Saniesa Thomas

CEO

San Diego, California, United States14 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven leadership in higher education administration.
  • Expertise in event planning and student engagement.
  • Strong background in program development and compliance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Higher Education and Student Affairs professional with strong event management and leadership skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Higher Education LeadershipEvent ManagementEvent PlanningTeam ManagementMarketing

Other Skills

Student Conduct & Academic IntegrityProgram DevelopmentPolicy & ComplianceData EntryCultural DiversityHigher EducationResearchBrandingAdobe Creative SuiteLife CoachingLeadership DevelopmentProject ManagementLeadership trainingBudget managementAdministrative support

About

Motivated experienced professional looking to obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational skills, leadership skills and event coordinating experience.

Experience

14 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Uc san diego

6 roles

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Promoted

Sep 2025Present · 8 mos

  • Student Conduct & Academic Integrity
  • Oversee the student conduct process
  • Oversee the academic integrity process
  • Student Engagement
  • Design and implement programs to enhance student satisfaction, retention, and involvement
  • Oversee co-curricular activities, clubs
  • Leadership & Supervision
  • Supervise staff (e.g., Director of Student Life)
  • Manage associated budgets
  • Program Development
  • Create and lead student leadership programs to enrich the co-curricular experience
  • Policy & Compliance
  • Ensure compliance with higher education regulations
  • Ensure compliance with the Student Handbook and Student Code of Conduct
Student Conduct & Academic IntegrityProgram DevelopmentPolicy & ComplianceHigher Education LeadershipEvent Management

Interim Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Sep 2024Nov 2024 · 2 mos

  • Advised College Student Government Council consisting of 30 students
  • Provided advising and guidance regarding Student Government projects such as renaming residential halls and conducting a Dining hall feedback survey.
  • Provided hiring committee input for department position.
  • Provided student leadership training regarding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion practices, Event Planning coordination, and restorative justice mediation skills.

Student Care and Accountability Specialist

Nov 2022Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Develop, coordinate and manage inclusive student life programs to cultivate well-being.
  • Provide one on one meetings with students experiencing significant challenges within their emotional, physical, and educational well-being.
  • Educate students on violations of university policies,
  • Track the completion of strategic retention/assessment initiatives
  • Lead restorative justice/practices.
  • Lead Student Leadership trainings specializing in EDI Competency, Marketing, Branding and Event Planning Coordination.
  • Educate students on violations of university policies
  • Create personal academic and resource-based retention plans for students to remain successful in their college journey with provided resources.
  • Supporting the development and implementation of the growth of the Student Affairs team and its practices as instructed by the Dean of Student Affairs.
  • Overall supervision and direction of student staff within the office space.
Event PlanningMarketingData EntryCultural DiversityHigher EducationResearch+6

Coordinator of Student Activities

Promoted

Aug 2020Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Lead Coordinator of student programs for 5,000 Warren Students including new and traditional programming such as Welcome Week, large-scale 300 attendee concerts, small group activities, and leadership development.
  • Responsible for hiring, leading EDI and Marketing, Social Media & Design training workshops, supervising, evaluating, and team building for student employees and leaders in alignment with the department's student employment program and philosophy.
  • Provided leadership training, educates students on campus policies, risk management, budgeting, and serves as a liaison between students and College administration, campus-wide resources, services, and departments – facilitating positive relationship building.
  • Provided direction to the Student Affairs undergraduate interns.
  • Supported and advised 6-8 student leaders through 1-on-1 meetings in program planning and logistics (including space reservation, contracts, risk management and liability, and budgets) to ensure a balance of high-quality engagement, safety, and inclusion.
  • Collaborated with Campus partners on workshops, programs and events to serve specific populations.
  • Served as a Student Conduct Board officer to review incident reports, analyze findings of the preponderance of evidence from the University Rep to decide on student conduct case rulings.
  • Managed large and strict internal budgets for 5 Warren student organizations including a special ledgers from external funding sources.
  • Assisted in creating evaluations for over 20 Warren College Programs throughout the year and compile statistical data/reports.
  • Provided Merchandise Product Development and Design input in collaboration with the UC San Diego Branding Department regarding all department-related products and apparel sold to students.
  • Served as committee chair for the Coordinator of Student Activities Committee.
Leadership trainingEvent PlanningBudget managementEvent ManagementTeam Management

Program Assistant

Oct 2017Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Provided administrative and clerical support for the Warren College Dean's Office.
  • Coordinated, implemented and evaluated over student and parent orientation programs, over 100 student programs, and campus events and festivals.
  • Coordinating logistics; maintaining assessments of student participation data
  • Assisted in the logistics and coordination of large-scale events such as commencement, student recognition, and other student leadership programs.
  • Managed the creation and graphic design of college publications, publicity, promotional materials, website and social media.
  • Coordinated the submission of purchasing and reimbursement requests with the Colleges Business Office.
  • Served as the primary office contact for phone, email, and walk-ins.
  • Created and implemented a master branding & social media strategic plan that has resulted in 120% growth on Instagram and 80% growth on Facebook over a 12 months period.
  • Supervised 4 student interns to perform program support, graphic design, and photography duties.
  • Developed and disseminated a weekly electronic events newsletter sent out to 1500 Warren Students and Staff.
  • Lead workshops on topics surrounding marketing, social media, branding, equity, diversity, and inclusion in quarterly student leadership training for over 60 students.
Administrative supportEvent coordinationGraphic designSocial media managementEvent ManagementMarketing

