Operations Analyst at State of Minnesota
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- Operations Analyst at State of Minnesota - Dept of Employment & Economic Development
- Ava's Garden and Arbonne at Small Business Owner
- Past
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- Mortgage Counselor / Processer at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
- Training Specialist at Carlson Hotels Worldwide
- Corporate Security at Carlson Companies
- Administrative Assistant at Allina
- Call Center Teleprofessional Lead and Trainer at Volkart, May & Associates
- Teacher Trainee at SpeakEasy Language Center
- Education
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- University of Saint Thomas - School of Business
- University of Saint Thomas - School of Business
- Friends World College (FWC has now merged into Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus)
- Macalester College
- Steven Covey
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Ava J Tamis McKnight’s Summary
Culturally-literate and self-motivated program manager with experience working across all levels in corporate, small-business and non-profit environments. Excellent networking, communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to create cohesive teams.
Ava J Tamis McKnight’s Experience
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Operations Analyst
State of Minnesota - Dept of Employment & Economic Development
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Perform unemployment insurance activities in the areas of applicant and/or employer accounts including employer decision making, benefit overpayments, fraud control, determining benefit eligibility, ensuring accurate payments and providing unemployment insurance program information.
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Ava's Garden and Arbonne
Small Business Owner
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Ava's Garden. Small batch pestos and compound butters sold through the Mill City Farmer's Market. Chosen to represent Mill City Farmers Market at the inaugural Fresh Taste Minneapolis event.
Arbonne. Pure. Safe. Beneficial. Wellness products for skin, nutrition and balance. -
Mortgage Counselor / Processer
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
(Public Company; WFC; Financial Services industry)
December 2008 — April 2009 (5 months)
In this long term temp position I assist borrowers in determining their qualification and interest in one specific no-cost refinance product WFHM offers. I provided follow up and assessment of needed documentation for the refinance.
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Training Specialist
Carlson Hotels Worldwide
(Privately Held; Hospitality industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
Developed and refined hotel brand trainings for hotel executives and owners of hotels in the Americas. Responsible for planning, training delivery, and hosting week-long training sessions.
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Corporate Security
Carlson Companies
(Privately Held; Legal Services industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years)
Executed day-to-day operation as well as data management of domestic and international background due diligence and worldwide employee ethics programs. Supported employee dishonesty investigations, ethics employee hotline transcription, and owner and senior management travel safety.
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Administrative Assistant
Allina
(Information Services industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Managed asset tracking of desktop equipment of Allina corporate, clinic and hospital sites using MS Access database. Provided administrative support to Desktop Support executives and technicians.
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Call Center Teleprofessional Lead and Trainer
Volkart, May & Associates
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Trained and coached tele-professional staff placing business-to-business sales, informational and event outbound calls. Performed script editing and break-fix testing for programmers.
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Teacher Trainee
SpeakEasy Language Center
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year)
This amazing language learning method taught adults at an accelerated speed. University of Minnesota students would pass their annual language requirements after a three month course at SpeakEasy.
Ava J Tamis McKnight’s Education
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University of Saint Thomas - School of Business
Mini-MBA , Nonprofit Organizations , 2008 — 2008
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University of Saint Thomas - School of Business
Mini Master , Nonprofit Finance , 2008 — 2008
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Friends World College (FWC has now merged into Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus)
Adult Community Education 1983 — 1984
This was a small quaker-founded college without walls to which I was enrolled for a year. There was no coursework beyond a period of orientation and students were required to learn through internships. Through networking from New York City, I obtained my internship in a community-based learning center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The center was founded in a housing project by Andrea Freud Lowenstein to promote literacy as a means of rising from poverty. I continued to work part time with the center for the next six years. My enrollment at FWC is not included on my official resume because when they merged into Long Island University my records were not retained.
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Macalester College
Music/Political Science 1980 — 1982
My choice of studies followed my interest in the role of music in social-political movements of the United States.
- Activities and Societies:
- Jazz Chior, Student coffeehouse musical talent, Campus event musician and chapel soloist, Student activism organizations member, Organized bread baking for WHO Fast Event
Student Work Program: Library Staff and Book Repair; Chapel Attendant; Cafeteria healthful choices founder and cook
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Steven Covey
7 Habits Highly Effective People
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Related Experience: Community Center Work and Learning (Cambridge, Somerville and Roxbury, MA and Pittsburgh, PA): -Adult ESL Teacher -Haitian Creole student -Adult ESL and ABL teacher training -Creative writing group facilitator -Youth dramatics teacher Healers Resource Center, Cambridge, MA, founded by Chaya Sarah Sadeh. -Facilitated introductory groups for individuals interested in learning a variety of healing modalities. -Scheduled, advertised, hosted and staffed (interview, hire, fire) weekend fairs. -Secured repeat business by knowing customer's individual names, interests and needs.
Ava J Tamis McKnight’s Groups:
St. Luke (current)
Women Who Really Cook (2008-)
West Lake Progressives - founder and host (2008-)
Informational Interviewing (2007-2008)
CPI Professional Edge (2007-2008)
SagePRESENCE Professional Training and Coaching (participant 2007)
Toastmaster International (2003-present)
United Way Emerging Leader
SHiFT; www.shiftonline.org (2007)
Carlson Multicultural Committee (2006-2007)
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University of St Thomas - Opus College of Business -
Minnesota Networking Group -
The Recruitment Network -
LinkedMinnesota -
Macalester College -
StrengthsFinder -- I know my strengths! -
Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide -
Toastmasters International Members -
Women Who Really Cook -
Career Partners / Professional Edge -
Carlson Alumni -
The Sage Network
Ava J Tamis McKnight’s Honors:
Carlsonics Toastmasters
-Club President 2004 – 2005
-Competent Leader
-Competent Communicator
-"Toastmaster of the Year", (nominated by group members, 2005)
Carlson Hotels Worldwide
-"Caring Award" nominee, (nominated by management, 2006)
Early honors:
-Poet-in-the-schools high school mentorship recipient (chosen by poet based on teacher nomination and submitted work)
-"High School Journalism and Photography" attendee at University of Minnesota (chosen by newspaper faculty adviser and sponsored by high school)
-"High school Yearbook Editor" attendee at University of Minnesota (chosen by yearbook faculty adviser and sponsored by high school)
-Self-published annual poetry booklets for nine years
-Rotary Club "Good Citizenship Award" junior-high recipient (nominated by teachers)
-Earned highest Girl Scout award of First Class Girl Scout
-Top Girl Scout cookie salesgirl in my town two years running
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