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- Manage multi-unit vacation rental in northern AZ, delighting guests with our private chef options and building our hospitality brand.- Automate communications/social media marketing to drive potential guests to booking sites and encourage repeat bookings.- Partner with local businesses to create experience packages and provide unique value for guests.- Scope building/landscape improvements and build-outs, acquiring necessary permits and coordinating contractors.

As one of only three Seniors Real Estate Specialists (SRES®) in Cottonwood (and only five in the entire Sedona/Verde Valley area), I help clients navigate challenging property transitions as they age, offering resources and support to ensure moves go smoothly.

Market leader in providing hospitality audit, quality benchmarking, brand compliance, and market research services exclusively for the global hospitality industry at venues worldwide.- Performed site visits of restaurants and resorts in Phoenix area to observe and critique products, services, and atmosphere.- Wrote detailed, quantified reports regarding staff, food, facility, and issues/complaints to alert management of potential problems. Consistently rated as top performing evaluator.

Prominent wine lifestyle social networking site offering wine sales, local/online communities, blogs, events, and travel.- Successful start-up of my internet-based wine group, Scottsdale Wine Enthusiasts, attracted interest of national wine social networking site looking to expand to local market.- Planned and executed 50+ events/year for groups of 5-75, including happy hours, educational tastings, wine pairing dinners, and culinary travel.- Created syllabi and delivered unique culinary programs. Conceptualized and launched series of culinary instruction dinners, wine pairing, and cooking classes, including walking tour of Chinese Cultural Center, ethnic dinners, advanced cooking methods, and tastings of specialty ingredients (i.e., olive oils, salts, indigenous ingredients). Determined food costs, menu, and appropriate price points for all events; provided catering services.- Gave demos at local culinary events (Scottsdale Culinary Festival, West of Western/Devour, Phoenix Cooks!). Partnered with existing culinary and wine events to publicize VinVillage brand.- Recruited members and assistant organizers. Authored training and marketing materials; trained assistants on event planning and hospitality. Grew membership to over 750 active members within two years. Developed a reputation for excellence: 95% of members indicated they would pay a yearly membership fee (group subsisted on donations).- Generated annual calendar of events to plan marketing strategy. Increased monthly e-newsletter distribution to over 1000 wine and food enthusiasts.- Researched and wrote culinary/wine articles. Broadened social media presence via blogs, forums, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Consulted with VinVillage director to enhance customer experience of website.

Kitchen studio, culinary classroom/video production space; special event venue.- Created curriculum, developed menus, and marketed numerous culinary classes, demonstrations, wine tastings, pairing dinners, and related events, such as Open Kitchen Night to showcase local culinary talent.- Identified chefs/sommeliers to teach new classes in state-of-the-art kitchen studio; worked with chefs to develop course curriculum and coach for video production.- Demonstrated cooking techniques and taught classes (cheese making, ethnic cuisines, using local ingredients, etc.).- Established and executed communications plan and PR/marketing calendar (including social media).- Performed website review/audit and provided redesign specifications. Developed and maintained contact databases. Published monthly e-newsletter alerting clients to upcoming events.

- Hosted wine tasting events at clients’ homes, marketing wine and related accessories; taught customers basics of wine tasting and food pairing.- Wrote monthly e-newsletter distributed to over 400 wine enthusiasts.- Initiated creative methods for lead generation, such as starting an Internet-based wine enthusiast group and holding public wine events.

Business start-up offering culinary instruction and meal prep for individual clients, as well as writing/editing for food-related businesses and bloggers.- Consulted with potential clients regarding special-needs diets, nutrition, and food preferences. Researched and created menus; prepared and packaged gourmet dishes at clients’ homes.- Instructed private culinary students in knife skills, making stocks and sauces, entertaining with appetizers. Prepared private catered dinners for groups of 2-10.- Created database of recipes pulled from print and online sources and adapted them to fit special diets, theme dinners, and other events.- As active member of AIWF, attended dinners and culinary events, wrote critiques for web sites and newsletters; participated in AIWF Days of Taste program as both chef and instructor, teaching elementary school children farm-to-table concepts and leading field trips to local farms.- Edited e-newsletters for local restaurants, wine groups, and food publicists. Voracious reader of all things culinary- and wine-related.- Assisted chefs at culinary demonstrations (Farmer’s Market, high-end kitchen appliance showrooms).