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AMY NOEL SASSER

Address: P.O. Box ***, Majuro, MH 96960

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Telephone: +011 692-***-****

Email: adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-sasser-452a657a/ Date of Birth: 17 March 1976

Place of Birth: Territory of Guam

Citizenship: USA

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married, seven adopted children

who are now adults

Languages: Fluent: English, Marshallese

Elementary proficiency: Spanish

Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee (MINOC) – Majuro, RMI – Office Manager (2006-present) Responsibilities include:

• Executive assistant to MINOC Secretary General overseeing day-to-day administrative, clerical and business details, including scheduling meetings, preparing reports, arranging travel, tracking budgets, liaising with MINOC staff, national, regional and international sport federations, partners and stakeholders;

• Oversee and provide administrative support to ten active National Sport Federations (NFs), including evaluation of sub- grants from MINOC to the NFs, and overseeing development, implementation based on key performance indicators and acquittal of NF grants to International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Solidarity;

• Managed MINOC’s independent financial and management audits for fiscal years 2013-2018, managing and preparing reports for MINOC’s annual half million-dollar grant for national activity programs;

• Assisted with development of MINOC’s Office Policy Manual. Strategic Administrative Roles:

• Administrative development of Marshall Islands’ official request for International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition, bid successfully approved in 2006 during the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy;

• Committee to draft MINOC Constitution;

• Logistical administration (online registration, scheduling travel and accommodations, chartering flights, ordering uniforms, etc.) and team management of Marshall Islands’ delegations to regional and international competitions, including Micronesian Games, Pacific Games, Oceania Championships, World Championships, 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, 2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore, 2012 Olympic Games London, 2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, 2016 Olympic Games Rio, 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, currently organizing delegation to 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo;

• Member of MINOC’s Women in Sport Commission; Lead role and award winner of IOC’s Sport and Environment Award; Member of Olympic Day Committee and National Games Committee;

• Delegate in attendance at annual Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assemblies, Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assemblies and Olympic Solidarity Regional Games Preparation Forums.

References:

• Hugh Graham, Cook Islands National Olympic Committee President, Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA) President, and Commonwealth Games Vice President, adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com;

• Cathy Wong, ONOC Medical Commission Member, World Rugby Council Member, and Recipient of Fiji’s highest honor: Officer of the Order of Fiji (OF), 679-***-**** (Fiji), adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com;

• Luis G. Cruz, ONOC Medical Commission Member and Medical Doctor, 671-***-**** (Guam), adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com

• Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee Executive Board Members, upon request. MINOC – Majuro, RMI – Sport Education Development Officer (2011-present) Responsibilities include:

• Introduced Oceania Sport Education Program (OSEP) in the Marshall Islands; OSEP provides basic to advanced training to sport administrators in the areas of governance, strategic planning, financial management, human and physical resource management, event planning and management, and marketing/ public relations;

• Chairperson of OSEP’s Marshall Islands Sport Education Program (MISEP) Steering Committee;

• OSEP-certified Regional Master Educator who trains and certifies regional and national Master Educators and Educators to facilitate and assess IOC’s Advanced Sport Management Course (ASMC), Managing in Sport Organizations (MiSO), Sport in Community Administrator (SiC) and Community Coach and Official (CC&O) courses;

• Elected to the International University Sport Federation (FISU) Oceania Executive Board (2019-2023). References:

• Mr. Talemo Waqa, Managing Director of Kiliati Enterprise, ONOC OSEP Mentor, Oceania Regional Training Manager for World Rugby Union, 679-***-**** (Fiji), adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com; 2

• Natanya Potoi-Ulia, Executive Officer Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organization (ORADO), Manager ONOC Voices of the Athletes (VOA) Program, 679-***-**** (Fiji), adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com. Mission Pacific (a community-based, non-profit) – Majuro, RMI – Director of Operations (1999-2013) Responsibilities include:

• Author grant proposals, grant reports, video and radio scripts, press releases, classroom curriculum; proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign and Photoshop), QuickBooks accounting software;

• Produce final video deliverables for television and web, including video editing, custom title and credit sequences, character generation (CG) elements, DVD authoring, custom menu options and duplication; proficient in Final Cut Pro;

• Productions include: children’s educational programming; cultural documentaries; classroom curriculum; public awareness multi-media campaigns addressing social issues including domestic violence, HIV awareness and prevention, reproductive health, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and climate change; internationally broadcast addresses by Presidents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau;

• Clientele include: Various United Nations agencies (UNICEF, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNEP); Asian Development Bank; Governments of the United States of America, Japan, Australia, Republic of China Taiwan, British High Commission, Republic of the Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands Ministry of Health (authored National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program national plan and successful million-dollar grant from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC));

• Continues to serve on Mission Pacific’s Board.

References:

• Former RMI President Kessai H. Note, personal contact information available upon request;

• Sandra Hainline Williams, Nurse Coordinator for the Marshallese & Latino Outreach Team, Dr. Joseph H. Bates Outreach Clinic, Springdale, AR, 479-***-****, adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com. Community After-school Recreation & Education (C.A.R.E.) Program – Majuro, RMI – Grant Administrator (2001-2006) Responsibilities include:

• Co-author successful grant application to the US Department of Education through its 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative; develop all required grant Annual Performance Reports;

• Manage all activities, program implementation and coordination project-wide;

• Track program budgets for 2.7-million-dollar award, ensuring all budgets are allowable, allocable and reasonable, and compliant with US Department of Education General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) and applicable Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars;

• Develop policy and protocols, promoting accountability and clear performance measures;

• Facilitate partnerships with appropriate public and private agencies. References:

• Clarence Samuel, Director of Office of Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination (OEPPC), 692-***-****

(RMI), adbfdy@r.postjobfree.com.

CBS Affiliate WJHL News Channel 11 Television Station – Johnson City, TN (1997-1998) – Student Intern, hired as Staff Reporter.

Education:

• Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (2012-2013) – International Olympic Committee’s Executive Masters in Sport Organization Management (MEMOS); Masters research project “Olympic Solidarity capacity building for NOCs: Improving Olympic Solidarity use in Oceania” among top three in class;

• Milligan College (1994-1999) – Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Double Major in Print and Television Journalism), Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society;

• Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC), Nadi, Fiji (2018) – Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Symposium (Certificate);

• International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland (2014) - Advanced Sport Management Course: Training of Program Directors (Certificate).

Publications and Awards:

• "Need for Indigenous Language Resources" and "Indigenous Media" for the XIII Olympic Congress (Copenhagen 2009);

• 2011 International Olympic Committee Sport and Environment award winner for “Sustainable Reef Awareness Campaign;”

• 2018 International Olympic Committee “Women and Sport” Achievement Diploma recipient in recognition of outstanding contribution to promote development and participation of women and girls in sport;

• 2019 International Olympic Committee Trophy recipient for “Olympism in Action.”

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