Samantha Garrick

Experience

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  Spicywear

  Feb 2003 - Apr 2010

  Business Creator and Owner

  Founded, creatively directed, and operated international knitwear business

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  L.A. GOAL

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2017

  Adult Developmental Disabilities Volunteer

  Taught educational, vocational, and recreational programs for adults with developmental disabilities

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  Special Olympics

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  Tennis Coach Assistant

  Taught tennis skills to adults with developmental disabilities & judged Fall Games

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  Burgess Cafe

  Feb 2013 - Nov 2015

  Barista

  Made and served coffee and tea beverages for Skidmore students & worked the cash register

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  The Larder at Burton Way

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Barista

  Crafted coffee and tea beverages for customers. Also assisted in serving, working the cash register, customer service, and keeping the restaurant in order

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  Matte Black: A Culture Marketing Firm

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Cultural Marketing Firm Intern

  Developed and implemented branding and social media client advertising

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  TreePeople

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Photography Volunteer

  Volunteered to photograph park clean-up days as well as special environmental events. These photographs were displayed in newsletters and online

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  Anthropology Department at Skidmore College

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2014

  Visual Anthropology Research Assistant

  Organized photographs and video clips from field work and transcribed audio-recorded interviews

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  The School for Field Studies

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Summer Researcher

  Cultural anthropology and environmental conservation research

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  Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

  Workforce Management Assistant

  Assisted athletes, ambassadors, and coaches around campus and in the dining hall. Executed leadership responsibilities by transporting teams to-and-from events, congratulating and consoling athletes

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  "Fear, Hunger, and Hope"

  Feb 2016 - May 2016

  Transcriber and Editor

  Transcribed and edited "Fear, Hunger, and Hope" by Sheila Duggal - a handwritten memoir of a German survivor of Nazism and Communism in East Germany

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  Sundance Institute

  May 2016 - Nov 2016

  Documentary Film Fund Intern

  Reviewed and critiqued incoming visual and written documentary fund applications, collaborated in creative and strategic round table discussions about nonfiction film structures and grant writing, crafted monthly grantee newsletters, updated the Sundance Documentary webpage, conversed with filmmakers, managed the department's email inbox, and planned Sundance Documentary Program events

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  Public Outreach Fundraising

  Apr 2017 - May 2017

  Fundraising Representative

  Face to face fundraising representative for UNICEF

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  Best Buddies in California

  May 2017 - now

  Responsible for developing and implementing large regional fundraising events, securing foundation and/or grant opportunities, and managing the local advisory board and associate committees in LA Oversaw and managed a team of four in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. Ensured proper funding was in place for all job placements and job coaching, assisted with fundraisers, planned events, ran a full-desk of inclusive recruiting, presented diversity and inclusion sensitivity trainings, hosted leadership development trainings, and developed relationships with businesses that foster an inclusive and diverse environment in order to hire individuals with IDD in LA & OC Oversaw and managed a team of three in the Los Angeles area. Ensured proper funding was in place for all job placements and job coaching, assisted with fundraisers, planned events, presented diversity and inclusion sensitivity trainings, hosted leadership development trainings, and developed relationships with businesses that foster an inclusive and diverse environment in order to hire individuals with IDD in LA Assisted twenty-five clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by matching, training, and coaching them to successfully maintain job placements. Additionally, developed and sustained employer partnerships, managed case files, oversaw individual participant fundraising for organization events, and conducted quarterly and annual Individual Written Program Plans (IWPP) to ensure progression toward goals

  • Director of Development

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Program Supervisor, Jobs - Los Angeles & Orange County

    Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Program Supervisor, Jobs - Los Angeles

    Nov 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Employment Consultant

    May 2017 - Nov 2018