Temporary Administrative Assistant

Sep 2017Oct 2017 · 1 mo

  • General office support such as phone, mail, monitoring and ordering office supplies
  • Serve as the contact person for maintenance services, electronic and paper filing system maintenance, data entry, word processing, tracking invoices, maintaining ORA conference room calendar, and preparation of standing reports.
  • Coordinating national and international travel arrangements, itineraries, etc.
  • Responsible for all reimbursements, including travel, PayAuth, MyEvents, personal mileage requests, and others, for staff members of the Vice Chancellors Office of Research Affairs.

Github

Data Analyst and Researcher

Sep 2021Jun 2022 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  • Evaluated applications by students and faculty members applying for GitHub's academic discounts.
  • Manually reviewed the large volume of applications where documentation of academic affiliation is uploaded, and research school email domains to help improve our automated verification system.
  • Processed requests for GitHub collateral and swag by verified teachers and students, as well as responding to email sent to GitHub Education using our playbook and a clearly-defined set of canned-replies, personalizing them as required.
  • Performed Google image searches, utilize Google Translate, research domains, write in the GitHub voice, and interact with other contractors and GitHub staff in Slack and Zoom.
Deadline OrientedAnalytical Skills

Helix charter high school

Academic Coach

Aug 2017Sep 2017 · 1 mo · La Mesa, CA

  • Tutoring and teaching grades 10-12 in groups math, science, and english subjects
  • Advisor on academic progress
  • Teacher support staff aiding in consulting students on grade progression

United we function events

Intern

Apr 2017Jun 2017 · 2 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Post social media regularly
  • Analyze trends in audience on social media pages
  • Call vendors to inquire about contracts for events
  • Participate in staff meetings to pitch event ideas

County of santa cruz

Personal Assistant

Oct 2016Jun 2017 · 8 mos · santa cruz, CA

  • Perform clerical duties
  • File and organize medical, billing and personal records
  • Complete errands such as grocery shopping, picking up dry cleaning, and keeping spaces neat.

Dr. boyd's pet resort & veterinary center

Animal Handler

Jun 2016Sep 2016 · 3 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Responsible for the care-taking and handling of pets including dogs and cats.
  • Duties included training dogs for socialization, overseeing the play yards for dogs, preparation and
  • cleaning of cages, and preparation of meals of pets that were checked in for boarding.
  • Occasional duties included assisting in medical treatment, bathing pets and Front-desk receptionist
  • duties.
Event planningBudget managementTeam managementEvent ManagementTeam Management

Birch aquarium at scripps

Education Intern

Jun 2015Sep 2015 · 3 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Demonstrating science concepts and interpreting hands-on live animal displays
  • Facilitating games and crafts
  • Instructing lesson plans on marine biology concepts catered to grades K-9
  • Assisting campers during snorkel, surf, and water experiences
  • Preparing and cleaning up materials/supplies
  • Helping to ensure safety and camp success for all involved, including campers, peers, and volunteers

Forever 21

Sales Associate

Jul 2014Sep 2014 · 2 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Assisting customers in finding products that best fit their needs
  • maintaining organization of the sales floor.
  • Working as Cashier on busier days to help with the flow of customer traffic
  • Calling Other Forever 21 locations to find items in stock
  • Organizing new shipments of items
  • Preparing new shipments of items with sensors and hangers

Uc santa cruz

African American Resource and Cultural Center Program coordinator

Apr 2013Jun 2017 · 4 yrs 2 mos · santa cruz, california

  • Planning events, creating and proposing new ideas for events that engage students in the community with each other as well as with the faculty, staff and alumni of this campus.
  • Team Management, Assigning tasks to new interns on projects to be done in the office
  • Budget management, Creating budget excel sheets for each event to insure funds are properly used
  • Creative director, creating the centerpieces for formal events and planning the layout of decorations for higher scale events
  • Networking, reaching out to high schools and community colleges in the area for invitations to visit the campus, also includes alumni occasionally.
  • Fiscal and accounting duties including completing transactions, analyzing and tracking budgets, reconciling account conflicts.
  • Front Desk duties to support the days in which front desk assistants are unable to perform their duties
  • Office management in keeping track of interns, scheduling team meetings and facilitating office meetings.

Rady children's hospital-san diego

Intern

Oct 2011Jun 2012 · 8 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Filing and organizing medical paperwork into respective area
  • Photocopying and condensing forms for patient families
  • Welcoming families and patients into the hospital lobby
  • Serving as an liason between the receptionists and nurses.

International rescue committee

Volunteer

Sep 2010Jun 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Diego

  • Volunteering
  • Helping refugees tend to community gardens
  • Assisting in the set-up of family homes for newly rescued refugees

Education

National University

Master of Education - MEd — Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Jan 2018Jan 2019

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bachelor of Science - BS — Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sep 2012Jun 2017

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