DONALD R. CURRY
? **** South Coles Avenue ? Chicago, Illinois 60617 ? 312-***-**** ?
abkra2@r.postjobfree.com ?
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Extended Care
Consulting LLC/ Evanston, IL (7/09 -Present)
Responsible for increasing the Census of Avenue Care Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center via Sales Presentations to Families, Social
Workers, Case Managers and Discharge Nurses of All Chicagoland
Hospitals. Developed a New Sales Brochure for the Facility and the
Marketing Plan for 2010 Fiscal Year.
THE NEGRO LEAGUE CAF - CHICAGO The NLC
Group Inc. / Chicago, IL (6/03 -5/09 )
Founder, Developer and Manager of a Restaurant with a Theme revolving
around Negro League Baseball History. Concept and Vision has received
National recognition by Zagat Rating. Restaurant known as the Home of
Negro League Greats Living and Deceased: Lester Lockett, Ted "Double
Duty" Radcliffe and Buck O'Neil. Clientele consisted of Professional
Athletes and Celebrities such as Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Billy
Williams, Dave Winfield, Rick Sutcliffe, Dick Butkus, Juwan Howard,
Larry Stewart (Secret Santa) and L.D. Stewart (Founder of Hooters).
Developed the Restaurant Concept to become a known Brand and
potentially a National Food Sales Franchise.
NUVEEN ADVISOR PARTNER ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT Nuveen
Investments / Chicago, IL (7/01 -5/03 )
Responsible for Product Line Sales in Southern Virginia and North
Carolina Territory. Made Sales Trips within Territory Three to Four
days a week to give Sales Presentations to Financial Advisors and
Clients. Sales were made directly with the Financial Advisor based on
Client's Risk Tolerance. Top Three in Sales within Eastern Territory
for Two Consecutive Years.
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT OFFICER Nuveen
Investments / Chicago, IL (10/99 -7/01 )
Responsible for making Out-Bound Sales calls to and answering In-Bound
from Financial Advisors in the West Coast Sales Territory. Answered
questions pertaining to State Specific Managed Bond Portfolios, i.e.
California. Fulfilled Sales Requests for current Portfolio Holdings.
Discussed Portfolio Structure, Bond Ratings and Yields. Set-Up
Client and Financial Advisor conference Calls with Portfolio Managers.
Traveled with External Wholesaler to give Sales Presentations to
Financial Advisors and Clients. Generated Sales based on
relationships established with Financial Advisors.
INTERNAL WHOLESALER Nuveen
Investments / Chicago, IL (5/99 -10/99 )
Responsible for making Out-Bound Sales calls to and answering In-Bound
from Financial Advisors in the Northern California and Nevada Sales
Territory. Made Hot and Cold Calls to generate Leads and Sales in
conjunction with External Wholesaler efforts. Scheduled Office
Visits, Lunch and Dinner Meetings with Financial Advisors for External
Wholesaler. Generated Sales based on relationships established with
Financial Advisors that External Wholesaler may not have been able to
focus on.
SALES ASSOCIATE Nuveen
Investments / Chicago, IL (4/98 -5/99)
Responsible for answering In-Bound Sales calls from Financial Advisors
pertaining to Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds and Unit Investment
Trusts. Answered questions ranging from Current Market Yield, Net
Asset Value to Stock Portfolio sectors. Fulfilled any literature
requests and gave Sales Pitches to Financial Advisors when New
Products were launched.
MUTUAL FUND ACCOUNTANT Nuveen Investments
/ Chicago, IL (5/97 - 4/98)
Responsible for the various tax and financial statement accounting
functions for fifteen Nuveen funds: Nuveen California Tax-Free Value,
Nuveen Flagship North Carolina, Nuveen Municipal Income, Nuveen Select
Portfolio 3 and Nuveen Arizona Premium Income. Duties include
analyzing gain and loss positions, determining wash-sale positions,
calculating wash-sale amounts, interpreting financial highlights of
annual and semi-annual reports and preparation of federal and state
tax returns.
Education
University of Denver Denver, CO (9/94 - 8/95)
Master of Taxation Degree
Virginia State University Petersburg, VA (8/89 - 5/94)
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
Professional Designations/Personal Achievements
Licenses issued by the Securities Exchange Commission: Series 7
Series 63 Series 65
Completed Chicago Marathon: 200*-****-**** Completed Richmond,
VA Marathon: 2005