Highly motivated and effective professional, proficient in corporate administration and cross-functional collaboration. Superior communication and organizational skills with a demonstrated talent for developing and managing multiple projects and programs. Experience includes domestic and international support.
1. DANIELLE WHIDDON-SANTANA
d.whiddonsantana@gmail.com ♦ (347) 513-7436
http://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellewhiddonsantana
SUMMARY
Senior Executive Assistant: Highly motivated and effective professional, proficient in
corporate administration and cross-functional collaboration. Superior communication and
organizational skills with a demonstrated talent for developing and managing multiple projects
and programs. Experience includes domestic and international support.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY 2012-Present
2017-Present - Executive Coordinator to Managing Partner
2012-2016 - Executive Assistant
● Provide poised and resourceful executive-level administrative support to the Managing
Partner and Senior Partners on a variety of projects and through execution of day-to-day
administrative responsibilities.
● Manage high volume of corporate and personal travel arrangements, both domestically
and internationally. Prepare itineraries and travel folders.
● Provide thorough and detail-oriented planning and support to executive-level meetings
and special events including planning, logistics, registration & participant assistance,
materials and presentations.
● Assist with special projects and other work outside of a traditional administrative role as
requested, including limited extent of personal assisting.
● Work closely with Executives Assistants and other administrative employees to facilitate
all of the above.
● Strategically schedule and manage the Managing Partners calendar. Interact with both
internal and external executives and assistants.
● Manage and supervise the billing administrative assistant on daily work and projects.
● Provide ongoing support to staff members reporting to the Office Administrator.
● Prioritize multiple projects and adjust workload with frequent interruptions.
● Prepare and submit expense reports, carefully managing compliance requirements.
● Coordinate meetings, lunches, and conference calls.
● Manage multiple telephone lines.
● Schedule and coordinate recruiting efforts with internal & external recruiters.
● Open, sort, review and distribute mail, and identify items that require a response or
immediate attention. Copy, and distribute correspondence, memoranda and reports.
● Establish and maintain filing systems.
2. Credit Suisse, New York, NY 2007-2012
Administrative Assistant to Managing Director
● Managed complex calendars for C-Level executives.
● Booked domestic and international travel and prepared itineraries.
● Prepared and submitted expense reports, carefully managing compliance requirements,
for all team members.
● Coordinated meetings, lunches, and conference calls.
● Managed multiple telephone lines.
● Scheduled and coordinated recruiting efforts with internal & external recruiters.
Maintained recruiting tracker.
● Opened, sorted, reviewed and distributed mail, and identified items that required a
response or immediate attention. Copied, and distributed correspondence, memoranda
and reports.
● Established and maintained filing systems.
● Reviewed and updated weekly departmental meeting reports.
Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP, New York, NY 2004-2007
Legal/Administrative Assistant to Partner
● Managed and coordinated calendar/docket, files and client database; proofread and
edited all outgoing documentation; scheduled depositions and meetings; acted as a
liaison between clients, attorneys, court reporters and clerks’ offices.
● Processed all billing and invoices. Coordinated travel arrangements. Prepared basic
litigation materials for a variety of cases including commercial, civil and intellectual
property matters; drafted basic pleadings and correspondence; e-filed all necessary
documents; conducted WestLaw and LexisNexis research.
● Managed a client program regarding the reporting and recovery of stolen property which
included direct dealings with insurers, law enforcement agencies, client’s customers and
theft victims, with minimal attorney supervision.
Robert A. Flaster, P.C., New York, NY 2003-2004
Legal Secretary
● Prepared pleadings, discovery documents, subpoenas and correspondence.
● Resolved routine legal issues; arranged liability packages for insurance carriers.
● Managed information to assist in trial preparation; gathered records and pertinent client
background information.
● Handled client disbursement account and entrusted with daily delivery of confidential
materials.
● Acted as a liaison between clients and attorneys; proofread and edited all outgoing
documentation.
3. Law Offices of Louis Venezia at Union Square, P.C., New York, NY 2001-2003
Front Desk Receptionist/Legal Secretary 1997-
1998
● Drafted pleadings, discovery documents, motions and interrogatories.
● Scheduled depositions; managed information to assist in trial preparation and met with
clients to collect background information.
● Maintained front desk, greeted clients and visitors, scheduled appointments and
managed multiple telephone lines.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint), Meeting Place, Chrome River
(Expense Reimbursement), Intapp Open, Rendezvous (conference room scheduling program),
RIO (Records Inquiry Online), UltiPro, Concur, Webex, NetRez, My Travel, Time and Leave
Tracker, Westlaw, LexisNexis, New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF), Operating
Systems: Windows 2000, XP, and Windows 7, Spider, DocsOpen, Google Chrome, Internet
Explorer, and Firefox.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Notary Public, State of New York