Lisa Horton
Administrative Assistant
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About
Executive Administrative Assistant and operations professional experienced in supporting senior leaders across corporate, nonprofit, government services, legal, healthcare, and regulated environments. Skilled in calendar management, meeting coordination, communications, budget tracking, invoice processing, reporting, onboarding, records management, and workflow improvement.
Experience
Administrative Assistant - AARP - Washington, DC (Remote)
(2025-02 - 2026-03)
- Supported Director-level leadership by managing calendars, communications, executive priorities, travel, and meeting logistics.
- Prepared Excel reports, PowerPoint reports and presentations, meeting materials, minutes, and action-item trackers to support leadership decision-making.
- Managed financial and operational reporting by processing invoices, completing expense reports, tracking approximately $100K in monthly expenses, and improving Excel templates and tracking tools to reduce reporting time by 50%.
- Served as a liaison for services, onboarding, conference coordination, and department system transitions.
Specialist, Governance, Advocacy & Policy Division - American Urological Association - Linthicum, MD (Hybrid)
(2024-02 - 2024-12)
- Partnered with the Executive Vice President, legal leadership, and division teams to coordinate governance, advocacy, policy, and operational priorities.
- Prepared Excel reports, PowerPoint reports, executive dashboards, GANTT charts, work plans, and division updates to support governance, advocacy, policy, and leadership decision-making.
- Coordinated monthly strategy sessions, division meetings, Annual Meeting activities, communications, agendas, logistics, follow-ups, and stakeholder updates.
- Monitored action items, deadlines, legal service requests, records, invoices, and expense activity to maintain accurate reporting and timely operational follow-through.
- Developed Excel tracking reports and PowerPoint briefing materials to summarize division activity, project status, meeting outcomes, and executive follow-up items.
- Tracked expenses, invoices, legal service requests, and department records while leading centralized filing and IT platform migration improvements.
Senior Administrative Assistant - Emergent BioSolutions - Baltimore, MD (On-Site)
(2023-03 - 2023-11)
- Supported executive leadership with scheduling, correspondence, travel, briefing materials, priority tracking, internal communications, and Excel and PowerPoint reporting.
- Planned Board of Trustees meetings and major events by preparing materials, coordinating logistics, and supporting timely follow-through.
- Managed executive priorities by tracking action items, deadlines, follow-ups, and leadership requests to ensure timely completion.
- Maintained confidential information, leadership communications, and sensitive business records with professionalism and discretion.
- Coordinated cross-functional communication between executives, internal teams, external partners, and event stakeholders.
Senior Executive Assistant, Government Services - Cerner Corporation - Rosslyn, VA (Hybrid)
(2021-03 - 2022-03)
- Supported 4–6 senior leaders in Government Services with complex calendar management, communications, meetings, events, speaking engagements, travel, daily priorities, and confidential administrative support.
- Prepared Excel reports, PowerPoint reports and presentations, leadership briefings, meeting materials, project updates, and data reporting for government services operations.
- Coordinated government services meetings, agendas, follow-ups, action items, stakeholder communications, and operational deadlines to support leadership execution.
- Managed onboarding, offboarding, compliance documentation, project coordination, workflow improvements, records tracking, and cross-functional administrative support.
Executive Administrative Assistant - Lewis Price & Associates, Inc. - McLean, VA (Hybrid)
(2019-10 - 2020-08)
- Provided executive-level administrative support to senior leadership in a government contracting environment, managing priorities, calendars, travel, communications, and confidential business operations.
- Developed Excel reports, PowerPoint executive briefings, budget summaries, bid support materials, subcontractor trackers, and project status updates for leadership review.
- Coordinated government contract administration activities, including credentialing, onboarding, offboarding, compliance documentation, SharePoint records, meeting logistics, and deadline management.
- Improved operational visibility by organizing records, tracking action items, supporting invoice and expense activity, and strengthening document control across internal and subcontractor teams.
Accounts Payable Specialist - Hired Dynamics - Marietta, GA (On-Site)
(2018-06 - 2019-06)
- Processed vendor invoices, reconciled accounts, resolved discrepancies, and met strict payment deadlines with 100% accuracy.
- Served as the primary vendor contact and resolved payment inquiries within 24 hours.
Executive Administrative Assistant - Yamaha Motor Corporation - Kennesaw, GA (On-Site)
(2015-09 - 2018-09)
- Provided executive-level administrative support to 4–6 senior leaders, managing calendars, travel, expenses, communications, priorities, confidential information, reports, and leadership follow-through.
- Prepared Excel reports, PowerPoint reports and presentations, expense summaries, meeting materials, executive updates, and operational tracking documents for leadership review.
- Coordinated executive meetings, conferences, company events, A/V logistics, stakeholder communications, agendas, and follow-up actions across cross-functional teams.
- Supported business operations by tracking action items, organizing records, processing administrative requests, improving workflow visibility, and ensuring timely completion of leadership priorities.
Education
B.S. - Computer Information Systems; Minor in Communications - University of Maryland Global Campus (2028-09)