MINDY SASLAW
Washington, DC 20015
*****.******@*****.***
SKILLS: Managerial, editorial, and administrative skills developed
through years of broad-based experience. Word, Outlook,
Powerpoint, Excel.
PROFESSIONAL WASHINGTON PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, UCLA CENTER FOR
EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY (CAPPP),
Washington, DC, June 1999 to July 2008.
Administrator of CAPPP's Quarter in Washington Program, an
integrated program
of academics, original research, and internships.
Responsibilities:
. Budget administration
. Student field placements
. Internal operation policies administration
. Overall planning and development of the UC Washington
Center
. Principal liaison with UCLA units and Washington
agencies
. Database management
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, STUDENT LOAN FUNDING RESOURCES, INC.,
and COALITION FOR STUDENT LOAN REFORM,
Washington, DC, June 1998 to June 1999.
Chief assistant to Vice President of Government Affairs,
Student Loan Funding/
Executive Director, Coalition for Student Loan Reform.
Responsibilities:
. Recruited, hired, and supervised interns
. Scheduled Executive's meetings
. Maintained inventory of office supplies
. Purchased office equipment and set up service contracts
. Established and oversaw vendor relationships
. Assisted the Vice President of Government Affairs,
including scheduling, letter writing, and attending
meetings
. Managed databases
. Arranged conference calls
. Set up meetings
. Prepared invoices for payment,
. Administered petty cash and prepared monthly petty cash
reconciliation
EDITOR/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, Pro-Typists, Inc.,
Washington, DC, May 1995 to June 1998.
. Edited and coordinated production of transcripts from
recordings of meetings, conferences, interviews, panel
discussions, and focus groups.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, American Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, April
1992 to November 1993.
. Provided administrative and management support to
Executive Director and Board of Directors, and
administered awards/scholarships and certification
programs for this 8,000-member professional association.
. Drafted correspondence
. Made travel arrangements
. Scheduled executive's meetings
. Coordinated meetings
. Served as liaison to Board of Directors
. Event planning
. Scheduled appointments for the Executive Director.
. Wrote awards/scholarships manual
. Solicited nominations for and promoted awards and
scholarships
. Principal contact with selection committee members and
awards/scholarship recipients
. Recruited committee chairs
. Developed and monitored program budgets
. Planned awards/scholarships presentation ceremonies
. Designed and wrote promotional materials
. Served as liaison between applicants and Certification
Committee
. Processed and tracked applications and evaluated them
for adherence to program guidelines and policies
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, National Academy of Sciences,
Office of the Home Secretary, Washington, DC, November 1984
to July 1991.
. Administered awards nomination program
. Edited annual awards booklet
. Redesigned and edited award presentation ceremony
program
. Created budgets for and monitored multimillion-dollar
trust funds
. Coordinated meetings, including prepared meeting
materials.
. Edited memorial tributes and Biographical Memoirs
. Developed and implemented production/publication
schedules
. Solicited bids from commercial printers.
. Planned events
COMMUNITY Volunteers for the Visually Handicapped
SERVICE: WETA-TV
EDUCATION: B.A. (English), University of Maryland
Publication Specialist Program, George Washington
University
Professional references available upon request.