Colette Astorgue Executive Assistant
Colette Astorgue joined the Education First team as executive assistant late in September 2008. She is responsible for organizing and implementing administrative systems, human resources policies and technology infrastructure, as well as arranging travel, scheduling and event planning.
Colette came to Education First from the nonprofit arts world, where she served as the executive assistant at Foolproof Performing Arts, which brought national and international speakers to Seattle, WA for high-profile events. There, her duties included supervising website construction, managing logistics, scheduling and attending board meetings, creating and maintaining the in-house mailing list and assisting with sponsor outreach for events.
Colette holds a diploma in comparative literature from Smith College.