Elvia Lyzette Colon
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Cell# 347-***-****
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EXPERIENCE:
*/** – Present Department of Education, Long Island City, NY
Waste Coordinator, Division of School Facilities/Sustainability Department
• Assist in the initiation and implementation of the 2016 Zero Waste Plan
in NYC schools
• Serve as a liaison between all NYC Custodian Engineers and DSNY in
regards to missed refuse and/or recycling collections, illegal dumping,
and issues concerning recycling and sorting in 1,300 school buildings
• Place orders to DSNY for replacement of recycling bins for schools
• Place orders to DSNY for containers needed at schools for clean
outs of old furniture and/or the recycling of books
• Assist in distributing OEM bins to schools that do not have storage
space in schools
• Prepare Agendas and take and transcribe Minutes at Sustainability
biweekly Organic Meetings
• Coordinate Meetings/Trainings both in-house and elsewhere
5/09–6/14 Pedowitz Machinery Movers, Brooklyn, NY/Long Island, NY
Administrative Assistant
• Answered phones
• Assisted in auction vending procedures
• Prepared Sales Orders, Bill of Ladings, and proposals
• Took credit card payments
• Entered data and invoiced customers using QuickBooks
5/08 – 3/09 Concord Limousine, Brooklyn, NY
Sales
• Prepared proposals and sent them out to potential customers
• Interacted with customers regarding their open or non open accounts
• Took credit card payments
• Inputted and adjusted information in Aleph system
9/04 - 7/07 NYC Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
Administrative Assistant to Community Education Council 20
• Served as primary day-to-day liaison between the council
and Department of Education staff.
• Coordinated logistics related to council meetings and related
events. Secured necessary building permits, made arrange-
ments for school safety agents, etc.
• Prepared council meeting notices, agendas, minutes, briefing
materials, and food, prior to our monthly meeting, or any other
community meeting(s).
• Transcribed notes of all council meetings.
• Answered telephones and assisted parents in either the English
or Spanish language on their child’s personal matter.
• Prepared and maintained council yearly budget records of
reimbursable expenses of council members. Provided appro-
priate and accurate reimbursement forms and documentation to
the Regional Operations Center to generate payment.
• Inputted food service orders in the computer for Principal/Teacher
trainings/conferences for the entire Region 7.
1/96 - 9/04 S&S Machinery Corp., Brooklyn, NY
Administrative Assistant to CEO
• Maintained calendar and travel arrangement(s) and expenses.
• Setup Conference room(s) with proper documents/pamphlets.
• Provided administrative support throughout the company in the
sale of machinery.
• Managed in-stock machine inventory.
• Transcribed all correspondence from dictation.
• Provided translation assistance for Spanish speaking clients.
• Provided initial machinery sale information to clients (both
international and domestic).
• Performed other routine administrative duties as needed.
5/95 - 1/96 Gramercy Park Medical Group, New York, NY
Administrative Assistant
• Provided administrative support to physician.
• Transcribed Minutes at weekly counselor/patient meetings.
• Admitted patients and entered daily medical cards.
• Maintained payroll book.
1/95 - 4/95 Sanwa Securities (USA) Co., LP., New York, NY
Legal Secretary to General Counsel
• Provided administrative support to General Counsel.
• Maintained calendar and legal files.
• Transcribed all correspondence from dictation.
• Managed outside law firm expenses.
• Prepared various arrangements, along with other general
office duties.
6/86 - 1/95 S&S Machinery Corp., Brooklyn, NY
Secretary
• Provided administrative assistance to three salesmen.
• Transcribed all correspondence from dictation.
• Created and maintained filing systems for all machine sales.
• Screened incoming calls and routed machine inquiry calls to
appropriate sales personnel.
7/84 - 5/86 Capital National Bank, New York, NY
Executive Secretary to Data Processing Manager
• Provided administrative support to Data Processing Manager.
• Transcribed all correspondence from dictation.
• Entered data and posted daily bank work.
SKILLS: Stenography (pitman) 85wpm, Typing 70wpm, Apple Macintosh (Windows) 2.0, Word
Perfect, MS Word, Access Database, Internet, Aleph System, QuickBooks, Microsoft
Office 2013, Excel 2010/2013, Word 2013, Outlook 2013
LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish
EDUCATION:
9/81 - 6/84 Norman Thomas Commercial High School
Graduated 1984 – Business/Secretarial and General Studies
References Available Upon Request.