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Marilyn Saarni
Administrative analyst

475 McCone Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767

T • (01) 510/643-5063
F • (01) 510/642-9520

 

 

Marilyn's Computer Resources


Marilyn is the business and computer resources manager for CIG...

  • Manages CIG campus funds, contracts, proposals/grants
  • Supports roughly 35 users (MacOS specialist)
  • Manages website (design, content, training of contributors)
  • Edits/writes scientific and general content
  • Deals with varied crises

Marilyn Saarni with her vizslas
Marilyn with her vizslas, Galena and Gustaf

Background

BA in Earth Sciences, UC Berkeley
(emphasis land use and risk assessment)

Technical writer and scientific editor
(10+ years experience writing and editing)

Worked on Macs, mainframes and windows pcs since 1981

Varied work history—tech writing (software), technical drafting, scientific editing, research tech in mining engineering/geothermal, nursery school teacher, K-3 science enrichment teacher, UC administration work, substitute Campanile bell ringer (used to be a musician), landscaping...home with kids for a while too

Three UC "Superior Performance" awards over the years

Community/volunteer work—in the past have been a neighborhood liaison, an Albany Let It Be co-founder, an occasional dog foster mom, worked in schools (a high school accreditation team leader, organizer of an 8th grade prom, helping with installing school networks, overseeing volunteer teenagers cleaning up yards of local elderly and disabled); served on the boards of Regional Parks Association and Association of Women Geoscientists; edited newsletters for three non-profits

 

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