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DocuSign Envelope ID:23BA7659-F394-4BDA-9F51-8F55B05908A8 <br /> Co-Founder&Manager(volunteer)-Refugee Women's Micro-Enterprise Initiative,Raleigh,NC <br /> November 2004-March 2008 <br /> Coordination and management of events,presentations,fundraising,sales,transportation and translation <br /> for participants;garnering publicity;management of volunteers and interns <br /> Production Assistant-Walton Music(choral music publisher), Chapel Hill,NC <br /> January 2003 -December 2003 <br /> Initiating and tracking production;reviewing submissions;writing and editing press releases, liner <br /> notes,ad copy and correspondence;assisting in final decisions for publication;tracking,securing& <br /> updating copyrights <br /> Arts Project Coordinator/Booking Agent-Ethnographic Explorations,Durham,NC <br /> April 2000-December 2004 <br /> Developing multifaceted multi-cultural arts events in the Triangle;booking international artists in the <br /> US;negotiating contracts;fundraising;coordinating facility use;arranging for travel,accommodations <br /> and food for artists&scholars;publicity;managing budgets.Projects included: <br /> •The Gnawa: African Trance Culture in Morocco <br /> •The Minangkabau:Muslim Matriarchy in West Sumatra <br /> Director of Domestic& International Sales/Booking-Alula Records,Inc.,Durham,NC <br /> 1997-2001 <br /> Developing local and international markets for CD releases;booking US musical tours;co-writing, <br /> editing and translating press releases and liner notes;managing accounts receivable; assisting in art <br /> direction;managing inventory control;negotiating contracts <br /> Administrator-Ladyslipper,Inc. (non-profit label/distributor/catalog),Durham,NC <br /> 1994- 1997 <br /> Purchasing and accounting;gaining retail sales;archiving Ladyslipper releases from 1976 onward; <br /> advertising sales;networking at music festivals <br /> Coordinator-Northern Arizona University Museum of Art&Art Gallery,Flagstaff,AZ <br /> 1991 - 1993 <br /> Coordinating exhibitions and events;archiving museum's permanent collection;writing artist bios <br /> and artwork descriptions;managing Art Gallery&Gift Shop;organizing artist receptions <br /> Skills <br /> Computer Other <br /> Windows Languages(French,some Spanish) <br /> Microsoft applications Community partnership <br /> Explorer, Safari,Fi efox Contract negotiation <br /> Mac applications Sponsorship acquisition <br /> 60+WPM Grassroots publicity <br /> ViewPath Networking <br /> Vision Internet Facebook <br /> Volunteerism <br /> •Board Member-FRANK Gallery <br /> •Board Member-Choral Society of Durham <br /> •Board member-The Carrack Modern Art <br /> •Co-Founder&Coordinator-Windows on Chapel Hill(pop-up art installation project) <br /> •Founder-Refugee Women's Micro-Enterprise Initiative <br /> •Volunteer-The Carrack Modern Art,Durham,NC <br /> •Volunteer-Durham Storefront Project <br />