Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes 829 Collins Road Villa Hills, KY-- ㅡ Skills As the mother of a very active family of 6, I am skilled at organization and scheduling. I worked for 13 years in the social services field, so I learned to be quick on my feet and make adjustments as needed, in the moment. As a volunteer with my church and the booster organization at my children’s club cheer and dance gym, I am skilled in interpersonal relationships and basic finance and organizational scheduling. I am comfortable on most platforms, including social media and internal dat ㅡ Experience Premier Athletics NKY Booster Club/ ​Treasurer and Fundraising Coordinator January 2018-present, Park Hills, KY As a founding member of the Booster Club, I took on the role of Treasurer and Fundraising Coordinator. I am responsible for the finances of the club and scheduling fundraising events. I am expected to keep detailed accounting and scheduling records so that money can be distributed in its intended manor. I sign contracts for events and recruit gym members to work our fundraising events. Crossroads Church/ ​Volunteer September 2013-present, Florence, KY I volunteered for almost 5 years in the office of the Florence location of Crossroads Church, which is one of the largest growing churches in the country. I was tasked with assisting in the approval process of all volunteers who work in the Children’s Ministry during weekend services. I called references and added each volunteer to the church’s database. I have also spent the last 3 years serving as the group lead for the Foster Care/Adoption Support group at the Florence, KY location. I am responsible for leading weekly meetings, choosing programming for each session and taking roll each week of members in attendance. New Beginnings Family Services/ ​Site Director February 2011 - August 2013, Erlanger, KY I was recruited to open the Northern Kentucky location of New Beginnings Family Services, a private foster care and adoption agency. I ran the office, recruited and trained new foster homes, completed weekly and monthly paperwork, and maintained positive relationships with state social workers to ensure the children placed with this agency received the care and therapeutic services needed in order to heal and meet their permanency goals. Children’s Review Program/ ​Placement Coordinator September 2001 - February 2011, Bowling Green, KY/Covington, KY As a placement coordinator, I was assigned to work with certain service regions in Kentucky. I assisted the state social workers by helping them find therapeutic foster home and residential placements for children placed in out of home care. I completed paperwork and contacted each agency within my region with the demographics of the child in need of placement and helped the social worker chose the best placement. I was expected to know about each program across the state in order to give my professional advice about which program would best serve the child in need. My job started in Bowling Green, KY and I transferred to the Northern Kentucky region my last 3 years in the job. ㅡ Education Western Kentucky University/ ​Masters of Arts January 2002 - December 2003, Bowling Green, KY Obtained a Masters’ Degree in Sociology, which included a written thesis that had to be defended and approved by the department. Western Kentucky University​/ Bachelors of Arts August 1996 - May 2001, Bowling Green, KY Obtained 2 degrees in 5 years: Bachelors’ Degree in Government with a minor in History and a Bachelors’ Degree in Sociology with a minor in Penology. ㅡ Awards Outstanding Foster Home Recipient - 2014 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Outstanding Family - 2015