Melissa S. Tubbs

EXPERIENCE:
September 1996 to Present
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Administrative Assistant, Medical Center Development and Alumni Relations

• Redesign and implement inter-office forms for departmental use
• Responsible for instituting, creating and maintaining databases for coordinating cultivation events and better prospect management of VIP's and potential donors
• Created databases for tracking and managing donor contributions and acknowledgments for increased grateful donor contact
• Provide desktop support to departmental staff
• Compose and edit inter-office correspondence for donor stewarding
• Research potential prospects for future solicitation and stewarding
• Interact with donors and physicians for improved departmental communications
• Disseminate mass correspondence for special solicitations
• Coordinate conferences for stewarding discussions
• Train new employees on inter-office procedure

January 1995 to May 1996
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Lab Assistant

• Prepared high and low dissociative subjects for EEG experiments
• Analyzed data generated from electrocortical experiments for future publications
• Performed library serches for use in various published research papers
• Created brain maps for review by gradute students
• Telephoned subjects for participation in psychophysiology study
• Utilized a variety of laboratory techniques and analysis programs for specific lab use

EDUCATION:
May 12, 1996, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Bachelor of Science in Psychology

COMPUTER SKILLS:
IBM (Windows 95), Macintosh, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Powerpoint, DOS, Filemaker Pro, SMS, IDX, HTML, Netscape and e-mail (Eudora)

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Coordination and organization of multiple projects simultaneously, computer and application proficiency, problem-solving abilities, and the ability to work autonomously

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Habitat for Humanity, Delaware County, Chester, PA

• Assist in the renovation of homes in Delaware County

PUBLICATION:
Ray, W.J., et. al. (In Press) Cardiovascular Reactivity During Hypnosis and Hypnotic Susceptibility: Three Studies of Heart Rate Variability.