regulatory, compliance, licensing
Resume:
LaTonya A. Gunter, MBA
Chicago, Illinois 60623
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EDUCATION
Keller Graduate School of Management
Master of Business Administration - (April 2014)
Information Security concentration
Chicago, IL
Roosevelt University
Paralegal Studies Program, ABA-Approved Paralegal Certificate with Honors (August 2009)
Coursework included Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Legal Research and Legal Writing
Chicago, IL
Western Illinois University
Bachelor of Science (July 1992)
Majored in Law Enforcement Administration
Minor in Political Science
Macomb, IL
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS
Paralegal Certificate
Member of the Illinois Paralegal Association
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Member of the Order of Eastern Stars
EXPERIENCE
DeVry Education Group Inc.
Licensing Analyst (April 2011 - Present)
• Work with appropriate business owners to gather data elements and materials necessary to complete licensing
applications and reports.
• Ensures compliant and timely submission of all relevant application materials to appropriate agencies.
• Stay abreast of regulations, forms, fees, and other requirements related to healthcare institution licensing and
communicate these elements to the team.
• Collaborates with recruiting staff to obtain and maintain authority to recruit students in any given state.
• Maintain all relevant databases and resource materials required to perform assigned tasks.
• Prepare initial and renewal applications for agents.
• Participate in special projects as assigned.
Gallagher Bassett
Paralegal (March 2011-April 2011)
Gunter, LaTonya
• Created Third Party Contracts for various insurance companies.
• Worked with third party insurance agencies to get the contracts signed and returned.
• Completed renewals and forwarded them to the necessary parties
Sears Holdings Corporation
Regulatory Paralegal (February 2010- October 2010)
• Researched state and local regulations and summarized the various statutes and regulations.
• Contacted state and local authorities as well as store personnel to secure requested information.
• Secured confidential information that was obtained from officers of the corporation. This information
was gathered in order to adequately complete the applications.
• Completed license applications and coordinated the gathering of leases and various corporate documents.
• Submitted license applications to the different governmental licensing authorities.
• Established and maintained the Liquor/Beer/Wine spreadsheet that enabled the law department to know
what stores can legally have liquor/beer/wine in their stores, or the stage the process was in.
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc.
Licensing Relationship Coordinator/Paralegal (September 2004-December 2009)
• Worked closely with General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel in rectifying violations issued by the
various states.
• Key staff insuring that no fines were levied against the company by completing the following tasks:
• Kept in contact with the various states to make sure Beam had the most up-to-date state regulations for
alcohol legal compliance and update/renew licenses accordingly.
• Prepared state mandated, time sensitive price posting documents for alcohol beverage products for our
company (Jim Beam).
• Verified pricing information and resolved discrepancies in pricing as supplied by the spirits sales
organizations and compiled information on state approved documents.
• Maintained master price postings schedule and compute fees.
• Established and maintained the New Products Legal Status site that enabled the sales team to know when
products could legally be distributed into the various states. This site was updated as information was secured
to make certain no products shipped without approval.
• Participated in Value Added Packs and Packaging project meetings to assist in arriving at the desired
outcomes as well as insuring that the labels themselves were in line with the regulations of the State Liquor
Authorities (font size, color, size of label, etc.)
• Worked with the brand teams to discuss new products and provide them with a detailed list of what would be
needed in order to register the products, as well as helped to resolve issues to insure products would get to the
market in a timely manner.
• Worked with the intellectual property manager on occasion to help resolve infringement/copyright issues.
• Submitted applications for Salesmen permits so they could legally sell the products in their respective states
and kept record of when the renewals for the permits were due so there were no lapse in the permits.
• Conducted the new employee orientation for the Administration department.
• Completed applications/secured appropriate state licenses so the products could legally sell in the states.
• Balanced the regulatory and business needs to achieve strategic objectives to allow the sale of the products.
Gunter, LaTonya
RBC Mortgage
Investor Documents Specialist (July 2003-September 2004)
• Responsible for retrieving final documents (such as title policies, mortgages/deed of trusts) for specific
investors by contacting title companies and counties.
• Requested checks from accounting as needed and update the investors’ website.
• Responsible for maintaining miscellaneous trailing documents and updating the Prism Database System per
document.
Central Baptist Family Services
Adoption/Guardianship Specialist (February 2000-June 2003)
• Key staff in providing services to clients and families that were going towards permanency, conducted
monthly foster home visits, quarterly school visits, sibling visits and parent/child visits.
• Assisted case managers in achieving permanency outcomes for their clients to include case preparation for
adoption, subsidized guardianship and reunification.
PSI of Illinois
Case Manager (July 1999-February 2000)
• Key staff in providing services to clients and families that were going towards permanency, conducted
monthly foster home visits, quarterly school visits, sibling visits and parent/child visits.
• Attended administrative case reviews and testified in court hearings, made referrals for services and compiled
reports to ensure that the needs of the clients were being met.
Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center
Permanency Specialist/Case Manager (December 1993-March 1999)
• Assisted case managers in achieving permanency for their clients to include case preparation for adoption,
subsidized guardianship and reunification.
• Facilitated staff and foster parent trainings regarding all areas of adoption and subsidized guardianship.
• Key staff in providing services to clients and families that were going towards permanency, conducted
monthly foster home visits, quarterly school visits, sibling visits and parent/child visits.
• Attended case reviews and testified in court hearings, made referrals for services to insure that the needs of
the clients were being met.
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