Sheila Durham Bowens

Summary
Summary
Take-charge professional delivering executive support and team leadership to business operations. Dependable and detail-oriented with ability to manage multiple tasks and providing intensive training and resources. Broad experience includes office management, accounting, accounts receivable, invoicing, database management, record keeping and filing. Recognized for exemplary customer service and team collaboration.
EDUCATION
- Wayne Community College | Goldsboro, NC
05/1999
Certificate - Communicational Spanish
- Eastern Wayne High School | Goldsboro, NC
High School Diploma
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Retired
05/2017
- Powertac Flashlight/Raleigh, NC
Office Manager
09/2013 – 05-2017 (4 years)
Supervised Distribution office with 11 employees, consistently cultivating productive and positive work atmosphere. Entered invoice data into company database and updated details, including customer contacts and delivery dates to keep information current. Contacted and collected on delinquent accounts.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company/Dudley, NC
Administrative Assistant
01/1981 – 09/2013 (32 years)
Personal Assistant to Construction Department Supervisor.
Managed physical and digital files. Maintained spreadsheets and monthly reports. Customer Service Representative and Event Coordinator.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- 1ST Vice President, Central/Eastern Wayne Alumni & Friends, Inc.
- Former Secretary, Wayne County Utilities Coordinating Companies
- Past President, Durham Family Reunion
- Trustee, Durham Family Cemetery
- Former Event Coordinator, The Black Pages Magazine
- Former Member, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Goldsboro Chapel Church
Enjoys traveling, cooking, dancing, singing & encouraging others
- COO – Sheila’s Awesome Tours
- Writes Poetry
- Wedding Coordinator
- Married to Vernon J. Bowens, Sr.
- Mother of three, Bocardo Darden, Shelida D. Barrett, Borencio Darden
- Grandmother to Sheliah Bizzell & the late Andreas Bocardo Darden