Elaine Chandras, The Center for Professional Learning & Curriculum Support

Elaine Chandras serves as the assistant to the Center for Professional Learning & Curriculum Support’s Senior Director, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wilson. In this role, she performs executive secretarial duties, maintains both general and confidential office files, organizes and coordinates meetings and conferences, and assists in preparing and maintaining budgets, personnel records, and staff attendance reports. Before joining Southern Westchester BOCES, Elaine worked as an administrative assistant at Visiting Media, a company offering a sales and marketing platform primarily for hotels, wineries, schools, and country clubs. There, she handled clerical tasks, maintained a Salesforce database, and performed executive assistant functions, including scheduling and report analysis. Elaine also ran her own bakery, and has worked as an English tutor, helping students with grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills.  Elaine completed her degree in English at Arizona State University, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA.