Work Experience

ELIZABETH L

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The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America – NE Chapter January 2008 – present

Membership Coordinator (2008 - 2011), Volunteer (2011 - present)

• Charged with growing total number of AAFANE members while increasing benefits to current members
• Organized scholarship applications and served on committee to select winners
• Assisted in finding and scheduling speakers for monthly support group meetings
• Oversaw donations for annual Breath of Spring fundraising event
• Published 2 booklets aimed at answering crucial questions for newly diagnosed patients and their families

MuseumShop.com – Arlington, MA March 2000 – February 2002
Director of Inventory & Merchandising

• Selected all product from submissions
• Forecasted quantities for year-round and Q4 purchases for a database of 4,000 skus
• Corresponded with and purchased from over 300 vendors and museums
• Chose all products for email campaigns, print ads, home page and museum/category features
• Designed and wrote several buying and merchandising reports to manage inventory
• Organized, attended and merchandised photo shoots through August 2001
• Traveled to trade shows to survey new products and merchandise trends

Graphique de France – Woburn, MA March 1997 – November1999
International Buyer (1997 – Jan 1999), Purchasing Supervisor (Jan - Nov 1999)

• Supervised all purchasing functions for $20 million in sales annually
• Solely responsible for the purchase and delivery of all catalogued, seasonal and special order products
• Led weekly meetings with sales/production managers to present state of inventory and projects
• Managed workflow of 2 employees in department
• Negotiated pricing and contracts with U.S. vendors
• Coordinated with Paris office for all European printing and freight logistics

The French-American Chamber of Commerce – Boston, MA August 1993 – March 1997
Executive Director 

• Responsible for the entire management of organization:
• Assisted members in locating business opportunities
• Planned and coordinated seminars on International business, networking events and fundraisers
• Hired and managed several interns per year

French Embassy Trade Office – Boston, MA August 1993 – March 1997
Assistant Commercial Counselor 

• Helped to promote trade with France by assisting American and French companies to expand their operations abroad
• Researched and submitted reports to the French Consulate regarding key industries as well as the  business climate and incentives in Massachusetts

Quimper Faience – Paris, France June 1991 – August 1993
Marketing Coordinator 

• Initiated and executed market studies to define better the target customer and created database for 6,000 mailing list
• Created Press kits for advertising purposes

EDUCATION
Graduate School: Simmons College (present)
Undergraduate Degree: Union College, BA Economics and Modern Languages

SPECIAL SKILLS

Fluent in English, French and Conversational in Italian

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