1. Amy Cohen
Local Address: 2750 Oak Lane, Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: 757-348-3218
Permanent Address: 4545 Carriage Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Email: amyco12@vt.edu
Objective
To obtain a summer internship within the real estate finance and investment industry
Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Expected Graduation May 2016
Double Major: Finance and Real Estate
GPA – 3.17; Dean’s List Fall 2013
Related Courses – Financial and Managerial Accounting; Micro and Macro Economics; Finance Concepts and Skills;
Principles of Real Estate; Business Statistics; Investments with Debt, Equity, and Derivatives; Corporate Finance.
Work Experience
Virginia Tech Office of Admissions: Office Assistant (Currently Employed)
-General office duties such as: filing, sorting, organizing, and answering phones.
LoanCare, LLC; A Subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial: Corporate Accounting Intern (June-August 2014)
-Created an upload file to automate money wires and transfers through Wells Fargo accounts: performed cost-benefit
analyses, coordinated with third party developer and Wells Fargo representatives, trained employees.
-Developed a proposal and presentation for a sustainability initiative: collaborated with interns from other offices,
performed cost-benefit analyses, learned teleconferencing etiquette, organized a business proposal, and presented
the proposal to executive management.
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center: Revenue Management Intern (June-August 2013)
-Worked with different computer programs for accounting and payroll purposes.
-Developed spreadsheets comparing different hotel rates in the area to help set summer nightly rates.
Collegiate Extracurricular Activities
Meritage Homes Residential Real Estate Case Study Challenge Team - November 2014
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority – Member since Spring 2013
-Chapter Relations and Standards Board Representative for Spring and Fall 2014 Semesters
Finance Club - Member since Fall 2014
Society of Individual Investors – Member since Spring 2014
Real Estate Club – Member since Spring 2014
Hillel Peer Network Education Intern – 2013-2014 Academic Year
Skills
ARGUS and CoStar Candidate- (Class Scheduled for January 2015)
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access
-Advanced knowledge of Excel: Tables and Charts, Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts, Lookup Functions, Financial
Functions, Database Functions, Data Analysis Tools, and What-If Analysis.
-Basic VBA programming and User Interface development.
Awards
Colliers International America’s Conference Panelist - February 2015
Dennis and Susan Duncan Banking and Real Estate Finance Scholarship recipient (2014-2015 academic year)