1. Trina Burgermeister
Executive Assistant/ Office Manager/ Scholarship Coordinator
1800 85th Avenue Ct | Greeley, CO | 970.371.3848 | trina@burgermeister.org
Qualifications Summary
• Accomplished executive assistant with 9+ years of experience reporting to and supporting college
deans and top executives
• Service-oriented professional, dedicated to excellence
• Efficient office manager, skilled mentor highly motivated by encouraging and supporting
professional development of employees and colleagues
• Coordinate and oversee of all aspects of large and small-scale College events (budget, catering,
marketing, staffing)
• Manage highly confidential hiring HR process in Oracle for dozens of dean’s office student and
hourly employees (including federal documentation process)
• Proficient, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
• Proficient, MS Publisher, Adobe and InDesign to create print and electronic marketing materials for
dozens of events
• Manage and maintain site content using WordPress for multiple College web pages
• High-level experience with University and College financial system; reallocate and reconcile PCard
and other accounting actions; review dozens of fund accounts for accurate scholarship payments
• Review, propose and prepare scholarship projections data for College and 8 departments; review
awards across more than 130 scholarships and more than $380,000 awarded 2015-2016
Professional Experience
Executive Assistant to Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations, 06/2016 to Present |
University of Northern Colorado | Greeley, CO
Office Manager & Scholarship Coordinator, 01/2010 to Present | COLORADO STATE
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES | FORT COLLINS, CO
• Cultivate and maintain trust-based, collaborative professional relationships across administrators,
faculty and staff using deep integrity, diplomacy, dependability and a sense of humor
• Provide executive administrative support to the deans of College of Natural Sciences
• Manage a complex set of calendars for deans and College directors; plan and schedule a wide
variety of trainings, retreats, and meetings
• Create, handle, process, and transmit sensitive, highly confidential information
• Coordinate executive-level international and national travel details including official travel
documents and reimbursement requests
• Plan, coordinate, track, and market numerous College-level events (budget, planning, staffing,
announcements, flyers, advertising using Publisher, In Design, PowerPoint)
• Oversee, update and maintain integrity of College and department scholarship data within a
complex system; College-level responsibility for implementation of new online University-wide
Academic Works scholarship system, testing and processes
• Collaborate with development officers, Foundation and Financial Services officials across campus
to identify and resolve scholarship-related problems as they arise
• Confirm fund agreement criteria are met at time of award and census for all College scholarships
• Produce written and visual training materials, lead multiple annual training sessions for faculty and
staff; coordinate University, Foundation, College and department efforts for scholarship process
• Develop, implement and coordinate all aspects of student messaging driven by Academic Works
system including integrity of donor information in award notification and ‘thank you’ process to
ensure donor expectations are met
• Develop, implement and coordinate improved communication strategy to secure effective and
efficient management of College-wide scholarship process across 8 departments and supporting
the efforts of more than 50 faculty, 15 department staff and dean’s office development team
• Review and provide feedback and recommendations for draft fund agreements (confirming award-
ability of finalized scholarships to meet donor expectations)

2. • Manage online presence of scholarship and commencement information using WordPress
• Interview, hire, train and evaluate State classified employee and student staff for dean’s office
• Responsibility for curriculum process through dean’s office (documentation of all curriculum and
program changes and proposals including interdisciplinary and PSM programs); represent College
in University-wide committee for conversion of process to online (at request of Registrar’s Office)
• Service: member of CSU Employee Appreciation Board (2012-Present); Vice-President (2013-
2014), President (2014-2015); plan, coordinate, track and manage annual budget to fulfill Board
mission and promote University-wide sense of community
Executive Assistant, 07/2008 – 12/2009 | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE | Aurora, CO
• Provide executive support to Chair of Pathology
• Create, handle, process, and transmit sensitive, highly confidential information
• Coordinate promotion and tenure process (process documents and create dossiers for faculty
committee review)
• Coordinate faculty recruitment and retention effort including related documents
• Plan, coordinate, track, market and manage some College-level events
• Coordinate extensive international and national travel details for associate dean including all official
travel documents and reimbursement requests
• Coordinate Acquisition Card documentation and reallocations for department chair
Administrative Assistant, 11/2005 – 08/2006 | AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Greeley, CO
• Administrative support to dean
• Create, handle, process, and transmit sensitive, highly confidential information
• Generate and process pay contracts/ letters of offer for part-time instructors and curriculum
development contractors
• Coordinate launch of new Division curriculum/ program (Construction Management), prepare
contracts for course development, prepare and maintain documents for accreditation
• Organize and coordinate calendar for dean
• Coordinate with department chairs to develop and enter course schedules, maintain course data
and reports (Banner System, waitlist and enrollment data)
• Supervise and train student employees
Previous experience includes legal administrative assignment for Minahan & Shapiro, Lakewood, CO and
PhD level coursework (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Wildlife Ecology) from 08/2006 – 02/2008
Education & Training
Bachelor of Science, Wildlife Biology, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Fort Collins, CO
Master of Science, Forest Science - Remote Sensing & GIS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Fort
Collins, CO