Objective	Seeking a career where my extensive skills can best be utilized.
Background	An experienced, versatile professional in graphic design and layout with experience in accounting procedures, customer support, and office management skills.  A team oriented individual with excellent communication skills.  Excellent computer application skills and problem solving.
Experience	11/1984 - 8/2001     APS, Inc     Charlotte, NC Office Manager & Graphics Department Manager Managed 8-10 people in various activities from accounts receivable, cash input, accounts payable, purchasing.  Made sure staff was trained well and cross-trained.    Help create and design products to sell in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Managed computer system AS-400 and IBM PC platform. Create and design 200+ postcards per year. Write newsletter once a month. Design 4 new calendars per year that produced profits in excess of $30,000/ year. Work on a daily basis in Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, etc. create new products for the southeast territory Layout and design souvenir books such as: Ghost Town, Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, Ruby Falls many of which have reprinted 6-8 times. Organized sales meeting twice a year.  Created CD-ROM for sales representatives to use in the field.   Make quotations of printed products as needed. Set-up import products department and managed staff.
Education	1974-1977                      Appalachian State University      Boone, NC 1977-1978                      UNCC                                            Charlotte, NC §     B.A., Geography. §     Dean's List. Since college have taken several courses computer including: Corel Draw, Page Maker, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Power Point, HTML and Adobe Photoshop, GIS Training in ArcView
Interests	Worked with Boy Scouts creating newsletter, actively involved with United Methodist Women, involved in the Gaston County Gem and Mineral Club