ProfileI'm an award winning writer with several years of experience in:
- Marketing
- Project management
- Freelance journalism and copywriting
- Newspaper reporting
- Teaching college writing classes
Writing experience
Copywriting- Web editor, United Way of Greater New Haven, 2002-2003
- Collateral materials, newsletters and articles for nonprofit and government organizations in the New Haven area
- Web content for businesses in the New Haven area
Newspaper and magazine journalism- Newspaper reporter for Community Newspapers, Inc. Milwaukee, 1995-1997
- Freelance articles in publications including: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee Magazine, Rethinking Schools: An Urban Educational Journal, The Shepherd Express (Milwaukee), The New Haven Register and Connecticut Magazine
- Volunteer copyeditor for Rethinking Schools, 1995-2000
- Several journalism awards
Teaching experience- Adjunct professor of first-year composition, advanced composition and English literature courses at several colleges: Southern Connecticut State University; Fairfield University, Marquette University, Carroll Colllege
- Teacher of English as a second language in Tsu-Shi, Mie-Ken, Japan
Management experience- Director of Community Investment and Agency Relations, United Way of Greater New Haven, 2003-2007
Education- M.A. in English, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, 1995
- B.A. in English, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1992
Volunteer and other community activity- Homework tutor, New Haven Community Book Bank, 2007-present
- Grantwriter, New Haven Community Book Bank, 2007-present
- Community Leadership Program, William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund, 2006
- Leadership Greater New Haven, class of 2003
- New Haven Business Times "40 Under 40" award, 2003
- Organizer of Cluefest: Get Lost, Find New Haven, 2005-present
- Board of Directors Film Fest New Haven, 2003-2005
- English as a Second Language tutor, Interfaith Refugee Ministries, 2002-2005
- Basic literacy tutor, Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven, 2000-2001
- Children's program volunteer, Milwaukee Women's Center's domestic violence shelter, 1995-2000 (Volunteer of the Year, 1998)
