Cheri Hardisty Battrick

Experience

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  Di-Mel Associates

  Apr 1983 - Jul 1988

  Secretary to the Owner/General Manager

  Processing all orders (including fielding all incoming calls, gathering specifications, obtaining costs for custom items, issuing written quotations, purchase orders, and invoices); Maintaining all camera ready art files; Establishing and maintaining supplier files; Maintaining sales and commission logs; Typing all company correspondence; and handling all incoming and outgoing shipments. Several years after leaving the company I created the company’s first Employee Handbook. When I married and moved away, I resigned this position and sought employment closer to my new home. Show less

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  D&F Industries

  Aug 1988 - Sept 1993

  Hiring/firing/disciplinary action. Implementing workman’s compensation loss control measures; Serving as a liaison between upper and lower levels of management; Researching, recommending and implementing all Employee insurance programs including open enrollment; Evaluating, recommending and implementing a solution to high unemployment claims and high work comp premiums; Maintaining and improving employee morale; Creating, compiling, and distributing the company’s first Employee Handbook and Safety Manual and issuing needed updates; and writing ad copy for available employment opportunities. Due to the high cost of living in Southern California, I moved to Salt Lake City with the hope of a better life. Show less

  • Personnel Manager

    Aug 1991 - Sept 1993

  • Executive Secretary to the CFO

    Aug 1988 - Aug 1991
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  Self-employed

  Sept 1993 - Nov 1999

  Full-time Homemaker/Community Volunteer/Foster Parent

  I served as a full-time foster mother for teenage boys who had been victims of abuse and had been in inpatient treatment. I worked for the State of Utah through a contracted service company called Youth Services International (which is now no longer in existence). In this role I taught them life skills and helped them learn what a normal family life was so that they could hopefully create functioning families of their own. I also volunteered for a teacher in the Granite School District who was disabled. I helped her with classroom set-up, bulletin boards, grading, and also served pro bono as an in-classroom aide. During this time period we moved from Salt Lake City to Hamilton Missouri. Once in Missouri I did pro bono interior design work for a bed and breakfast in Kidder, Missouri in exchange for free rent (living at the B&B). When the economy in Missouri became worse, I could not continue in this realm and sought/obtained employment. Show less

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  Harper House Tea Room

  Nov 1999 - Mar 2001

  Various progressively increasing positions including Marketing Representative

  Analyzing cash flow; Researching alternative vendors and cost-cutting methods and recommending changes; and handling all marketing efforts. When the two owners could not agree on a revised business plan, I resigned in order to stay out of the middle.

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  Self-employed

  Mar 2001 - Aug 2004

  Full-time Homemaker/Community Volunteer

  Secretary to the Board of Directors for the Caldwell County Area Business Association; Secretarial assistance for KMRN Radio; and Program Director for the Hamilton Community Theater. When my first husband and I divorced, I was no longer able to continue in this realm, and sought/obtained employment to sustain myself.

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  Green Hills Women's Shelter (Division of Green Hills Community Action Agency)

  Aug 2004 - Jul 2006

  Case Manager/Volunteer Coordinator

  Creating, developing, promoting, and presenting six different outreach and education programs to increase domestic violence awareness; Researching and establishing relationships with appropriate community partners; Promoting the shelter through writing press releases, making radio appearances, and providing information at health fairs; Creating and distributing a monthly volunteer newsletter; Establishing a shelter mailing list; Recruiting, training, scheduling, and overseeing volunteers; Serving on the Caldwell County Integrated Services Committee; Writing client and shelter success stories; Developing and distributing client and volunteer satisfaction surveys; and Creating and updating forms and reports. I was promoted from this position to a position at the Corporate Headquarters of the parent company to oversee the final year of a grant-funded pilot project. Show less

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  Caldwell County News

  Nov 2005 - May 2007

  Freelance Reporter

  Providing press coverage and writing news articles for City Council and School Board Meetings; Developing, researching and writing feature articles. This was a moonlighting position. When my day job became more intense, I resigned this position to devote more time and effort to my day job.

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  Green Hills Community Action Agency

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

  Providing intense strengths-based case management for clients seeking to overcome poverty through the Family Support Program; Developing and implementing a comprehensive program for Pre-employment Training Services (PETS) including COPS, COPES, and CAPS testing with composite results, one-on-one job coaching, and workshops related to dressing for success, resume creation, interviewing skills, job search, and job retention; Designing and implementing enhanced skills workshops to teach Emergency and Family Preparedness, Family Enrichment, Tornado Safety, Diabetes Education, Energy Conservation, and Personal Finance; Developed community partnerships with the American Red Cross, North Central Missouri College, Workforce Investment Board, and various disaster response and human services organizations; Assisting with the Interior Design of and the Community Open House for new Harrison County GHCAA office; monitoring and tracking of service hours provided by graduates of the Step Up to Leadership program; Coordinating volunteer program and appointment schedule for Missouri Property Tax Credit preparation; Tracking customer needs for future program development. I resigned this position due to medical issues (now resolved). Show less Handling all planning, publicity and execution of agency-wide events; Writing, graphic design, layout and production of county-specific and internal agency newsletters; Providing resources to nine counties for workshops; Graphic design for brochures and public relations pieces; Writing and issuing press releases; Maintaining databases in Access; Facilitating Poverty Simulations; Developing and conducting Poverty Symposiums and compiling results from the same for submission for use in the National Roadmap Out of Poverty. Upon having a change of supervisors, and remarrying, I applied for and made a lateral move to accept a position with the same company which was closer to my new home. Show less Recruiting, screening, and enrolling qualified applicants in the C.A.R.E. Project; Overseeing all aspects of the C.A.R.E. Project; Creating and leading case management teams; Developing community partnerships and identifying resources; Identifying and scheduling instructors; Documenting all aspects of the project; Maintaining client case notes; Compiling and preparing statistical outcomes; Developing forms; Coordinating quarterly partner breakfasts including speakers, agendas, and all other details; Responsible for internal service integration; Creating brochures for year-end statistical reports; Developing forms to be used agency-wide to facilitate better communication; Researching, writing, and issuing press releases; Designing, publishing and distributing agency newsletters; Creating all procedures and materials necessary for conducting poverty symposiums. When the grant funding for the CARE Project ended, the company created a new position for me as Communications and Resource Development Coordinator. Show less

