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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Marketing communications/public relations
15 years experience in strategic marketing communications for diverse organizat
ions, products, services, campaigns and fundraising projects/initiatives (public
, private, non-profit sectors)
15 years experience in professional writing (speech, copy, technical, editorial
, proposal, research)
15 years experience in public speaking (audiences large and small, friendly and
unfriendly)
15 years experience in media relations management and training
15 years experience in managing design, production and distribution of marketin
g & sales collateral, advertisements, videos, campaign materials (commercial, po
litical), Web sites
10 years experience in grant writing including administration, compliance and r
eporting
Government affairs/non-profit management
15 years experience in managing community outreach, public education and extern
al affairs on behalf of private companies, non-profit organizations and public a
gencies
13 years experience in state and local intergovernmental relations, policy rese
arch, advocacy, legislative/government affairs, and lobbying from grassroots to
statewide level
13 years experience in fundraising (individuals, corporations, foundations, sta
te and federal sources), member/constituency cultivation, donor/sponsor cultivat
ion and recognition, board relations, volunteer management
People/special event/budget management
15 years experience in event management organizing/facilitating large group co
nferences, campaign receptions, member/constituent/donor recognition and marquee
fundraising events
7 years managing and coaching junior staff in media, marketing communications,
fundraising
6 years experience in reconciling an average 1,500 customer accounts every seve
n to ten days with direct financial oversight of payrolls, retail concessions an
d vendor contracts ($200,000 multi-currency transactions per cycle)
Travel/hospitality/customer service management
6 years experience as a maritime officer with responsibility for the comfort, s
atisfaction and administration of an average 1,500 customers in international de
stinations; regularly managing crises upon illness, death or evacuation of a cus
tomer or employee in foreign ports-of-call
6 years experience in working directly with local, national and international t
ravel/hospitality media, vendors, travel agents, tour operators and visitor/conv
ention bureaus
Professional hospitality/tourism experience in the following countries/geograph
ical areas: Alaska, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Bonaire, Colombia, Costa Rica
, Curacao, Dominican Republic, French West Indies, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Hawaii
, Jamaica, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, Tahiti, U.S. Vir
gin Islands