Cynthia (Cyndi) Stephenson

1502 Federal Court, Eagan, MN 55122

(h) 651-994-6812 ∙ (c) 651-226-4741

cstephenson57@yahoo.com

Professional Summary

Administrative support professional, recently degreed in Business Administration and complimented by

a project management certificate. Proven ability to support senior vice presidents, senior level

managers and project managers with expense and budget reports, presentation materials, authoring

communications, calendar management, travel arrangements and meeting arrangements. Successful in

cultivating customer/stakeholder relationships including sales and customer service.

Work Experience

Buell Consulting, Inc.

August 2011 – January 2012

Office Administrator

Administrative and project support role in a fast paced project management team. Duties included

project records management, accounts payable, travel planning and events planning. Skills required

included oral and written communications, document transmittals and tracking, general office

management and high level discretion.

Highly independent, real estate acquisition, customer and team oriented position.

Ramsey County

June 2011 – August 2011

Administrative Secretary 2

Provided administrative and secretarial support to the Chair of the County Commissioners. Duties

included oral and written communications, travel arrangements, heavy calendar management, meeting

planning and phone screening. Skills required included high level administrative and computer usage,

discretion and records management.

Highly independent, public interests and communications orientation.

Closets By Design

May 2010 – June 2011

Design and Sales Consultant

Meet with residential and business clients to assess storage needs, design solutions and coordinate the

contracted project through effective customer service. Skills include spatial awareness, elemental design

and basic drafting, as well as being artistic, detail and customer service oriented.

Highly independent, customer oriented in this sales position.

Minnesota Public Radio

October 2004 – March 2010

Administrative Assistant

Daily support to two senior vice presidents and management staff members within operations, sales and

development divisions. Duties included: write correspondence, interface with department directors and

staff, manage and track projects, prepare presentation and marketing materials, edit high level

documents, records and calendar management, meeting planning, prepare and track expense reports,

budget tracking, coordinate travel arrangements and interface with board members and major donors.

Developed professional administrative support skills; Excellent stakeholder relationship builder.

Prudential Real Estate

June 2003 – June 2010

Real Estate Sales

Licensed as a professional realtor in the state of Minnesota, working with a local broker as

owner/operator of my own business. This included developing and implementing marketing and sales

strategies, client relations and management, and budget management.

Highly independent, business management and planning, customer oriented in this sales

position.

Champion Air

July 2000 – May 2003

Customer Support Supervisor

Responsible for monitoring domestic and international flight operations, managing flight delay issues

and passenger concerns. Duties included: Acting as liaison between dispatch operations, airport station

operations, and wholesale customers. Managed ground services coordination, safety and security

concerns, including in emergency situations, report management, budget and invoice management and

customer service call center supervision.

Certified through Homeland Security as a Ground Security Coordinator.

Bechtel Corporation

April 2000 – July 2000

Administrative Assistant

Temporary Assignment - Managed and organized a new office assigned to the Telecommunications

Division; responsible for a large multiple property acquisition and development project. Duties included

office management, meeting planning, document control, travel arrangements and staff support.

Additional Skills and Experience

Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and MS Project; Concur, Lawson and

QuickBooks (budget tracking software); on-boarding and training new employees; employee

supervision; project management for a parochial school system – including volunteer recruiting and

managing, planning, fundraising, marketing communications and budget reporting; working board

member in two community service organizations – including communications editor, events planning

and long range goal planning.

Volunteerism

Cynthia (Cyndi) Stephenson 651-994-6812 ∙ 651-226-4741 cstephenson57@yahoo.com

Chippewa Area Catholic Schools: Six years as the program manager for an arts residency, director of

fundraising projects, coordinator of high school student trips to Europe.

Habitat for Humanity: a non-profit that provides homes to less fortunate families at a below market

cost by way of volunteer construction labor and donated resources.

Main Street Program: a national historical downtown revitalization

Spare Key: a non-profit that provides financial gifts to families with seriously or terminally ill children

Education

Inver Hills Community College

Associate’s degree, IPS, Business Management Concentration, Construction (May 2011)

Project Management Certificate (July 2010)

University of Wisconsin, Stout

Early undergraduate work, Art, Design, CAD focus (2000-2002)

Cynthia (Cyndi) Stephenson 651-994-6812 ∙ 651-226-4741 cstephenson57@yahoo.com