Chris Simms

Experience

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  Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

  Jun 1994 - Oct 2011

  Executive Assistant To Chief Executive Officer

  Performed all duties for CEO, including appointment scheduling, emails, and phone calls. Assisted other departments as needed, including HR, Marketing & IT. Maintained community online calendar. Staffed and supported board meetings using Roberts Rules of Order, took minutes, distributed board materials, maintained comprehensive board contact list, maintained and updated by-laws, Supervised front desk staff. Maintained database and generated reports and community mail lists. Managed events for office and oversaw missions management, working with travel and staffing professionals in various countries, as well as assisting participants with registration, travel documents, visas, etc. Managed expense reporting for CEO, supply ordering for office, and events/meetings. Assisted community members as needed. Created and managed Constant Contact eblasts and lists. Created and maintained community organization directory. Show less

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  Congregation Shearith Israel

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Administrative Assistant

  Assistant to busy clerical office and Rabbi, maintained office/event calendar, assisted with day school management as needed, prepared event materials, managed Rabbi's calendar and appointments, database management and research, maintained and supported volunteer scheduling, assisted with High Holiday preparations, managed weekly eblasts, and daily eblasts if needed, to congregants. Also assisted with front desk coverage as needed.

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  DevCorpIsrael

  Jun 2012 - Jan 2022

  Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

  Assists Executive Regional Director and supports staff in two offices. Heavy customer service by phone and in person. Detailed database management, reporting, and billing. Processing purchase payments and maintaining detailed logs. Assists clients with research, purchases, and personal account management. Manages accounts payable, check writing and accruals for both offices, Director's expense reporting, supply ordering, works with vendors, and preps all expense and financial transactions and reporting to Accounting Department at national headquarters. Manage staffing timeclock, reporting and staff training. Assists with Zoom meeting scheduling and management, Constant Contact campaigns, and event registration and reporting. In-office IT support and works closely with IT department on equipment installations, new program rollouts, and technical issues. Manages document retention policies. Oversees new-hire process and document transmission to HR. Show less

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  Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

  Jan 2022 - now

  Program Assistant