Experienced Team Leader
Resume:
L aura J. Page
**** ******** ******, **** ***, Florida 32060 386-***-**** or 386-***-**** L acx542@r.postjobfree.com Mission Statement
To enrich, fulfill and validate the lives of the people and the companion animals within my sphere of influence Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
Current: Executive Director of the Lake City Humane Society, Inc.
Past: Served many years managing multi-million dollar real estate assets, including oversight of marketing, sales, customer service, resident retention, community activities, recruiting, coaching, mentoring, receivables, payables, physical plant maintenance, budgeting, financial monitoring & reporting and capital improvement projects
Former proprietor of a thriving boarding, grooming and training facility for dogs MARKETING
Social media administrator for four non-profit animal advocacy organizations
Photojournalist for several non-profit animal advocacy groups, crafting compelling stories with images and prose
Website content creator for several non-profit animal rescue organizations
Event coordinator, including volunteer recruitment and task delegation, for dozens of adoption events, neighborhood outreach clinics and fundraisers for 501(c)3 organizations in several cities
Prolific volunteer blogger and author of nationally acclaimed short stories
Maverick creator of edgy, albeit successful, campaigns for apartment communities, including guerilla, outreach and relationship marketing, to supplement traditional internet and paper advertising LEADERSHIP
Current: Executive Director of the Lake City Humane Society
Over the course of a rewarding professional career, served as Community Manager, Regional Manager, Resort Manager and Regional Director of Operations, guiding and mentoring teams of sales, customer service and maintenance professionals
Served on the Board of Directors of Friends of Hillsborough County Animal Services
Served as the Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Hillsborough County Animal Services
Served as the Shelter Coordinator for Second Chance Friends, a division of Second Chance Boxer Rescue, Inc.
Served on the Board of Directors for Guardian Angel Dog Rescue
Served on the Board of Directors of the Northeastern Indiana Apartment Association
Former Corresponding Secretary for the Salamonie Cocker Spaniel Club
Former Secretary for the Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club TECHNOLOGY
Expert use of tablet and smartphone to blog and chronicle events, with photographs and video, in real time, to engage public interest and immediate participation
Advanced use of D-SLR camera for portrait work, photojournalism and action images of rescue animals
Expert in many software applications including photo editing products, Google products, Adobe products, Microsoft Office products, real estate management industry software and shelter software such as PetPoint and RescueGroups
Expert use of traditional office machines including PC, copier, scanner, printer, facsimile, adding machine, calculator Experience
REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL 1990 - 2014
Oversight of multi-million dollar real estate assets in Indiana, Kentucky and Florida
Steady progression and promotion over career from Leasing Consultant to Regional Director of Operations
Preparation of annual budgets for conventional, tax credit, HUD and Rural Development assets
Financial monitoring, analysis and summarization to clients and investors in various reporting formats
Recruiting, training, coaching and supervision of hundreds of management, marketing, sales, customer service and maintenance team members
Exceptional communicator, and point of contact for customers, investors, clients and vendors
Successfully achieved exception-free audits, both government and private sector, throughout course of entire career
Met NOI goals consistently, year over year
Consistently achieved occupancy goals on most assets
Delinquency and bad debt reduction achieved on newly acquired assets, most achieving less than 1% within ninety days
Awarded several leadership, property beautification and delinquency reduction accolades over the course of career
Active involvement in local apartment associations in three states ANIMAL ADVOCATE THEN - NOW
A lifetime of commitment to bettering the lives of the companion animals within my reach
At age thirteen, took a job with a veterinary hospital and kept that job through high school
At age seventeen, graduated from high school and took a job as the kennel manager for a Siberian husky fancier in Miami, Florida.
From the age of fifteen, conditioned, trained and competed with personal dogs, and client dogs, all over the eastern United States.
2010 - 2015
Volunteer at local municipal shelters and non-profit organizations, including temperament evaluation, fostering,, training, photography, marketing, social media coordination, event planning/execution, and volunteer coordination
Joined the HCAS Pit Crew, the Best Friends Animal Society program at HCAS. Duties included dog handling, event coordination, Facebook administration, crafting the Pit Bull of the Week stories for the Best Friends website and preparing the monthly event calendar
Served on the Board of Directors of Guardian Angel Dog Rescue
Served on the Board of Directors of Friends of Hillsborough County Animal Services
Served as Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Hillsborough County Animal Services
Served as Shelter Coordinator for Second Chance Friends
Exclusive blogger for SCBR, SCF and FoHCAS with special projects as requested by rescue directors 2015 - 2016
Executive Director of the Lake City Humane Society
Decreased euthanasia from 64% in 2014 to 24% YTD in 2016
Increased rescue transfers from 14% in 2014 to 28% YTD 2016
Increased adoptions from 13% in 2014 to 33% YTD in 2016
Negotiated $130,000 in additional municipal funding
Awarded over $100,000 in spay neuter and adoption grants
Started two prison dog training programs
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