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SEVARA MAKSUDOVA

**** ********* ****, ***. ***, N. Bethesda, MD 20852

**********@*******.***

EDUCATION

TASHKENT STATE ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | September 2002 - June

2006

Bachelor of International Economic Relations with concentration in Foreign

Exchange & International Credit

Diploma theses: Operations of commercial banks with securities

. Co-headed fundraising efforts for local orphanages via Miss TSEU contest

EXPERIENCE

ARTS FOR THE AGING (AFTA), Bethesda, MD | January 2010 - June 2011

Volunteer

. Assisted Executive Director with file organization, preparation of meeting materials and document

retention project.

. Assisted Program Director with data entry, file organization and program evaluation.

Assisted Office Administrator with data entry, office management, phone coverage

distribution of acknowledgment letters and certificates, filing and mass mailings.

Conducted check-in and registration for participants at fundraising events

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS CENTER (IVCC), Chicago, IL | September 2002 June 2004

Volunteer

Assisted IVCC staff with visitor program planning, event planning and various other

projects

Aided in organizing special events such as cultural fundraisers, international youth

events and Ukrainian arts and crafts festival

Offered social hospitality and served as home-stay advisor to visitors of the Center

STRATEGY, GENDER, CIVILIZATION AND STABILITY, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | January 2001 -

August 2002

Head of Youth Section (part-time)

Involved in creation, development and implementation of new projects

Project: Shelter for abused women - spearheaded site search efforts for the shelter

and served as a temporary HR director.

Solicited sponsors for the donation of hearing devices for boarding school for children

with hearing disabilities.

Facilitated organization of holiday events and concerts benefiting the children at the

orphanage and boarding schools

Involved in the strategic development of the organization – conducted extensive

analysis of not-for-profit organization activities in Commonwealth of Independent States

(CIS)

CITY ORPHANAGE #24, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | June 2001 – August 2002

Volunteer

Organized concerts and activities for children including birthday parties, festivals, zoo

trips and other outings

Attracted several sponsors who provided children with winter clothing and new

furniture

AMERICAN BUSINESS CENTER, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | June 2000 – August 2000

Summer Internship

Created a Guide for Interns including roles and responsibilities and official rules of the

Center

Provided newly arrived American citizens with information on housing locations,

contacts and organizational activities.

Center for Economic Research, Tashkent Uzbekistan | June 1999 - August 1999

Joint project of the government of Uzbekistan and United Nations Development Program

Summer internship

Participated in a policy-oriented case study:"Ways and peculiarities of the

Development of Micro-entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan" (based on the case of Kashkadar'ya

region). The goal of the project was the development of recommendations for the

Sustainable Income Generation Program (SIG). The case study was supervised by the

United Nations Development program's Tashkent office.

SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office, as well as Internet search tools, online social networking

platforms, efficient research techniques and database maintenance.

. Fluent in English, Russian, Uzbek

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