Anna-Liza Villard-Howe
62 Kimball Drive, 2nd Floor
New Britain, CT 06051
(860) 229-1079
villard-howe@earthlink.net

OBJECTIVE

To gain experience in the insurance industry while continuing to study for the actuarial exams.

EDUCATION

CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY, ExamS 1 & 2			Registered, May 2004
VASSAR COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, NY
   Bachelor of Arts in Economics with General Honors 	26 May, 2002
SENIOR THESIS, "The Effects of Rural Electrification on Dairy Farming in the Tennessee Valley"
   Created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Tennessee Valley Authority 
   endeavored to electrify farms as a method of increasing the standard of 
   living.  This intervention by the federal government provided the only 
   technological growth between 1930 and 1940.
UNI. OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, WA, Australia		Spring 2001
   Studying on Australia's west coast offered an unconventional experience, 
   along with an immediacy to affairs in both Japan and the Middle East.

STUDENT FELLOW (RESIDENCE ADVISOR), Raymond House	Sept. 1999 - May 2000
OFFICE ASSISTANT, Vassar College Drama Department	Sept. - Dec. 1999
TECH. DIRECTOR & STAGE MANAGER, Vassar Repertory Dance	Oct. 1999 - Mar. 2000

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Excel (Complex Formulae, Charts, Filters, Pivot Tables), Microsoft Word (Word Processing, Tables, Forms), HTML and web design, Paradox (Novell Database), Word Perfect (Word Processing, Tables), Macintosh and IBM Compatible, STATA (Statistics and Econometrics), Gambit (Game Theory), RATS (Time Series Data)

WORK EXPERIENCE

INTERIM TRAINING & EVENTS COORD. (TEMP.),		Jan. 2004 - June 2004
The Governor's Prevention Partnership, Htfd, CT
ASSISTANT MANAGER, Protek M. V., Vineyard Haven, MA 	June 2003 - Oct. 2003
FLEET ASSISTANT, Island Transport, Inc., Oak Bluffs, MA	June 2002 - June 2003
   Office Asst., School & Tour Bus Driver (Class B CDL), Fleet Maintenance
      This position was an opportunity to observe the daily management of the 
      company.  This included coordinating school buses and field trips, 
      creating and booking sightseeing tours, overseeing fleet inventories, 
      as well as driving a regular school bus route.
CAMP COUNSELOR, Island Theater Workshop, Oak Bluffs, MA	July & Aug. 2000
HOUSE TECH., M. V. Preservation Trust, Edg., MA			Summers, 1998 - 2002
ASST. MANAGER, Vincent House Museum, Edg., MA			June 1997 - Oct. 2003
OTHER POSITIONS (1994 - 2003)
   Taxicab Driver, Jon's Taxi;  Event Asst., First Night Martha's Vineyard;  
   Step-On Bus Tours, Vineyard History Tours;  Asst. Sailing Instructor, 
   Chappaquiddick Community Center;  Deckhand, Edgartown Ferry

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS (1997-2003)

Web Design, Vineyard History Tours;  Ham Radio (Technician Plus Class), M. V. ARES/RACES;  Fore-Deck Crew, Rhodes 19 Class, Edg. Yacht Club;  Island Community Chorus, Martha's Vineyard;  Ultimate Frisbee, Vassar College & UWA; NAACP Gospel Choir, Martha's Vineyard.