Personal/Executive Assistant

Barbara Stewart

Phone: 917-***-****

E-Mail: ****************@*****.***

EXPERIENCE:

In 2014 and 2015 I served as editorial assistant to Dr. Jason Aronson, who was creating a website that would enable people all over the world to access books on psychology and related field.

From 2016 to 2023 I worked as a temporary clerical assistant for a real estate firm and non-profit organization. I also substitute taught and did volunteer work through New York Cares.

THE NATION MAGAZINE (2010 – 2014)

Assistant to Katrina vanden Heuvel, the Publisher and Executive Editor

- Coordinated with media outlets to schedule public appearances

- Seved as liaison to the Editorial Board and coordinated meetings and conferences.

- Screened phone calls. Dealt with well-known people in politics, media and the entertainment industry

- Composed correspondence. Drafted correspondence to be sent out under the publisher’s name.

LANGENSCHEIDT PUBLISHING GROUP (2006 – 2008)

Assistant to the President and Chief Operating Officer

- Managed an extensive calendar and made complex domestic and international travel arrangements

- Coordinated meetings and conferences

- Scheduled monthly senior staff meetings, prepared materials, and took minutes

THE TINKER FOUNDATION (2002 – 2005)

Executive/Personal Assistant to the Chairman

Supported the chairman’s involvement as board member and honorary board member of international organizations

- Coordinated complex international travel arrangements. Managed a calendar

- Wrote all routine correspondence and edited reports. Handled large mailings.

- Wrote summaries of all grants for the Foundation’s annual report

- Assisted in the planning of Board meetings

Long-term temporary assignment for the President and the Executive Producer of New York Times Television

(now a division of the Discovery Channel). (2001 – 2002)

POCANTICO ASSOCIATES (Office of Rodman and Sascha Rockefeller) (1999 – 2000)

Non-Profit Coordinator for Rodman Rockefeller

- Supported Mr. Rockefeller’s involvement in the Institute for International Education, the Thomas Jefferson

Memorial Foundation, and the Museum of Modern Art. My responsibilities included the following:

Attending Board meetings and taking notes for Rockefeller Family records

Assisting in the planning of large fund-raising events. Arranging small fund-raising dinners

Handling correspondence and mailings

Personal Assistant to Sascha Rockefeller

- Coordinated extensive travel arrangements

- Hired consultants. Hired and supervised repair people and household staff

- Maintained database for the family’s art and antique collections

- Assisted in numerous projects relating to the maintenance of two homes and a farm

Barbara Stewart

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SKILLS

MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Excellent research, writing and editing skills

Fluent French, conversational Spanish

Excellent speech and appearance

Intelligent, flexible, detail oriented

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Volunteer work through New York Caress

Teacher of French and English in the Boston and Cambridge Public Schools

Teacher of Business English in the Katharine Gibbs School

EDUCATION

MA in French Boston College

BA in French and English Russell Sage College

Studies abroad and extensive European travel

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