Office Manager Legal Assistant
Resume:
Maya Van Peebles
Driven Event Planner, Program Manager, & Intake Coordinator building effective
business practices, partnerships, and streamlined events Areas of expertise: ● Project Management ● Strategic Planning & Operations ● Team Development ● Production & Content Editing ● Data Intake **************@*****.***
Chandler, Arizona
EXPERIENCE
Special Needs Network, LA — Program Manager
February 2021 - November 2023
Produced events and workshops to facilitate community engagement to support underserved children of color with Autism from low-income families in south Los Angeles. Curation and management of community outreach classes, workshops, symposiums, and other relevant endeavors. Developer and manager of relationships with like-minded organizations and partnerships. Producer of SNN's signature Back 2 School, Tools for Transformation, & Evening Under the Stars events.
Kaufman Legal Group, LA— Political Accounts Supervisor April 2018 - January 2021
Oversaw 60- Political Accounts and a staff of eight, balanced books using QuickBooks software, processed expenditures, prepared campaign finance reports, filed reports with federal, state, and local agencies, coordinated approval for campaign materials, and prepared correspondences to donors.
Wajda Law, LA — Intake Coordinator & Legal Assistant January 2018 - April 2018; December 2023- August 2024 Served as the initial point of contact for prospective clients interested in legal bankruptcy services. Managed onboarding new and prospective clients and coordinating new client appointments with attorneys. Specialized in calendaring, coordinating phone appointments, processing casework, briefing attorneys, and assigned clients. Trained new employees and oversaw a team of 4. Drafted, edited, and filed bankruptcy cases, managed case files, prepared court documents, and coordinated court dates and client preparedness.
California State Senate, Sacramento — Senate Fellow October 2016 - December 2017
Served as a committee consultant on the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. Conducted legislative bill analysis, prepared Committee hearings required to pass legislation, prepared legislation for review by the Chair of the Committee, Senator Steven Bradford (SD 35). SKILLS & Achievements
Fluent & highly conversant in
French
Highly - proficient in
Windows and Apple operating
Systems. Also proficient in
Quickbooks, Mailchimp,
Abacus, Eventbrite, ActBlue,
and political reporting
software NGP.
Extensive social media,
blogging, and web-based
publicity and promotions
experience.
Member of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority. Incorporated
Member of Pi Sigma Alpha
-National Political Science
Honors Society
Education
California State University
Sacramento, Sacramento
2016-2017
Graduate Certificate in
Applied Policy & Government
Fordham University-Lincoln
Center -Bachelor of Arts in
Political Science- 2013-2015
-Major in Political Science &
Minor in AFAM Studies
-Departmental Honors in
Political Science
-Departmental Honors in
AFAM Studies
Howard University
Washington DC- 2011-2013
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