled through much of Europe again as a
young adult and lived in Italy for a month and a half. As an adult, I
traveled to Malaysia, where I lived for a month, Thailand, Singapore, the
Philippines, and Egypt.