Corporate Trainer at Mohawk Valley Community College
Utica, New York Area
- Current
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- Adjunct Coordinator at Mohawk Valley Community College
- Corporate Trainer at Mohawk Valley Community College
- Adjunct Instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College
- Administrative/Philanthropic Consultant at Central New York Conservancy
- Consultant at Susan D. Smith Consultant in Philanthropy (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Program Specialist at Mohawk Valley Community College
- Grants Administrator at Rome Memorial Hospital
- Volunteer at AIDS Community Resources
- Consultant at The Women's Fund
- Executive Director at Utica Symphony Orchestra
- Senior Program Officer at Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
- Director of Development at Eastman Dental Center
- Ass't to Director for Public Info & Development at Univ. of Rochester Cancer Center
- Education
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- University of Rochester
- Villanova University
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Susan Smith’s Summary
Consulting and training for nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses including the following areas: strategic planning, board development, leadership training/coaching; writing (business writing, technical report writing);
Public speaking and teaching background: adjunct faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College (Dept. of Humanities); presentations to local corporations about conducting great meetings; leadership; business/technical writing; in-demand speaker for organizations: developing a board that can fund raise, living your organization's mission/vision/values, grant making & grant seeking - the mind of a grantmaker
Susan Smith’s Specialties:
strategic planning, training, marketing communications, writing/editing/print production, graphic design, report writing, grantsmanship, fund development planning, board development, leadership training
Susan Smith’s Experience
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Adjunct Coordinator
Mohawk Valley Community College
(Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Oversight for adjuncts in all academic departments of the college; advocacy on behalf of adjuncts; design programs to improve and enhance adjunct teaching/learning; engage adjuncts in all aspects of institutional culture; develop initiatives to recruit and retain adjuncts.
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Corporate Trainer
Mohawk Valley Community College
(Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Provide training to for-profit and non-profit companies in areas of Business Communications, technical writing, leadership skills, problem-solving, decision-making, management skills, customer service, performance reviews, writing job descriptions, developing and writing business plans.
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Adjunct Instructor
Mohawk Valley Community College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
Part-time faculty position teaching writing/composition and literature
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Administrative/Philanthropic Consultant
Central New York Conservancy
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
October 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)
Consultant on annual retainer to nonprofit parks conservancy that serves a multi-county region in central NY State. The CNY Conservancy preserves, restores and promotes Olmsted-designed parks in Utica, NY as well as green spaces throughout Oneida, Madison, Herkimer, Lewis and Otsego Counties. My role is to develop administrative systems and to provide oversight for marketing/communications and all aspects of the organization's development function.
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Consultant
Susan D. Smith Consultant in Philanthropy (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Philanthropy industry)
June 1991 — Present (18 years 7 months)
Nonprofit consulting, including strategic planning, board training, fund development planning, leadership/team building and coaching.
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Program Specialist
Mohawk Valley Community College
(Higher Education industry)
April 2008 — August 2008 (5 months)
Program Specialist for Continuing Professional Education and Lifelong Leraning and Corporate Trainer in the Center for Community and Economic Development
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Grants Administrator
Rome Memorial Hospital
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
July 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Oversight for all grants activity for hospital
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Volunteer
AIDS Community Resources
(Philanthropy industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
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Consultant
The Women's Fund
(Philanthropy industry)
2000 — 2006 (6 years )
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Executive Director
Utica Symphony Orchestra
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
January 2001 — March 2004 (3 years 3 months)
Administrative oversight for nonprofit symphony orchestra
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Senior Program Officer
Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)
October 1996 — August 2000 (3 years 11 months)
Oversight of grant making for community foundation with more than $52 million in assets; liaison to 2-county grant making committees; technical assistance for nonprofit organizations in areas of grant seeking, fund development, planning and board development.
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Director of Development
Eastman Dental Center
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 1987 — April 1991 (4 years 4 months)
Oversight for all dental center fund development, PR, marketing, communications and community outreach activities for university-based dental research, education and treatment center.
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Ass't to Director for Public Info & Development
Univ. of Rochester Cancer Center
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 1980 — December 1986 (6 years 9 months)
Oversight for all marketing/communications, public relations, publications, community outreach activities for decentralized university-based cancer treatment and research center; secondary appointment to Office of Medical Center Development with focus on corporate/foundation relations grant seeking on behalf of the Cancer Center
Susan Smith’s Education
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University of Rochester
MA , English , 1981 — 1983
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Villanova University
1971 — 1976
Additional Information
Susan Smith’s Interests:
community benefit organizations; board development; strategic planning; training & instruction in writing, leadership and technical communications; fly fishing; sporting clays; knitting; spinning; sewing/quilting, weaving, hippotherapy and equine-assisted therapy
Susan Smith’s Groups:
Oneida County Health Coalition, 2-1-1 Leatherstocking Region Planning Group
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Susan Smith’s Contact Settings
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