Westtown Friends School, coeducational boarding school. Graduated 1984. State University of New York at New Paltz, BA in Political Science with concentrations in American Government, Law, and Local Government. Graduated 1995.
Experience – Professional Writer and Editor Since 1998
July 2010 to present: Marketing and Content Writer for VetNetwork, a marketing and consulting firm specializing in the needs of veterinary hospitals across the U.S. §Responsible for writing and producing all client content for websites, brochures, and related marketing collateral. §Responsible for creating, writing and producing marketing collateral for VetNetwork on the Web and written communications to current and prospective clients. 2001 to present:Freelance Writer/Editor/Media Consultant §I work with a range of clients producing feature stories, marketing collateral, Web content, direct mail, etc. §Author of a chapter marketing iPhone Apps to be included in a book targeted to smart phone app developers. §Author of “Selling Their Childhood: A Collection of Short Stories.” §I have sold stories to AOL.com (my image and an essay were featured on the AOL homepage) MSNBC.com, Automobile Quarterly, Scholastic Instructor, NH Magazine, Mothering Magazine, The Oregon Review, Portsmouth Magazine, Wines and Vines, American Spa Magazine, the Boston Globe travel section, Antique Trader Magazine, Seacoast Newspapers’ publications and others §One of my essays is included in a collection of essays for NPR’s “This I Believe” series (released winter 2010) §Contributing Editor to 4Health Magazine, NYC-based health magazine. §Acted as media and strategy consultant for NH gubernatorial and US Senate campaigns §Media consultant and strategist for Maggie Hassan’s successful 2004 state senate campaign. She was the only candidate to upset an incumbent state senator. October 2007 to present: Freelance ghostwriter writing memoirs for private clients as well as books and white papers for large multi-national corporations on business/technology concepts and issues. §Ghostwriter for numerous technology companies and private clients. Materials include books, white papers and published articles. Currently ghost writing a memoir for former politician and current radio personality on the lasting political and cultural legacy of the 1960s and a memoir by a father who suffered a traumatic event. §Lead writer (ghost) on a thought leadership book examining the emerging methodology and supporting technologies for enterprise performance management. §Lead writer (ghost) for the book “Mesh Collaboration: Creating New Business Value in the Network of Everything,” with authors Andy Mulholland of Capgemini and Nick Earle of Cisco §Contributed two chapters to “GRC for Dummies.” The principle client was SAP §Writer for a number of corporate white papers
February 2007 to October 2007: Features Editor, White Digital Media, an online business magazine for corporate executives. §Responsible for writing all case studies published by the magazine, producing and editing graphics and photography, and development of features §The content I wrote and produced carried 100 percent of the magazines monthly ad revenue of approximately $250,000 to $300,000. §Oversight responsibilities for freelance writers, one editorial assistant, and all copy editing §Reason for leaving: Laidoff with the entire editorial department after our jobs were outsourced to the company’s main office in the U.K.
March 2005 to May 2006: Managing Editor of the Northeast Municipal Forum, a monthly magazine covering municipal issues throughout New England §Responsible for all editorial content, design and layout, and general operations of the magazine §Oversaw story development, freelance writers, and wrote a number of the magazine’s sections §Represented the magazine at a number of forums and hosted panel discussions on media relations and insurance issues as they relate to municipalities §As founding managing editor I played a key role in developing the magazine’s website, web content, trademark, layout, design, and marketing materials
January 2003 to December 2004 author for MIT PressBoston, MA §Completed a book on the intersection of public policy and the Internet with co-authors Sharon Eisner Gillett, Executive Director of the MIT Program on Internet & Telecoms Convergence, and Mitch Kapor, Founder of Lotus Development Corporation. §My responsibilities for this book were as a ghost writer working with the above co-authors.
March, 1999 – September,2001,Portsmouth Herald,Portsmouth, NH, Opinion and Political Editor §Edited the opinion page, wrote op-eds and editorials, and reported on politics in NH §Covered the NH Presidential Primary, the impeachment trial of the NH Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, General Election of 2000, school funding crisis (I have covered this issue in one form or another since 1997), technology and health issues, and many other events and issues §Broke or took the lead on numerous local and statewide stories.
Awards/Career Highlights
§Have won many awards for my journalism, which includes writer of the year, feature story of the year, and investigative story of the year §Awarded the Davidoff Scholarship for Journalists at the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference in 2004. §I am the author of a report titled “The Status of Campaign Finance in New Hampshire,” which was publicly praised as the best ever written on the subject in NH by William Gardner, NH Secretary of State. §I have had exclusive interviews with many notables in the political world, which include President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, US Sen. John Kerry, Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Bill Bradley, Sen. John McCain, Secretary of Commerce William Daley, and others. These interviews have come as a result of general political journalism and writing, and covering the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. §I have appeared on many news shows to provide commentary on public policy issues and NH politics and have been quoted in newspaper reports on political issues in NH.