Monica Awender
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Owner - Giddyup Media June 2021 - Present
● Building Websites
● Creating Content for clients on various social media platforms Self-employed Finance/Trading July 2018 - Present
Awender Chiropractic, Rio Vista, CA
Office Manager / Owner July 2001 - July 2016
Awender Chiropractic, South San Francisco, CA
Office Manager / Owner Jun 1995 - July 2001
● Overall Accounting including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Collections, Bank Deposits, monthly reconciliation and liaison with external Accountants.
● Purchasing duties including office supplies and medical equipment.
● Insurance billing, verified patient benefits and set up patient financials, reimbursements, and handled all follow up communications with insurance carriers.
● Patient promotion: external and internal office promotion including advertising, creative marketing materials, office branding, patient appreciation days and networking through means like Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Knights of Chiropractic.
● Managed hiring for all office staff including written job descriptions, job postings, salary negotiations, employment termination and training of staff.
● General office administrative duties including intake meetings and forms, patient file coordination, handling of appointments (schedule, cancel, reschedule), and post appointment patient computer input.
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● Facilitated EHR compliance in 2013, transferred all office records from paper to electronic records. SKILLS
● ChiroTouch, Quicken, Quickbooks, MS Office Suite, Hippa compliance knowledge AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2013 Spirit of Solano Business of the Year; Solano County Chamber of Commerce 2011 Business of the Year; Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce 2019, 2021, 2022 Soroptimist WHOA Award
VOLUNTEER WORK
Soroptomist Sept 2011 - Present
Board Member/Vice President 2013 - Present
Fundraising Co-Chair
● LunaFest Co-Planner; an annual short film festival by, for and about women.
● SIlent and Live Auction organizer, advertised/promoted to gain attendance, facilitated tickets, budgeted for post and pre-event, weekly collaboration with co-committee members. St. Joseph’s Church 2001 - 2015
Youth Group Leader 2011 - 2013
Fundraising Co-Planner 2001 - 2015
● Capital campaign funding, SIlent and Live Auction organizer, advertised/promoted to gain attendance, facilitated tickets, budgeted for post and pre-event, weekly collaboration with co-committee members. Rotary Club Member 2003 - 2015
Chamber of Commerce Member 2001 - Present
EDUCATION
Life College, Hayward, CA
● Doctorate; Doctor of Chiropractic
Canada College, Redwood City, CA
● AA; Liberal Arts