About Me

A typical, poor, not-completely-graduate college student, I returned to my parents home in Idaho to try and find a job and pay off all the bills I'd accrued obtaining an education.  I was three classes away from my diploma.

I began my career working for the Idaho Transportation Department in a clerical Temp. position.  The main portion of my job was to track legislation important to the department.  Since I had graduated with a degree in English and had adequate writing skills, my position grew to a point where I began helping draft legislation.  I thoroughly enjoyed this position, and although efforts were made to "create" a full-time legislative specialist position for me, we could not obtain approval, and I needed a permanent, full-time position.

I accepted a Sr. Secretary position for the Dept. of Commerce.  Within this position, I learned some basic design/layout skills, having to put together Grant Administrator's Handbooks.  This position was short lived, as I needed to complete three college courses to finish my BA.  These classes were all offered at the local state college during summer session, and my father said he'd pay if I took them and finally ended the college saga. The Department did not want to set a precedence and allow me the time to complete the classes, so I resigned.

After finishing in July, I worked for a temp. service in various clerical positions.  In January, 1995, I took temporary position as an Executive Administrator for the Engineering/Maintenance dept. of an RV Manufacturer, KIT Manufacturing, in Caldwell, ID.  Part of this assignment was to fill-in for the Executive Secretary to the President while she was on maternity leave.  I had no intentions of remaining with this company, as a matter of fact, I couldn't wait to get out!  However, in July of that same year, I accepted a position as the part-time Marketing Coordinator and began training to produce their marketing materials, coordinate shows, and whatever else needed to be done in the realm of selling their RV product.  I continued to work part time in the other departments until the marketing work completely consumed my time - I became the full-time Marketing Coord. in November of that same year.  Eventually, I worked into the position of Marketing Manager.
 
In 1999, I obtained the additional responsibility of coordinating our "proto" process with the interior designer - being her "eyes" (since she was located in California).  My supervisor believed I had the talent to eventually complete the interiors myself and began training me.  In 2003, KIT MFG. became Extreme RV's, and the following year I began putting together complete interiors for all of their product lines.  I worked closely with purchasing and production, contacting suppliers directly for samples, making price comparisons, assisting with product budgeting, documenting/detailing the new items specified for model-year changes, and coordinating designs with exterior graphics companies.  I became fully-integrated with model-year change-over - coordinating the proto'ing and final implementation of these interior and exterior "cosmetic" changes.

I remained with the company for a total of 14 years in various positions, including Marketing Manager, Sales Administrator, Sales Rep., and Interior Design Coordinator.

I am currently a freelance professional, working from my private office in Meridian, ID. I continue to follow the latest trends in marketing as well as interior design. I continue to work with RV companies on marketing and interior design projects but have expanded into helping small businesses with their marketing and graphic design needs. Along with my husbands IT Consulting and Photography business, Existinglight, LLC, I can offer a wide array of services for small businesses.

I am always open to new projects. No job is too big or too small. Call me today at (208) 250-3893

LaChelle Bohner
(208) 250-3893
2868 S Alfani Way
Meridian, ID  83642