What People Are Saying
About Courtney Parham
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“Courtney is a consummate professional. She takes initiative, follows through with promises and is very passionate in her cause and leading others. She is well respected by her peers. I highly recommend Courtney. She is born to be successful and make others around her successful.”
- Daniel Estrada, Director of Recruiting at MassMutual (August 6, 2009)
“Courtney contributed to our social marketing launch. She is an early adopter and active user on a variety of leading social networks and web 2.0 tools. Her contributions on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Yelp have and continue to help us bring Clothing Swaps to the mainstream social web.”
- Andres Acosta, Chief Marketing Officer at Clothing Swap, Inc. (April 5, 2009)
“Courtney is an enthusiastic and dependable leader who has a passion for social justice that is rare, and for that I commend her. She remained highly involved in the University community while attending USF and proved that she is not afraid to take the lead.”
- Laura Molinari, Operations Assistant at Timmons Design Engineers (April 24, 2008)
“Poised, polite, intelligent, self-motivated. A true gem.Courtney works well with others in a team atmosphere (volunteering at my charity events) as well as alone (promoting, posting listings, etc).”
- Suzanne Agasi, Founder and Director at Clothing Swap, Inc. (July 4, 2009)
“Courtney was an excellent student who always attended class, turned in assignments on time, and had insightful contributions to make during class discussions. In group exercises during class she was comfortable in both leadership and follower roles. Courtney is more outgoing than the average student. Her academic ability is also significantly higher than the average student. Most importantly, she is inquisitive and always curious about the world around her."
- Stephen Zavestoski, Associate Professor at University of San Francisco (September 8, 2009)
“Courtney was a great employee and caller. She had great success in connecting with alumni, updating them on USF and asking for support. She was always willing to take on extra assignments and go beyond the scope of her job to help the team be successful.”
- Nicki Nabasny, Assistant Director of Annual Giving at University of San Francisco (April 24, 2008)
“Courtney did a fabulous job promoting our Obama music video (weneedapresident.com) all over the web. She got us into multiple blogs and hip hop websites, and even got us an article in the Oakland Tribune. That same article later lead to a KTVU Channel 2 News story! Courtney's work has been incredibly valuable to our group and I strongly recommend using her for your next publicity project.”
- Trevor P., Creative Director at Kapor Enterprises (September 6, 2008)
“Courtney is a dedicated hard worker as a professional, and a down-to-earth straightforward person as an individual. I saw Courtney on many occasions during our time at the University of San Francisco, and she always seemed busy with one group or the other, satisfying her penchant for public relations. If you want a PR job done well, consider Courtney, it is one of her passions.”
- Danien Scipio, Research Assistant at CalTech (April 3, 2009)
“Courtney is a creative and dedicated event planner. Courtney has a great understanding of the multicultural special events market and can execute creative multicultural events with great results.”
- Kim Nyoni, hired Courtney for special events (July 21, 2009)
“Courtney is a woman in the know! And her smile and energy are infectious!”
- Eboni Senai, Founder of See. Think. Dance. (October 19, 2009)
“Courtney and I were chosen to be a part of the Dean's International Leadership Seminar in Sydney, Australia in the summer of 2007. Courtney was an active participant throughout the program and was not afraid to go out of her comfort zone to establish new relationships with other members of the group. She is a huge activist on campus and off. A few of her activities include founding the group 'Young Blacks of the Bay,' Dean's International Leadership Seminar, as well as being an activist at this past years' presidential election. I highly recommend Courtney because of her drive, motivation, and leadership abilities.”
- Joseph Harris, Intern at Northwestern Mutual (July 24, 2009)
“Courtney was an excellent caller and floor manager at the USF Phonathon. Responsible for calling parents and alumni to ask for donations to the school, she raised a total of $20,500. She was promoted to manager after just two semesters at the Phonathon, and was responsible for training and motivating the team of student callers. Courtney did a great job at keeping the callers engaged and on task. She is personable and dependable.”
- Jessica Vodak, Director of Annual Giving at University of San Francisco (April 24, 2008)