Marina Higdon

Experience

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  AOC, LLC

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Bi-lingual Administrative Assistant

  Assisted with communications with AOC’s joint venture in Mexico, and development programs in South America (including Brazil), South Africa, and several European countries.Supported HR, Engineering, and Global Purchasing VPs, and extended support to Executive Assistant to CFO and CEO.Reports, presentations, graphs, charts, calendar management, travel, expenses, emails, correspondence, conferences, events.

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  Bank of America

  Jul 2004 - Jun 2011

  Sr. Legal Administrative Assistant

  Administrative support to Assistant General Counsel, attorneys and paralegals, and respective teams. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications – Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Visio, plus Adobe, and other internal applications.Proficiency in Legal Billing applications.Manage calendars, conferences, web meetings, videoteleconferences, travel, expenses, editing and proofreading, research, reports, correspondence, email, electronic filing, file sharing, legal billing support, and scanning, faxing, copying, filing documents. Show less

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  International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Vice President Programs IAAP Kachina-East Valley Chapter

  Contracted excellent speakers to present at chapter events, helped organize annual event involving all chapters in the valley. Main responsibility was contract venue/catering and speakers, and involved in contracting vendors and obtaining door prizes. Introduced speakers at events.

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  International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2017

  Administer Pathways to Excellence Program. Organized 2013 Division Education Forum Annual Meeting/AZ-NV-NM Division of International Association of Administrative Professionals - 20th Anniversary Contracted venue, speakers, and vendors, obtained re-certification approval, marketed and advertised event. Our chapter mission is to promote excellence through education, professional development, networking and mentoring. IAAP’s motto this year is “Making the Leap to Remarkable”.Represent chapter as delegate at Division Education Forum Annual Meeting, and Education Forum Annual Meeting (International). Make sure programs offered to members offer re-certification. Sponsored chartering of Chapter Brazil.

  • AZ-NM Branch Director

    Apr 2015 - Jul 2017

  • AZ-NV-NM Division President

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  • AZ-NV-NM Division President-Elect

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  • AZ-NV-NM Division Vice President

    Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

  • AZ-NV-NM Division Chair, Education event in AZ and 2013 DEFAM

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Kachina-East Valley Chapter Immediate Past President

    Jun 2010 - Jun 2013
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  Bank of America

  Sept 2011 - May 2013

  Administrative Assistant III

  Supported two VPs Underwriting and eight Team Leaders, with staff of approximately 100. Pulled production reports, updated bulletin board, published monthly newsletter. Made all travel arrangements, and submitted all expense reports. Requested and maintained corporate credit cards. Requested new technology and upgrades, facilities maintenance and repairs, office supplies. Participated in safety committee, corporate campaigns, and special events, i.e., United Way, Employee Health Benefits, Ergonomics training. Reported staff changes, updated distribution lists for VPs and Team Leaders, issued and audited associates access badges. Reserved conference rooms, prepared VPs and leaders for meetings, web meetings, and maintained calendars of daily activities, 1:1s, travel, vacations. Prepared correspondence, responded to email inquiries, distributed communications. Managed repair/maintenance of office equipment - telephones, pcs, laptops, copiers, fax, and scanners. Facilitated issuing of parking stickers for associates. Collaborated with other Bank administrative assistants nationwide through an internal administrative professional’s network. Made sure all unit associates completed assigned training within deadlines. Show less

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  Mercer - Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

  Administrative Assistant

  Assisted with travel arrangements, expense reports, and calendar (Outlook) to schedule meetings, interviews, and onboarding of new employees. Trained in peering of documents and invoices, correspondence, meeting notes, charts, diagrams, and tables.

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  CVS Health

  Mar 2014 - Jun 2021

  Administrative Coordinator

  Supported Member Communications Operations Team (150 associates). Assisted Directors and their teams with onboarding full time associates and contractors; ordered equipment, accessories, software, and served as liaison between associates and IT technicians and Help Desk. Coordinated calendars; scheduled meetings (WebEx and Microsoft Teams); coordinated events; travel; submitted expense reports; answered email inquiries; put together presentations; submitted report updates. Windows environment - proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Outlook, Microsoft Teams, WebEx, Ariba, Concur, and other internal programs and software. Show less

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  TransPerfect

  Jul 2021 - now

  Interpreter