Amy Larson

Experience

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  Pacific Lutheran University

  May 2011 - May 2013

  The Conference and Events office runs all the scheduling of events on campus and sets up rooms for all the events. In my event personnel position, I set up for events. When working the desk, I answered phone calls and helped those who came into the office with any questions they had or with scheduling a room, media, catering, and set-up. Through PLU's Student Involvement and Leadership office, I worked with one to two other students and our supervisor to plan events on weekend evenings. These events were put in place to give students alternative opportunities for Friday and Saturday nights when there were no other activities already happening on campus. I worked as a New Student Orientation Coordinator for two summers. This included planning a five day training for around 50 Orientation Guides, leading training, and overseeing PLU's five day Orientation for new students. After my two years of experience, I created a manual and time line for future coordinators to reference.

  • Conference and Events Personnel

    Sept 2012 - May 2013

  • Late Night Programmer (Student Involvement and Leadership)

    Sept 2011 - May 2013

  • New Student Orientation Coordinator

    May 2011 - Nov 2012
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  YEAH! (Youth Engagement Advocacy Housing)

  Aug 2013 - May 2016

  Community Relations Coordinator

  Administrative and Operations Management - Managed organizational accounts payable and processed all donations - Facilitated office hours and programming for youth staying at the shelter - Created new donor database to track and analyze all monetary donations using Excel - Stayed under a $1,000/month budget to provide 58 meals a day - Tracked, purchased, and coordinated donations of all shelter suppliesVolunteer and Development Coordination - Increased volunteer numbers by 39%, recruiting and training 180 volunteers annually - Created a volunteer scheduling system in google documents to coordinate an average of 57 volunteers each week - Regularly created and delivered presentations to community groups to garner new support and continue relationships - Gave facility tours on a regular basis to potential and current donors - Collaborated with CEO to plan and carry out fundraisers, including annual benefit - Developed and published a monthly newsletter to garner community support Show less

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  KaBOOM!

  May 2016 - Nov 2019

  Project Manager

  Community Build Manager- Managed 34 volunteer-built playground projects, each with 100 to 300 volunteers- Cultivated successful partnerships between community groups, civic leaders, and Fortune 500 sponsors through - five-week to two-month collaborative planning processes- Served as media spokesperson for KaBOOM! in television, radio, and print interviews- Managed project budgets between $58,000 and $257,000 - totaling over $2.5 million- Coordinated all external vendors and contractors for each projectSpecial Projects- Led pilot program and standardization of using Eventbrite for all KaBOOM! events- Selected for leadership role in piloting new playground vendor- Led a team to create, update, and add efficiencies to enhancement projects- Created efficiency enhancing tool to order supplies from external vendors- Selected by senior staff to work on a cross-organizational team to plan and execute annual all-staff retreat- Trained and mentored associate project managers Show less

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  Hopelink

  Jan 2020 - now

  Events Manager