Alain Briottet – CV – Translated into English (French version available upon request)

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Paulette (Letendre, Johnson) Boudrot was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts.

 

EDUCATION:

• Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, Middlebury, VT, 2015

• High School diploma, Jesus Mary Academy, Fall River, MA

• BS in Elementary Education, Minor in French, Bridgewater State University, MA

• M.A. French, Middlebury College, VT

• Diploma, 20th Century French Literature, Sorbonne, University of Paris, France

• Southeastern Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership Entrepreneurial Training Program, Graduate

• Rotary Leadership Institute Northeast America, Graduate

 

​PROFESSIONAL WORK:

• 1960 – 1982French teacher, kindergarten through college in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  (Northampton, Medford, Rhode Island College’s Henry Barnard School, Tufts University, Bridgewater State College and Quincy Public Schools.)

• 1982 – 1995Executive Assistant and Investor Relations Specialist in corporate settings with senior management in a high tech, cultural, and international settings.

• French Cultural Services of the French Consulate, Boston

  • Created student exchange directory

• Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association - BSSCA

  • Committee to initiate the first high school exchange program,1984

  • Represented BSSCA with exchange program to Strasbourg; 1984, 1988

• Cilas, Inc., a division of Alcatel, Bilingual Assistant

• Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Architectural Firm, Executive Assistant to CMO.

• Signal Technology Corporation, Executive Assistant, Investor Relations Specialist

• 1995 – 2007 Entrepreneur - Owner of PLJ Administrative & Business Solutions focusing on software training, outsourced office management, commercial relocation coordination and non-profit professional association management. Clients include:

  • American Banking Marketing Association, New England Chapter

  • Integrated Measurement Association

  • National Investor Relations, Boston Chapter

  • MIT, Sloan Alumni Club of Boston

• Sold business in 2007

 

VOLUNTEER, AWARDS, MISCELLANEOUS:

• Fulbright Scholar, Paris France, 1966-67

• Rotary Club of Weymouth and District 7950 since 2000 to present:

  • Chair of many committees and events at both levels

  • South Shore Council, Past Chair, Past Secretary

  • Citation for Meritorious Service to The Rotary Foundation, 2015

  • Recipient multiple Paul Harris Awards.

  • District Chair, 1st Community Volunteer 10 - 20 Night

  • District Grants Sub-Committee Grants Chair, 2010 - 2015

  • District Grants Trainer, Adviser, 2015 – 2019.

  • District International Service Chair, 2018 – 2019.

  • Rotary Leadership Institute Northeast America, Faculty, District Site Chair, Regional Vice Chair, Secretary

  • Percy Hodgson Memorial Award, District 7950, April 2016

  • Visited So Africa in 2009 and consequently raised $14,000 for Rotary International Literacy Project in province of KwaZulu Natal.

  • Represented Rotary District 7950 at Rotary International Convention, Bangkok, Thailand, 2012

  • Executive Assistant to District Governor, 2017-2018

• Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association, Director and VP Administration, 1982 – present.

• French Government Award - Chevalier in the Order of “Palmes Académiques”, 2010

• Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Corporate Advisory Council, 1999 – 2008.

• Société Francophone of Cape Cod, MA, Director

• American Literary Translators Association, Member

• New England Translators Association, Member

• Sandwich Arts Alliance, Member

• French Cultural Centre, Boston, MA, Member

• Travel: Europe (especially France), Southeast Asia, South Africa

 

CURRENTLY retired and living on Cape Cod In Falmouth. Still involved in Rotary International, RLINEA, Société Francophone de Cape Cod and the Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association.  Enjoy travel, cooking, reading and more recently translating from French to English.

 

 

 

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