ESZTER SZABOE-mail: eszabo@verizon.net, Skype: esztereszabo (Bethesda)

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND College Park, MDBusiness Master of Business Administration. Completed May ‘93.

Concentrations: Finance / International Business. Peace International Scholarship Recipient, ‘91-’93.Co-Chair to International Committee of the MBA Association, ‘92-’93.

KÜLKERESKEDELMI FŐISKOLA/“BUDAPEST COLLEGE FOR FOREIGN TRADE” Budapest, HungaryBachelor of Science in International Trade/Marketing, Completed May ‘89.Co-President of Student Council, elected member of College Board, ‘88-’89.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCES

’16 Sustainable Business Consulting Bethesda, MDConsultant. Creating and helping to implement business practices that serve you/your organization in the 21st century.

’05-’06 Washington Waldorf School, Inc. Bethesda, MDBusiness Accountant. I helped out with accounting related tasks in this independent school consisting of 200 families.

’94-’96 JOHNSON & JOHNSON HUNGARY, Kft. BudapestMarketing Controller. In three months, working with a team of colleagues I built up the systems, procedural and operational background of the pharmaceutical division of the company which started marketing, purchasing, warehousing and selling operations in Hungary. On a daily basis, I interacted and gave financial and operational support to top management, purchasing, selling, marketing and warehousing. I coordinated all aspects of budgeting, handled corporate income statement and sales reporting, assisted in local budget control, prepared internal management analysis, gave recommendations to strengthen internal control, wrote financial procedures, and assisted in price calculations as well as price negotiations with the National Social Insurance for a division with sales of $17 MM. Within one year, I was given similar responsibilities for the consumer division with sales of $20 MM as well.

’93-’94 JOHNSON & JOHNSON , PERSONAL PRODUCTS CO. Milltown, N.J.Financial Development Program. Working in the company I gained hands on experience on how the financial division of this multinational company operated. I rotated among the main financial divisions; financial, cost and freight accounting as well as marketing finance in a company with sales of $450 MM in the feminine hygiene segment; to experience budgeting, controlling, reporting, purchasing, all aspects of forecasting and preparations of internal management reports.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND College Park, MD‘92-’93 Teaching Assistant. School of Government and Politics. Prepared reports, taught a seminar.‘91-’92 Graduate Assistant. School of Business and Management. Researched topics and edited draft book

text for a professor in managerial accounting.

’91 STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN Washington, D.C.; BudapestParalegal. Translated English and Hungarian legal documents.

‘89-‘90 TRICOLOR, Ltd. BudapestMarketing Manager. Budgeted marketing expenditures. Created new marketing strategies and programs.

SERVICE/PRO-BONO EXPERIENCES

Since ’10 Sukyo Mahikari Centers for Spiritual Development Tenley Town, MDStaff Schedule/Communications Coordinator. With a team of volunteers, I designed and implemented the processes of local, out-of-town and support staff schedules in a fast paced environment. I developed a communications system that would instantly reach over 250 members of the center for this worldwide, not-for-profit, community service organization located in the Washington, D.C. area; involving a free web-based communications program. Designed the first website for the center, and increased traffic and membership numbers on the center’s FB page.

’08 – ’10 WASHINGTON WALDORF SCHOOL, Inc. Bethesda, MDHead Cook and Volunteer Coordinator. I managed a diverse team of over 30 volunteer parents, initiated, designed and lead the restructuring of a school kitchen in this small independent school, K-12. The group researched, designed, helped raise funds for, promoted and executed a financially viable Zero Waste Sustainable school kitchen. We worked through community issues, maintained relationships with farmers, set up the supply side relationships with local sustainable vendors, brought fresh organic/biodynamic ingredients for the school kitchen, set up the volunteering and the payment system, collected sustainable recipes, set up a sustainable pantry, and chopped, cooked and served more than 3,300 sustainable meals over 80 cooking events and during more than 1,600 service hours. In the school community the project contributed to raising level of consciousness regarding the connection of our daily food to environmental responsibility and our health. The project was successfully passed on to the hand of a professional cook, developed further, and it is in its 8 years since inception.

’01-’07 SCHOOL OF LIFE, Educational Society Bethesda, MDVolunteer Coordinator. As part of the Spiritual Food for the New Millennium Project, I helped expand the various service initiatives related to the SFNM Project locally, nationwide and internationally. Within the local SFNM Community Supported Agriculture project, I helped expand the volunteering system, designed the first CSA web site, contributed to increasing the selection of the produce offered within the CSA, set up and operated a new location for the CSA; nationwide I took part of the SFNM Care Packages Project, which provides educational, selling and bagging services to support the work of biodynamic, organic farmers across the USA; took part of over 50 SFNM Peace Meal Community Cooking events where volunteers cook a free biodynamic/organic lunch for educational peace events supported by national and international guest speakers; internationally I participated in Peace/Non-violence Conferences in New Delhi, India; Paris, France; Washington, D.C, and Atlanta, USA; and Budapest, Hungary to give lectures, amongst others, to promote sustainable agriculture and nutrition.

’05-’12 Organic Farmer Certification Alcsutdoboz, Hungary Organic Farmer. My family converted a small garden to organic operation, and we operated this garden for the use of family and friends. We produced over 20 different kinds of fruits and nuts and in our most successful year we grew about 25 kinds of fruits and vegetables for a family of 4-8.

’97-’98 Translated a college finance text book from American English to Hungarian. Munich, Germany

‘92 HUNGARIAN EMBASSY Washington, D.C.Volunteer. Created a database system and helped promote interest in Hungarian culture, economy.

‘91 Planned Parenthood Rockville, MDVolunteer receptionist and volunteer for other needed tasks.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

’11-‘14 Werbeck- Healing Through Singing ConferenceCompleted a three-half-year long singing course offered to professional singers, amateurs, and therapists where “one connects to one’s true voice” via special voice exercises and experiences the healing power of sound.

VIRTUES PROJECT tm

‘10 Completed introduction to “Awakening the Gifts of Character”, a personal and professional development program honored by the United Nations Secretariat as a model program to help create a culture of character in homes, schools, prisons, and corporations.

’03-‘08 SCHOOL OF LIFE, Educational Society Bethesda, MDCompleted a personal transformation program called Shanti Marga (Path to Peace).

SKILLS Fluent in Hungarian and English. Basic knowledge of Spanish and German.Microsoft Office, Quick Book, Power Point, and Harvard Graphics. Knowledge of European economic and political environment.

INTEREST Education, History, Politics, Skiing, Singing, Cooking, Personal Development