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NAME: Gwendolyn Jones Carswell January 2012

ADDRESS: *** ******* ****, ***** ********, Georgia 30083-4840

404-***-**** (cell)

PERSONAL: Married to Bishop Quincy Lavelle Carswell

Mother of two: Ms. Quinae’ Aresia Carswell and Elder Quincy Lavelle Carswell, II

EDUCATION:

Graduate School: Atlanta University, Georgia, School of Education, M.A. degree, May 1975

College: Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida, School of Education,

B.S. degree, May 1973, Business Education and Secretarial Science, Honors

College: Pensacola Jr. College, Pensacola, Florida, 1967-69, Secretarial Science

High School: Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Pensacola, Florida, June 1967, Honors

EXPERIENCE:

Watershed Manager, Department of Watershed Management – Bureau of Management/Procurement Division, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 12/19/06 – 12/7/11 (RETIRED).

Duties: Oversee and coordinate all procurement activities for the Department of Watershed Management; manage procurement staff; supervise and handle personnel matters – annual performance evaluations, leave requests, etc.; prepare and oversee budget activities; attend meetings; prepare various reports; and ATL Stats.

Contracting Officer, Sr., Department of Watershed Management – Bureau of Management/Procurement Division, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 7/21/03 – present. Currently serving as Interim Watershed Manager for the Procurement Division since December 19, 2006.

Duties: Oversee the development and packaging of specifications for various departmental projects; coordinate projects through the procurement process to contract execution; attend prebid conferences and bid openings; prepare various reports; develop operating procedures manual for the Division; maintain project files.

Human Resources Specialist, Sr., Bureau of Wastewater Treatment and Collections - Sewer Operations, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 3/19/02 – 7/21/03.

Duties: Oversee all Personnel matters - new hires, dismissals, resignations; processing of disciplinary actions; system administrator for new time management system; facilitate the processing of employees’ benefits and the performance evaluations; prepare payrolls and various reports.

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Assistant Director, Bureau of General Services, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 9/27/94 - 2/19/02.

Duties: Oversee all phases of the Bureau’s Divisions of Human Resources, Budget and Accounting, Events/Parking, Mail Services/Copy Center, Records Management, Contract Services and Security. Prepare and oversee budget activities for the Bureau; supervise the Division Managers, bureau secretary and other staff; coordinate meetings; prepare various reports; interact with other City Departments/Bureaus, Contractors/Vendors; etc.

Contracting Officer, Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate, City of Atlanta, Georgia, 5/16/84-9/26/94.

Duties: Responsible for all phases of the administering of contracts, change orders and/or amendments from receipt of the requisition to the fully executed contract; prepared and submitted resolutions, with necessary documentation attached, to Finance and Executive Committees recommending award; prepared formal contracts and routed same for signatures; distributed fully executed contract to user department, contractor, Finance, etc.; reviewed specifications and plans to assure familiarity with the scope of work; prepared Requests for Proposals (RFP) or Invitations to Bid (IFB); maintained a daily status of each and every project/contract by updating the computer program – Contract Information Tracking System (CITS); prepared weekly and monthly status reports; attended meetings with user departments, contractors, and/or consultants; reviewed and adhered to the rules and regulations of the Procurement and Real Estate code; conducted pre-bid and pre-proposal conferences with potential contractors/proponents; conducted bid/proposal openings; evaluated bids/proposals; participated in workshops, conferences, computer training programs, etc.

Secretary II, Bureau of Motor Transport Services, City of Atlanta, 5/10/83-5/15/84.

Duties: Served as Secretary to the Director and other Administrative personnel; set up and maintained office files; operated word processor; did general secretarial work as assigned; etc.

Director of Student Financial Aid, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, 12/17/78-5/21/81.

Duties: Handled all aspects of Student Financial Aid Office; administered college-based federal aid – College Work-Study and National Direct Student Loan; supervised staff; compiled reports for federal, state, institutional and non-institutional use; counseled applicants on their financial situations; awarded financial aid to needy students; conduct exit interviews of all NDSL borrowers; supervised the NDSL collection process; participated in workshops, conferences; computerized office and student records, etc.

Assistant to the Financial Aid Director, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1/77-12/15/78.

Student Loan Officer & Accounts Representative for the Mobile Home Dept., 8/76-1/77, KEOGH/IRA Retirement Plan Assistant, 7/76-8/76, Secretary/Savings Counselor, 1/75-7/76, Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Student Financial Assistant, Student Financial Aid Office, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/73-12/74.

WRITINGS: “Standard Operating Procedures Manual for Using Agencies, Bureau of Purchasing and Real

Estate, City of Atlanta

“Procurement Procedures for Non-Profit Agencies” (Pass-throughs) – Community

Development Block Grant Program, Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate, City of Atlanta

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HONORS: “Sisterly Award”, 1st Annual Sister to Sister Sorority Luncheon, Atlanta, (2004)

“Sigma of the Year”, Eta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (1993)

Scholarship Awardee, Georgia Chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing

(NIGP) (1992)

“Employee of the Year”, Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate (December 1992)

Member of Pi Omega Pi National Business Education Honor Society (1972 & 1973)

Graduated Cum Laude (May 1973)

AFFILIATIONS:

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Life Member (Member since December 7, 1970)

-Grammateus, 8/2004-present

-Southeast Regional Chaplain, 2006-present

- Rhomania Scholarship Contest Chairperson, 2008-present

-International Nominations Chairperson, 50th Boule, 2004

-Sergeant-at-Arms of Eta Sigma Chapter, 7/2002-8/2004

-Refreshment Committee Chair, Eta Sigma Chapter, 7/2002-8/2004

-General Co-Chairperson, Debutante Ball Committee, 1999-2009

-Southeast Regional Nominations Chairperson, 2000-2004

-Basileus of Eta Sigma Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999-2002

-Southeast Regional Anti-Grammateus, 1996-2000

-Chairperson, Project Reassurance/Community Service Projects of Eta Sigma Chapter,

1991-1999, 2002-present

Historian of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP), 1999, 2000; Chairperson, Research & Library Committee, 1991, 1992; Vice President, 1989-1990; Charter Member #36. Service Unit Director and Troop Leader, Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council, 1980-1984

CHURCH: Covenant Ministries, Decatur, Georgia - First Lady and Convener of the Women’s Ministry

INTERESTS: Sewing, needlepoint, reading and bowling

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