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Spring, TX ***** adrlw1@r.postjobfree.com

TARA D. BOOKER

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a direct office manager role within a well established institution. PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES

Great organizational skills, vibrant personality and a superior professional demeanor. Responsible, dependable, and dedicated to continually learn, advance and succeed. Very direct, effective, and responsive in communicating and/or conversing with fellow constituents. Able to interface effectively at all levels, and with multiple applications.

EXPERIENCE - SKILL SETS

Proficient in all Microsoft Office & Works applications including Excel. Quickbooks 2009, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 – 10.1 reader and writer, Lotus Notes, JD Edwards, and Ebix, Inc. Blueprints, Recorded Plat Maps, Residential Master Plan Review, Site Plan Review, Easement readings, Preparation of Annexations and Deed of Gifts, Mortgage Status Reports, Cost Tracking Reports, and Construction Stage Reports. Knowledgeable of Deed Restrictions, Architectural Review Committee guidelines and building standards. Managed Insurance Compliance for multiple vendors and engineers. Correlate Mailbox/CMU Layout requests with USPS. Worked closely with numerous County Appraisal Districts and Community Associations. Efficiency in permitting with County Appraisal Districts and the City of Houston. Texas Certified Notary Public. Technically inclined, systematic, analytical and innovative in problem solving and alternative solutions. Dynamic aptitude and sense of company goals, protocols, and procedures.

EDUCATION

Associate of Applied Arts in May 2012

EMPLOYMENT

February 2004 – October 2005 Lennar Homes /

Administrative Coordinator

Responsibilities included supporting the division president, the division controller, marketing coordinator, and community coordinator. Support roles consisted of typing letters and company memos, introducing new hires to division offices and notifying departments of pertinent information. Preparing sales and delivery reports, misc. accounting projects, and creating company newsletters and monthly calendar of company events.

October 2005 – December 2006 Lennar Homes /

Starts Coordinator

Responsibilities included reviewing and approving build orders and filing for permits with numerous surrounding county appraisal districts and the City of Houston. Preparing land plans and thumbnail sketches for mission statements. Assisting with business plans, balancing bank statements, reviewing and approving cash receipts, reviewing and approving sales contracts, reviewing sales tracking reports, setting up new communities and cost codes, creating stage home reports, reviewing master budgets and solving purchasing issues, special accounting projects, running job cost overrun reports, and assisting with misc. requests from corporate as needed. Rewarded Company Tops Award 2006 Honorable Mention.

December 2006 – July 2007 Lennar Homes /

Community Coordinator HAC

Responsibilities include overseeing community build orders for division president. Releasing new homesite build orders, creating panel sheets, ordering, reviewing and approving plot plans. Obtaining DOC approval for plot plans, and submitting and tracking developer approval process. Initiating a brick log for brick vendors. Completing tap and permit applications for each municipality. Reviewing and approving floor plans and submittals for developer approval, ordering permits, water taps and impact fees. Sending master plans for developer approval in new communities. Coordinating all lot purchases between divisions, developers, and title companies. Setting up and maintaining land files. Monitoring all developer take down schedules and ensuring all is up to date. Maintaining a 24 month land planning schedule, preparing and distributing home site lists. Requesting and keeping all alarm permits current for model homes. Reviewing FHA approval for new communities and sections. Rewarded company TOPS Award 2007 Honorable Mention.

July 2007 - November 2015 Friendswood Development Co. (A Lennar Company) Architectural Review Committee Administrator

Responsibilities include assisting community development managers in promulgation for applicable ARC guidelines, coordinating activities of the division Architectural Review Committee (ARC) for ongoing Residential, Custom, and Commercial Projects. Functioning as point of contact for owners, builders, and homeowner associates and working through the ARC process. Reviewing and approving all Residential and Custom builder plans and elevations for over 30 Residential communities and master planned projects. Managing all builder variance requests, managing and keeping track of all payments received by builders for plot plan review. Maintaining division MAP Files (plats, civil site plans, easments). Driving communities monthly to inspect and ensure builder compliance is met. Supporting land development, Coordinating weekly ARC meetings to discuss new submitted Custom and Commercial plans. Knowledgeable of all ARC Residential, Custom, and Commercial guidelines and deed restrictions. Member of ARC board and active member of College Place Association Board. November 2015 - June 2020 Friendswood Development Co. (A Lennar Company) Engineering Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities include assisting project managers and engineers in various assigned community projects. Managing insurance compliance for multiple vendors and engineers. Correlate Mailbox/CMU Layout requests with USPS. Purchase sections for new upcoming community developments. Inputting contract information for every specific assigned vendor and engineer project. Send copies of required contract documents to the assigned title company to record and return to MAP files. Texas Certified Notary Public.

REFERENCES :

Linda Schafer - Lennar Homes

Starts Coordinator, 281-***-****

Jeff Johnson - Chesmar Homes

Division President, 281-***-****

Mark Booker - W-Industries, Inc.

Project Design Engineer, 281-***-****