Ashley Perault

Experience

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  Jumpstart

  Sept 2008 - May 2011

  Team Leader

  Developed language and literacy skills for preschool children with a team of peers. Facilitated classroom activities and coordinated meetings with team.

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  Towne Art Gallery

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Gallery Attendant

  Provided a welcoming presence to the gallery, allotted information to guests about the artwork when asked, and assisted in preparation for gallery shows.

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  Wheelock College

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Provided guidance in helping guests find materials, checked in and out items for use by Wheelock College students, answered questions and offered follow-up assistance. Communicated with and offered guidance to advisees, assisted in Orientation, and helped to coordinate events such as registration and minute clinics. Enabled and assisted students in processing film and developing prints for a college level photography course.

  • Circulation Desk Associate, Resource Center

    Dec 2011 - May 2012

  • Student Advisor

    Aug 2011 - May 2012

  • Darkroom Monitor

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2011
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  Babysitting

  May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Childcare Provider

  Babysitting and nannying two young children

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  City Year

  Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  Corps Member

  Served at-risk Boston Public School students by tracking attendance and providing weekly behavior and coursework interventions, as well as acting as a role model and classroom support and compiling lesson plans for a school-based after-school program. Provided more than 15 hours of direct coursework intervention with six students, which led to an improvement in their academic performance from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.-Service Reserves, Project Coordinator- Led groups of volunteers from City Year in completing 3 physical service projects on various service days. Also led a group from Bain Capital in the physical restoration of the Dearborn Middle School.-Neighborhood Giants, Programming committee- Prepared detailed guides and activities for a two part retreat meant to address leadership skills in middle-school students. -CSX/ Dearborn team, Attendance Coordinator- delegated team attendance-specific initiatives connected to the school's attendance goal of 95% ADA, created and regularly updated attendance data display, planned incentives to target students who were on-time, and collaborated with additional coordinators to create a more positive school climate.-Silent Server award recipient; January 2013- recognized for exemplary service in City Year Boston Show less

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  Boston Partners in Education

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2014

  Power Lunch Program Manager

  Responsibilities included recruiting, training,and supporting volunteers from 19 partner corporations, facilitating the student nomination process among teachers and school staff, making student-volunteer matches, managing eleven Site Coordinators, organizing Power Lunch social and fundraising events, and periodically observing volunteers in placements to ensure effective mentoring. -Social Media Committee: collaborated and planned social media strategy to be used by the organization throughout the year -AMP! Committee: Coordinated a nomination process among Boston Partners in Education staff for a volunteer appreciation event Show less

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  Brit + Co

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2015

  Freelance Editor

  As a freelance editor, I acted as a weekly contributor and curated recipes, home how-tos, wedding tips and DIYs fitting specific criteria to create web-posts intended to inspire creative activity amongst readers. My most-read posts included recipes utilizing the trendiest foods of 2014, a roundup of literary tattoos, and a curated list of natural hairstyles for curly hair.

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  Harvard University

  Oct 2014 - now

  In this role, I am responsible for identifying reporting improvements, producing functional requirements, testing user interface functionality, and communicating and developing/executing training staff on these improvements. I also triage FAS development data and reporting needs, train staff to pull and enter data correctly, and ensure data integrity through documentation of policies and procedures and auditing of data. On an annual basis, I'll oversee the Annual Report review process, which is integral to the accurate development of the FAS Annual Report (stewardship). I am also a partner to the FAS Gift Planning team, supporting their new director in creating business processes and identifying areas for improvement for their team. Show less I am a founding member of an internal working group aimed at improving diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our organization. In this role, I created content for monthly discussions, create dand shared facilitation guides with conversation moderators, and managed content related to DIB efforts on the intranet page. I also led quarterly strategic subcommittee meetings to determine the calendar of upcoming discussion topics. I have also led subcommittees to plan annual Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Weeks and observance of Pride Month. At the start of this working group, I was involved in creating an internal mission and values statement, diversity statement for job postings, and strategic plan for enhancing diversity, inclusion, and belonging within Alumni Affairs and Development. In 2019 and early 2020, I was the designated representative of Alumni Affairs and Development within the University Stakeholder DIB group; responsible for reviewing and contributing to University-wide strategic implementation of DIB initiatives and representing efforts taking place within the AA&D Department. Show less In addition to my responsibilities as a staff assistant, in the group leader role, I was a part of the planning and implementation of the following with my co-group leader: scheduling orientation and onboarding session for new staff assistants, participation in the interviewing process for all staff assistant and some director-level candidates in Capital Giving and Gift Planning, determining timely content for and leading meetings for staff assistants, including the communication of process changes, opportunities for additional projects, and new hires/departures. Additional responsibilities included coordinating with the director of Education and Training team to assess and create learning opportunities for staff assistants, working with operations around processes in reporting, informing systems upgrades and overseeing year-end data review, and coordinating interim administrative support as needs arise. Show less As a staff assistant, I provided support for a Regional Director of Capital Giving and a Senior Regional Director of Capital Giving by arranging travel, creating briefings on major gift donors for meetings with administrators, supporting the volunteer committee planning for Chicago, and tracking expenses. Additional responsibilities included creating agendas for a bi-weekly regional planning meeting, pulling portfolio data for officers to review, supporting the planning of twice yearly stewardship lunches for high-level New York donors, and maintaining data integrity through input into the Advance database. Special projects I've taken part in include the development of regional plans for two core regions and the creation of a list of alumni with board memberships at various regional private schools. -Informational Interview Program: I led the creation and implementation of a team mentoring program, which entered the pilot phase in early 2017. -AA&D-wide Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, which is tasked with developing an office-wide culture shift to implement inclusivity within the AA&D environment. Through this, I worked with a team to develop a series of discussions intended to create a dialogue for issues in diversity. Show less

  • Business Process Analyst

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Member: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Work Group

    Mar 2016 - now

  • Business Process Specialist

    Sept 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Business Process Coordinator, Operations

    Oct 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Staff Assistant Specialist/Group Leader

    Apr 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Staff Assistant

    Oct 2014 - Apr 2017
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  Amplify Gender Equity & Leadership Initiative

  Mar 2024 - May 2024

  Lead