Executive Assistant Director

HEATHER CHAIT

646-***-****

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Summary

Excellent organizational, communication, written, and technology skills, task oriented, research ability, particular attention to detail and grammar, perform under pressure, flexible. Extreme discretion.

Work Experience

Israel Cancer Research Fund, NY, NY, Chief of Staff, 2017-2022

Assist National Executive Director – calendar, correspondence, screen calls, special initiatives

Create monthly newsletter distributed to 20,000+ people

Liaison between Board and staff, compile agenda, distribute materials, steward donors

Enter donations into database, thank donors in timely manner, extract reports for staff

Participate on tech and annual gala committees

HR – vacation requests, on-boarding

Office management – vendor relationships, purchase supplies, IT interaction

Jewish Outreach Institute, NY, NY, 2013-2016

Executive Assistant to Director of Strategic Initiatives, donor research

Oversee travel arrangements, meetings, mailings

Minutes for Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings, planning Board retreat

Maintain database (Salesforce)

Administrative support, event management including catering and registrations, public inquiries

Posen Foundation, NY, NY, 2004 –2013

Webmaster: created and maintained several websites

Accounting: supervising bank accounts, coordinating accounts payable and receivable, vendors

Grants Liaison: coordinating funding to universities and course management

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

Coordinate fellowship program: accepting applications, fielding questions, liaising with judges

Assist at social events

The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel, 1987-2000

Features and sportswriter covering tennis, athletics, swimming, golf

Editor, Foreign Service: disseminate news updates daily, handling renewals and new subscribers

Oversee database of subscribers

Syndications editor, field permission requests, handle payments for reprints

Assistant director, Information Service, conducting research and Internet searches, correspondence

Education

Higher Diploma of Library and Information Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

BA (Honors in English Literature), University of South Africa

BA, University of Cape Town

Skills

Microsoft Office (Excel), Constant Contact, DonorPerfect, Salesforce, Zoom, Outlook

English (mother tongue), Hebrew (fluent)

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