November 2000 to the Present: SAYBROOK CAPITAL LLC

OFFICE MANAGER
- Assist Chief Compliance Officer with regulatory duties required to comply with
self regulatory agencies;
- Saved company $4,500 setup cost to install Call Accounting Software by getting
the service free via the Long Distance Carrier;
- Fulfilled employers need by developing a symbiotic relationship with a local n
on-profit that provided our employees with inexpensive, healthy meal options whi
le creating and nurturing a new revenue stream for the non-profit;
- Primary contact for office vendor relationships;
- Re-rate all vendors annually and switch when appropriate;
- Provide Administrative Assistance to the Compliance Officer for Broker/Dealer;
- Maintain Minutes for regular Staff Meetings;
- Maintain 8,600 square foot suite including all purchases, maintenance & upkeep
;
- Oversee inventory maintenance for all offsite files;
- Primary backup for front office including sorting all incoming mail, maintaini
ng validation stickers, schedules and accountings; ordering and inventorying off
ice and kitchen supplies; and
- Primary backup for DIT.
and HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (concurrent position)
- Formulated Policies and Procedures Handbook, including but not limited to Term
ination and Privacy Policies;
- All hiring including interviews, background checks, personnel & benefit files;
- Responsible for Employment Evaluations, firm wide;
- Maintaining database of all paid time off for all employees; and
- Initiated and maintain full cycle of PEO relationships including research, pro
posals, negotiations and daily contacts.
May 1997 to November 2000: PLATINUM STUDIOS LLC
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to both the CHAIRMAN and VP, BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIR
S (in house counsel)
- Coordinated all documentation to the Copyright and MPAA offices;
- Mailed and followed up on all Agreements;
- Reconciled calendars to set meetings, fielding incoming calls, maintain filing
, coordinating complex travel arrangements, drafting correspondence, requiring m
ultitasking and initiative.
and OFFICE MANAGER (concurrent position)
- Set up and maintained entire suite including any and all necessary constructio
n and wiring for phones, computers, printers and peripherals;
- Conducted all interviews to grow a staff from 4 to 25 employees;
- Supervised 3 employees;
- Maintained and reviewed all insurance and lease documentation;
- Created and maintained initial Office Manual;
- Maintained database of all paid time off for all employees;
- Approved all invoices and communications with outside Accounting office;
- Sorted and distributed all incoming mail;
- Maintained documentation on all subscriptions.
October 1989 to April 1997: OVERSEAS FILMGROUP, INC
MANAGER, BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS, October 1996 to April 1997
- Responsibilities included the copyrighting of all contracts, screenplays, and
motion pictures;
- Acquired Errors and Omissions insurance on newly acquired productions;
- Assisted Senior and Junior Attorneys;
- Cleared all Music Title issues.
OVERSEAS FILMGROUP, INC (contd)
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, July 1992 to October 1996
- Responsibilities included the copyrighting of all contracts, screenplays, and
motion pictures;
- Coordinated newly acquired production screenings with the MPAA for a theatrica
l rating;
- Acquired Errors and Omissions insurance on newly acquired productions;
- Drafted sales contracts between our company and sub-distributors;
- Reconciled owners personal checkbook, including wire transfers;
- In January 1994, added Office Management to duties.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CFO/COO, July 1991 to August 1992
- Responsibilities included the copyrighting of all contracts, screenplays, and
motion pictures;
- General office management including 15-employee payroll, assist in the formula
tion of an employee handbook, as well as coordinating all vacation, sick, and pe
rsonal days;
- Assisted in the formation, trademarking, income tax filing, and minute-keeping
of many subsidiary and interfacing corporations;
- Balanced owners personal checkbook and wire transfers, as well as coordinate t
he hiring, firing, and daily work of owners personal assistant;
- Kept CFO/COOs calendar along with recording expenses and expense reports;
- Miscellaneous secretarial duties such as typing, filing, mailing, messengering
, and answering the CFO/COOs direct phone lines and in charge of nightly back up
of computer system.
ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, October 1989 to July 1991
- Responsibilities included the compilation of quarterly producer reports, the t
racking of accounts receivable, and the accurate reconciliation of all corporate
bank accounts including all incoming and outgoing wire and telephone transfers;
- Spearheaded all controllers duties while she was on a 10-week disability leave
;
- Acted as back up for Accounts Payable department.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Office Suite for Windows, Microsoft Exchange e-mail System for Windows
, Lotus Notes, Platinum Accounting software and literate in several custom progr
ams for the Entertainment Distribution Industry, which I helped design.
EDUCATION:
American Jewish University (formerly known as University of Judaism): MBA in Non
Profit Management; May 2010
California State University, Los Angeles: Certificated Parent Education program.
Summer 1997
California State University, Northridge: B.A. in Child Development. Graduated C
UM LAUDE in May, 1986
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
National Notary Association; Notary Public commission since 1992.
VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS:
YesICAN, Board of Directors, since May 2002
Inner Circle Foster Family & Adoption Agency, Secretary, Board of Directors, fro
m January 2001 to March 2003
Encino Neighborhood Council, Secretary, Executive Board, from June 1999 (as mand
ated by the New L.A. City Charter) to Oct 2003
New Leaders Project, October 1999
CASA/ Guardian Ad Litem for Superior Court, Ed Edelmans courthouse, from 1994 to
1996