Linda Cammarata

I currently work for the COO of Munich RE, USPNC, where I serve as Senior Legal Assistant and Operations Administrative Coordinator for the Princeton office in New Jersey. I've been in support operations for over 25 years, and throughout my career I've learned that beside skill, knowledge, and education, you have to be accessible, approachable, and able to work with a multitude of different personalities. In my current role, what I value most is collaboration and inclusion. I have an admin who reports to me, and even though I'm her manager, I'm always, first and foremost in my heart, an assistant. I know where she comes from and what she deals with, and I always take that into consideration before asking or requiring her to do anything. I put myself in that position because I've lived it throughout my career. Working with people as business partners, side by side, is something that has grown so much within this role. I'm less micromanaged here, so I'm enjoying it more. One of my most notable achievements was helping organize and put together a 150-plus town hall that included Jamie Dimon as the keynote speaker at JPMorgan Chase two years ago. That was everything - calendar, catering, rooms, AV, presentations, handouts, giveaways, name tags - soup to nuts, overseeing everything and pretty much doing at least 85% of it myself. That's been my career - wearing all the hats. Even though I wanted to move away from that, it just always seems to come back, and you know what? It just works.