Melissa Cooper

Background

About Melissa Cooper

Accomplished Manager/Leader with progressive career growth based on an 18-year history of building and engaging high impact teams. Results-driven leader with demonstrated ability to build and maintain productive business relationships, mentor and develop talent, and foster interdepartmental cooperation. Recognized for capacity to infusing growing companies with talent to reduce attrition and corporate liability. Leverages broad skill set to drive successful completion of various concurrent projects in a dynamic setting while maintain accurate and confidential records. A few of the achievements I have accomplished include: Reduced worth of administrative costs by developing digital imaging procedures to secure records and data by spearheading the process to combine departments to increase efficiency. Led workshops, managed booths and provided consultations for the National College Board as one of the 20 consultants in the United States by presenting content and hosting webinars. Handled all staff members, wrote policies and guidelines for testing activities and managed an annual budget of $360,700 ensuring a uniform implementation of testing policies and procedures. Managed an annual operating budget of and produced multiple administration manuals that included confidentiality procedures, state rules and regulations for multiple counselors. Advised students on testing and program requirements and recruited and trained more than 60 professionals to administer ACT and SAT exams. Supervised over 100 assessments a week including GED exams conducted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and ensured the integrity of the testing center operations and materials.