This document provides a summary of Susan M. Donegan's professional experience and qualifications. She has over 15 years of experience in various administrative roles in healthcare organizations, including executive assistant positions at hospitals like Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her experience includes tasks like calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, correspondence, and providing administrative support to executives and departments. She has strong computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office applications.
Susan M. Donegan Resume - Executive Assistant with Experience in Administrative Support
1. Susan M. Donegan
82 Virginia Road, Unit 409
Lincoln, MA 01773
(H) 781-259-8103 (C) 617-285-7443
Professional Summary
A well organized and dedicated professional assistant with experience in administrative support to a large team. Major
strengths in all Microsoft Office programs, organization, verbal and written communication skills, detail-orientated with
commitment to follow-through, proven ability to multi-task, a true team player and problem solver. Adapts easily and
quickly learns ever-changing office systems and procedures.
Technical Summary
Advanced computer skills, proactive, work well individually or in a team setting, recording of meeting minutes, scanning,
calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements MS Office, LMR, EMR, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
database’s,Access,PeopleSoft,Outlook.
Professional Experience:
Pegasystems, Cambridge, MA (Contract) April 2016 – May 2016
Administrative Assistant/Partner Concierge
Assisted Global Events with the execution of PegaWORLD including:
Appointment setting
Shipping
Signage
Organized meetings involving partners, customers, and Pega sales staff as well as executive management.
Coordinated individual partner calendar(s) scheduling
Adjusted meetings
Tracked changes
Reported requirements/issues to management to ensure all facets of meetings were complete.
Genzyme, Framingham, MA (Contract) December 2015 – March 2016
Executive Assistant,Lab Clinical Specialties
Provided administrative support to the Vice President, Clinical Lab Science, and her staff.
Provided administrative support, requiring a complete knowledge of department functions.
Responsibilities included preparing grammatically correct correspondence,reports, tables, and analyses.
Exercised discretion in handling of confidential material and information.
Assisted with special projects as assigned.
Responsible for organization and maintenance of department filing system, including potentially confidential
data.
Ensured department supplies needs were met.
Managed department communications for manager(s), including mail and email.
Responded to various inquiries for information according to general guidelines.
Coordinated meetings, maintained calendars, made travel arrangements,etc.
Provided clerical support as necessary,including filing, faxing, copying, scanning, performing data entry, etc.
Completed miscellaneous duties, as requested.
Contacts were frequent with individuals representing other departments, and/or representing outside
organizations.
Contacts involved obtaining or providing information or data on matters of moderate importance to the function
of the department or which may be of a sensitive nature.
Demonstrated ability in the application of requisite skills and applied additional skills and knowledge acquired
through experience to perform the more complex tasks of the position.
Generally received no instructions on routine assignments while under limited supervision.
Received general instructions on new work, which was generally reviewed upon completion.
2. Merck Pharmaceuticals,Lexington, MA(Contract) Nov. 2015 – Jan, 2016
Project CoordinatorI, Compliance
Typed and disseminated correspondence from the Director and staff
Calendar management
Locate, review and print assays relative to specific products.
Meeting coordination
Steward Healthcare, Boston, MA(Contract) March 2015 – April 2015
Executive Assistant,Office of the President
Typed and disseminated correspondence from the President,
Chief Medical Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Heavy calendar management
Travel arrangements, both domestic and international
Meeting coordination
Gathered information and produced reports
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Walpole, MA (Contract) February 2015 – March 2015
Administrative Assistant, Environmental Safety
Typed and disseminated correspondence from Director, Health
Management and Environmental Safety
Produced weekly reports relative to safety issues reported
Calendar management
Received phone calls and assigned problems to Environmental Services staff
Meeting coordination
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics,Walpole, MA (Contract) July 2013 – December 2014
Administrative Assistant, Technical Operations
Located hardcopy/SharePoint copy of company assays
Reviewed assays, ensuring company name, addresses, and chemicals were correct and up-to-date, meeting FDA
approval
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (Contract) February 2013 – March 2013
Administrative Assistant, Section Chief, Endoscopy
Calendar management
Travel Arrangements
Coordinated meetings and seminars
Tracked CME’s
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (Contract) Nov. 2012 – Dec. 2012
Administrative Assistant, Corporate Foundation & Relations
Calendar management
Coordinated functions for donors
Tracked donations/sent thank you letters to donors
Coordinated conference/video calls
3. Steward Healthcare, Westwood, MA (Contract) August 2012 – October 2012
Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Director, HR
Coordinated and executed company-wide annual employee benefit
information and mailing
Heavy calendar management
Meeting coordination
Monthly reports
Tufts University, Medford, MA (Contract) July 2011 – May 2012
Senior Administrative Assistant, Office of Student Affairs
Reported to three deans, Student Affairs
Scheduled meetings with students and deans
Contacted and assisted student’s families
Ordered office supplies
Updated highly sensitive student files
Worked with the campus police, Medford police, relative to neighbor complaints and arrests
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston,MA (Contract) Aug. 2010 – Feb. 2011
Medical Records
Transcribed, filed/sent physician notes
Worked with physician offices and patients relative to medical record requests
Northeastern University, Boston, MA March 2010 – June 2010
Administrative Assistant, Chair, Department of Physical Therapy
Maintained chair’s calendar
Worked with professors on creating, sending and calculating results of surveys
Coordinated meetings and functions
Worked with student employees, disseminating various tasks
Data entry for various reports
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA July 2009 – Nov. 2010
Administrative Assistant, Section Chief, Gastroenterology
Responsible for all administrative tasks assigned by Section Chief and staff. Maintained calendar/coordinated
meetings
Assisted in updating departmental web page
Coordinated travel, meetings, seminars
Assisted in Fellowship Program
Temporary Executive Assistant Positions, Boston, MA January 2009 – July 09
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston,MA Nov. 2008 – Jan. 2009
Reported to researchers and scientists assisting with research for and grant submissions
Meeting Coordination
General Correspondence
Coordinated weekly staff meetings
4. Children’s Hospital, Boston,MA Aug, 2008 – Oct. 2008
Administrative Assistant, Director, Center on Media and Child Health
Correspondence
Web page updates
Clinical, office and administrative calendars
Coordinated meetings
Monthly reports
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA March 2008 – June 2008
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Neurosurgery
Responsible for administrative tasks relative to the lab
Typed and submitted grants
Tracked monies supported via grants
Coordinated meetings, travel arrangements, lecture series
Created purchase orders, check requests, petty cash paperwork
Coordinated student employment and fellowships
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Oct. 2006 – April 2007
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Radiology
Typed and disseminated patient-related and academic correspondence
Coordination of chest fellowship candidates, arranging visits to Boston and meetings with staff
Coordination of grant studies, including coordination of clinical trials
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston, MA April 1998 – October 2006
Administrative Assistant, Office of the Chairman
Administrative correspondence
Meeting coordination
Calendar Management
Maintained and monitored physician’s staff appointments
Education:
Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley, MA January 1986
Associate Degree, Business Administration/Word Processing