
Cathie VanGessel
Cathie is the Office Manager for ROCG Americas which is an international professional service and consulting firm with offices throughout North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. ROCG is the only international firm specializing in the areas of business transition strategy, finance and operations for privately owned and emerging growth enterprises.
As the Office Manager for ROCG Americas Corporate Office, Cathie manages the day to day operations for the corporate office and administrative support to our 9 offices throughout North Americas. Duties include:
- Reporting directly to the CEO, 10 principal partners, and providing support to regional office administrators within 9 locations throughout North America.
- Scheduling appointments and travel itinerary for the CEO for local and international travel.
- Keeping management informed by reviewing and analyzing special reports; summarizing information; and identifying trends.
- Maintaining corporate office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, layouts, equipment procurement, forms and record management, print management and product ordering.
- Leading, creating and evaluating all marketing efforts including organizing, supervising and writing content for webinars, company websites, written materials, emails, newsletters, social media, meetings and supervising/proofing all final results.
- Organizing and coordinating promotional events for all locations, including travel, hotel and meeting room arrangements. Also arrange all monthly board meetings, quarterly partner meetings and monthly regional business owner’s workshops.
- Designing and implementing office policies by establishing standards and procedures; measuring results against standards and making necessary adjustments.
- Ensuring top quality support to clients of ROCG Americas in payment processing, file management, and phone/email support.
Cathie continues to work under pressure with a high level of integrity, flexibility and accuracy.
Cathie’s prior work experience includes working for a multi-million dollar print company as Finance and Marketing Assistant providing payroll assistance for 100 employee company, managing accounts payable, ordering office supplies, creating promotional advertisements in print and email, making travel arrangements and arranging/proofing the yearly print catalog.
Cathie is currently the Varsity Coach of a local high school dance team. Cathie and the dance team are a fundamental part of the local community, volunteering for many social causes, performing at high school sporting events and competing at area dance competitions.
Cathie has been married to Mike for over 20 years and together they have two daughters. She enjoys spending time together with her family camping, riding quads or any outdoor activities.