Hello! My name is Margretta de Vries and I founded AdminProfi Virtual Assistant Services to put 25 years’ professional administrative experience to work for you. Whatever piece is missing from your puzzle, I can help you put it together! A native of Lawrence, Kansas, I started my career working part-time for a retired professor, and I’ve worked at the University of Kansas Parking & Transit office since 1998. Along with helping oversee the operation of a top-notch student-funded public transit system — students account for 80% of transit ridership system-wide, including transit routes— my greatest passions are for languages, cultures, and making cool maps! I put the same attention to detail into any project, from daily office work to research to solving complex problems to mapmaking and event planning. Examples include:

• Ensure accuracy of university parking regulations (2002-present) and map (2004-present)
• Maintain and update departmental websites (2001-Present), including adaptation to new university sitewide designs (2002, 2013, 2017)
• Created SafeBus maps (2008-2017) using ArcGIS and Illustrator
• Complex transit spreadsheets (2006-present), such as
  • National Transit Database (NTD) required reports, including developing the annual ridership sampling schedule
  • Monthly and annual ridership and cost per ride calculations
  • Fuel consumption calculations for budget transfers

  My favorite projects over the years have been the ones that start with a “what if” or “I wish we could figure out X, Y or Z.” Some of those projects include:

• Coordinated Transit RFP for Lawrence Transit and University of Kansas (2008, 2013, and 2018)
• Co-wrote Coordinated City/University TIGER Grant Application (2015)
• Assisted with final internal edit of university master plan (2014)
• Participated in data collection, meeting coordination, and draft document reviews of multiple earlier studies (2005, 2006, 2008, 2013).