  • Community Coordinator

    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Communications and Resource Development Coordinator

    Aug 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Case Leader/Community Liaison

    Jul 2006 - Aug 2007
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  Pastime and Carlyles

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

  Sales Associate

  Retail sales clerk duties including stocking, pricing, waiting on customers and cashiering; food service duties including stocking, food preparation, serving, and cashiering; graphic design of menus and ad copy; created and conducted cost analysis to increase profitability of food service; interior design work including display, floral design, and assisting customers with product selection for their homes. This was only a part-time position. I resigned in order to accept a position with Aflac.

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  American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)

  May 2010 - Sept 2010

  Sales Associate

  Generating leads; Prospecting by phone and in person; cold calling commercial and residential prospects; sales presentations to business owners and individuals; group and one-on-one employee presentations; enrollment; liaison between Aflac WWHQ and local accounts; trained billing personnel regarding online billing; prepared account service notebooks for Section 125 plans. I resigned this position as the cost of sales in that rural area far exceeded commissions. Subsequently I relocated to Utah to seek better opportunities and return to school. Show less

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  BYUnity

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Focus Group Facilitator

  Conducting and documenting focus group feedback for BYUnity (a subset of BYUSA)

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  Brigham Young University

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Receptionist for Advancement Department

  Front desk receptionist for Hinckley Center and 2nd floor reception area; answering phones; greeting and directing visitors; fielding patron questions; invoicing for building use; processing credit card, check, and cash payments; assisting with all aspects of University Awards project including nominations, liaison and correspondence work with selectees, arranging all aspects of events to honor awardees including purchasing, scheduling, and arranging transportation and lodging; A/R for Alumni Association; issuing congratulatory letters from the Alumni Association; creating tracking system for building maintenance; creating text for Hinckley Center building reservation website; writing policy and procedure manual for use of receptionists. This position was only a part-time position. I resigned to accept a full-time position elsewhere, however the new position turned out to be for a company with no ethics, so I did not start there, and instead began networking to look for the right opportunity. Show less

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  Mountain States Steel

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Executive Assistant/Bookkeeper

  Provide executive level support for the C.F.O. including creation of a multi-tiered filing system for accounting and project management; Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable, and identifying and tracking opportunities for cost reduction and actual reduction in expenses.

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  Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple

  May 2013 - Jun 2017

  Executive Secretary to the Temple Presidency

  Provide executive level administrative support to the temple presidency members and the temple matrons; also the temple recorder and his assistants. Handle human resources for over 3800 temple volunteers (new volunteer interviews and documentation, leaves of absence, changes of shift and positions, and releases from service). Executive level report. Supporting visiting General Authorities of the Church. Handling special projects such as working with the Church History Department on the development of an archive system for the temple's historical materials and then creating that archive from extant documents. Training and coordination of administrative volunteers who support the Presidency and Matrons. Event planning for annual events attended by temple employees including temple worker devotionals, picnics, and Christmas luncheons. Show less

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  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  Jun 2017 - Mar 2020

  Administrative Assistant 2

  Provide executive level administrative support for the Facilities Manager (and later to two facilities managers). Accounting support includes accounts payable; accounts receivable; payroll; fleet and mileage reports; purchasing supplies, commodities, and furnishings through e-Market; handling work-order documentation; setting up approved vendors; maintaining adequate insurance documentation for all approved vendors; issuing site maintenance agreements; conducting safety training; purchase card reports; liaison work with local church leaders; and special projects as assigned. Show less

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  Personal Chapters, LLC

  Jul 2017 - now

  Creative Director
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  The Zion Story -- Written History Collection

  Jan 2019 - now

  Historical Record Preservation Specialist

  Creating and presenting curriculum to inspire and help those members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have felt inspired to move to Missouri since the Extermination Order of 1838 to write the stories of their return and their experiences since returning. In addition, I provide coaching assistance to those who are writing their histories.

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  Epiphanies and More

  Mar 2020 - now

  Author, Speaker, Presenter and Writing Coach
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  The Zion Story -- Coming Home to Zion Oral History Collection

  Dec 2020 - now

  Historical Record Preservation Specialist