GORDONA COOKE									             [Send email to request phone number] 01-4534
495 Norfolk Road ∙ Torrington, CT  06790						          [Send email using
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Profile:  Experienced administrative assistant/secretary * Highly organized,
productive and adaptable * Effective liaison between employers, employees,
clients, vendors and community * Coordinate and supervise company-wide projects *
Skilled transcriptionist and typist, specializing in statistical data and reports
with some experience typing legal documents as well * Accounts
payable/receivable


Volunteer Experience:										    2000 - Present

  Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Coordinator				       March 2008
–October 2008
  ∙ Provided liaison between CSA, farmer, CSA sponsor, community garden,
food pantry, community service 
    providers as well as the community in general, vendors and media
  ∙ Maintained member database(s) and file(s)
  ∙ Maintained CSA finances, accounts payable and receivable
  ∙ Researched and prepared applications and follow-up on state and city
licensing, permits, grants, donations, etc
  ∙ Coordinated and supervised community outreach programs, resource
fairs, etc.
  ∙ Created working CSA management template; recruited, trained and
supervised member volunteers
  ∙ Organized and facilitated member meetings, functions and fundraisers

  National Alliance for Mental Illness – NY Metro (NAMI-NY Metro)  	 	     
August 2000 – October 2008
  ∙ Awarded Volunteer of the Year in 2005
  ∙ Co-facilitator of Parents of Younger Children with Mental Illness
Support Group
  ∙ Created original Parent Resource List and helped keep it up to date
  ∙ Public speaking at various mental health symposiums, forums and
medical intern teaching programs
  ∙ Helped organize, and joined as a walker, the first annual NAMI-NY
Metro NAMI WALKS fundraiser 
  ∙ Helped to create and fine-tune the NAMI Parent Match Program as well
as volunteering as a support parent
  ∙ Helped create and organize an on-site parent support, resource and
referral program at child and adolescent 
    psychiatric clinics in the local hospitals as well as volunteering as a
support parent
  ∙ Manned advocacy/resource desk at local mental health fair for several
years 
  ∙ Ongoing attendance at various certification workshops, trainings,
mental health symposiums, etc.


Work History:

Administrative Assistant to Guidance Department			        	 	 September 1999 –
August 2000
West Charlotte High School, Charlotte NC
  ∙ Provided administrative and secretarial support to guidance department
and school principal
  ∙ Maintained student schedules and transcripts
  ∙ Maintained counselor scheduling
  ∙ College, corporate, parent, student, school staff liaison
  - Transcribed reports from tape 
  ∙ Shared front desk coverage with other department administrative
assistants
 



GORDONA COOKE									             [Send email to request phone number] 01-4534


Assistant to Principal						 			      October 1997 – August 1998
Bronx Regional High School, Bronx NY
  ∙ Provided administrative and secretarial support
  ∙ Helped prepare and counsel students regarding financial aid and
scholarships
  ∙ Organized College/Career Day; college and corporate liaison
  ∙ Interviewed prospective students; provided placement assistant for
those students better served elsewhere
  ∙ Maintained and updated transcripts, programmed student classes
  ∙ Helped design and implement new class programming system

Freelance Typist/Executive Secretary – Temporary 	        				September 1996 –
October 1997
New York NY
  Specialized in legal documents, reports and manuscripts working with such
businesses as market research and 
  private law firms.  Temporary secretary to upper management at firms
including:  Maresca Marketing, Citibank, 
  Shea & Gould, Makovsky & Company, Louis Harris & Associates.

Administrative Assistant/Secretary to Partner	                			  March 1987 –
September 1996
Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., NY NY
  ∙ Provided administrative and secretarial support
  ∙ Client/executive liaison
  ∙ Oversaw company-wide projects
  - Responsible for typing statistical reports, databases and surveys
  ∙ Accounts Payable and accounts receivable
  ∙ Maintained all mailing lists and proofread copy

Consumer Mentor/Counselor							         September 1982 – September1986
River-Crest/Ken-Crest Company, Pottstown, PA
  Responsible for teaching emotionally, physically and developmentally disabled
adults job and social skills 
  through hands-on training in a mock work environment as well as teaching
independence and social skills 
  through a group home setting.