Seattle City (spot)Light: Tricia Barrett, Personnel Specialist – Powerlines

The Fundamentals

How lengthy have you ever been at Metropolis Gentle? One 12 months 

Division: Security, Well being and Wellness (SHaW) 

Inform us about your function. What does your job entail?  I’m a personnel specialist/assistant for Security, Well being and Wellness Director Charlotte Dorrity. Maybe an important side of my job is to take the executive burdens off my boss whereas additionally maintaining her on top of things on the division financials. I assist give her slightly respiration room! Like everybody at Metropolis Gentle, I put on many hats. I characterize our division in assorted finance and funds conferences, course of personnel paperwork and sit in on resume evaluations, and assist our security workforce with numerous administrative duties. I course of the accounts payable invoices for our division, handle our buying and contracts, carry out funds monitoring and forecasting in partnership with our funds workforce and our division administrator, and act as a accomplice to different divisions who want assist from SHaW.  

Background

Hometown: I’m from Brockton, Mass., initially, however spent half of my elementary years in Brussels, Belgium and landed in Edmonds, Wash., in time for highschool. It appears like my “hometown” is a mixture of all three! 

Alma Mater: Peninsula Faculty 

Self-discipline/Commerce of examine: I’m a enterprise main with a bachelor of utilized science in utilized administration 

Inform us about your loved ones: I’m a single mom to twin women who at the moment are grown and graduated this 12 months from the College of Washington with STEM levels. We’re a tightknit little clan of three! We now have a Lakeland Terrier named Lily, who is nice and sassy (as most terriers are). My household lived for generations in New York. My technology is the primary to go away and my kids are the primary to be born on the West Coast. We find it irresistible right here! 

Only for Enjoyable

What’s the perfect piece of recommendation you might have acquired? I learn it someplace, however it’s the piece of recommendation I attempt to adhere to in my day by day life: “Hear twice as a lot as you communicate.” 

What do you want most about your function? My co-workers! I work with a number of the finest folks I’ve ever labored with. The bar is excessive right here at Metropolis Gentle. I’m so impressed with the professionalism and kindness that I’ve skilled in my quick time right here. I additionally love that the work I do intersects with the work of others on so many ranges that my contributions have influence.  

What’s your favourite film style and/or all-time favourite film? I’m a sucker for films! I like so many. I watch a whole lot of overseas movie. And I like an excellent script. As for my favourite of all time…let’s make it a tie between ”Life is Stunning” by Roberto Benigni and “Large Night time” by Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott.  

Should you may dwell anyplace on the earth, the place would it not be and why? I might dwell in Eire. The local weather is similar to the Pacific Northwest. The land is wealthy with historical past and the individuals are heat and beneficiant. My finest good friend from highschool lives there and we’re nice firm. It’s additionally completely suited to touring to elsewhere in Europe. Weekends climbing Munros in Scotland? A present in London? Dinner in Paris? Every week on the seaside in Portugal? Not an issue if you happen to dwell in Eire! 

What’s one thing most individuals don’t learn about you? Most individuals don’t know that I generally dream in French. French was a second language as a baby and I get up generally after having very concerned conversations in French. In actual life, there aren’t many alternatives to talk and so I’ve lengthy misplaced fluency. Nobody would ever guess!