Rachel Kress

About

Operations professional with experience supporting executive and business operations in high-accountability environments. Skilled in workflow coordination, leadership operations, cross-functional execution, and operational infrastructure supporting organizational priorities and business performance.

Experience

• Internal Enterprise Operations | Quarterly Leadership Forums at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences | American University
  Jan 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

  › Owned end-to-end forum logistics across 4 quarterly governance cycles › Managed operational cadence for leadership committee and confidential executive briefings › Coordinated leadership development programming (50+ participants) › Planned and executed inaugural staff retreat (200+ attendees) › Developed executive briefing materials for leadership decision-making and reporting › Hired and onboarded junior personnel for team leaders/office operations

• Department Administration | Process & Workforce Infrastructure at University of North Texas
  Dec 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  › Owned full-spectrum business operations, including budgeting, procurement, and staffing › Managed day-to-day operational coordination for professional and junior personnel (4-person team) › Provided annual performance reviews and promotion-related processes for (2) professional staff › Led internal workforce development: writing job postings, extending offer letters, hiring, and onboarding › Led $100K+ process optimization, improving financial compliance, vendor management, and processing  › Managed financial operations, including daily deposits, reconciliations, and controlled processing systems › Drove multi-year departmental contract renewal process for business continuity infrastructure › Maintained and submitted annual asset inventory reporting and documentation for leadership

• Meeting Management | Corporate Access at Leerink Partners
  Oct 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

  › Managed full-cycle logistical workflow and daily execution for high-volume corporate and investor forums  › Processed $15K–$20K monthly corporate card spend (reconciliation, compliance) › Coordinated investor engagement efforts for 9 in-house stock analysts › Contributed to team operations for major external initiative: 8th Annual Global Healthcare Conference

• Executive Operations | Senior Leadership Office at Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
  Mar 2018 - Jun 2018 · 4 mos

  › Provided high-level operational and communications coordination in a confidential policy environment

• Business Unit Operations | Team Logistics at BlackRock
  Jan 2016 - Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  › Executed admin business operations for a 30-person, client-facing, trading team with 3–5 senior executives › Coordinated complex, global meetings and town halls across APAC, EMEA, and U.S. time zones › Executed monthly internal reporting metrics and compiled quarterly team updates for executive summaries