Organizational/management skills

• Organize, host, plan menu and supervise preparation of all food for 500 guests at annual Indiana Cattle Association picnic (23 years).
• Plan and organize annual State Fair picnic for more than 400 cattle owners and guests, including securing sponorships and donations of softbdrinks, paper and plastic goods (12 years).
• Organize up to 120 volunters and superise food preparation and forecasting for State Fair beef tent, which brings in $100,000 annually for the state cattle association (10 years).
• Organize and supervise up to 25 volunteers for church's annual fall craft fair/luncheon; have successfully planned and met budget for 11 years and raised more than $7,000 for church and charitable causes.
• Planned, purchased goods, organized up to 10 volunteers and helped prepare nutritious snacks for weekly church school classes (7 years).
• Chair meal portion of home economic club's annual fall bazaar and luncheon, including purchasing goods and supervising food preparation; for 8 years have consistently brought food purchases in under budget and exceeded fund-raising goals by 20%.

Financial/budgetting skills

• Skilled in handling computerizes bookkeeping for 1,200-acre grain and 250-head cattle farming operation.
• Initiated and completed data entry from manual to computerized record-keeping system, resulting in improved account analysis, improved report generation for loan/banking and tax purposes, and reduced bookkeeping time.
• Experienced in monthly farm and household budgeting and timely payment of personal and business accounts.

Other related skills

• Experienced in planning and creating low-fat, low-sugar and low-sodium meals.
• Skilled in presenting knowledgeable instruction on proper food handling and storage.