Help tell the stories of the people and places touched by the work the firm--a team of more than 1500 architects, interior designers, urban designers, scientists, artists, anthropologists and other professionals working across industries and across the globe to create places that delight, heal and stimulate peak performance.

Wrote grant applications, donor appeals, thank you letters, weekly email news digest, and program materials; researched and managed funding opportunities; and assisted in the development and delivery of programs and events at a nonprofit community science center in the Chicago Southland

Wrote grant proposals, donor solicitations, and thank you letters; researched funding opportunities; worked with volunteers; helped develop and deliver programs and events.

Communicated with Homewood Science Center program participants, community partners and donors; wrote grant proposals; researched funding opportunities; helped develop and deliver programs and events.

Corporate WritingWriter/editor/ghostwriter, 2007-present. Material I have written or edited for corporate clients has been published in outlets ranging from U.S. News & World Report to Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, and as blog posts, award submittals and proposals.Magazine WritingRegular contributor, Health Facilities Management magazine (a publication of the American Hospital Association), 2005-2017. Wrote monthly cover stories and twice-yearly magazine supplements on topics related to facility design, construction and operations. Additional AHA publications include articles in Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, Trustee magazine and Inside ASHE, the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.Newspaper WritingRegular contributor, Chicago Tribune, 2003-2007. Covered a variety of subjects for a weekly news and entertainment section. Articles written for the Tribune also were published in several other major U.S. newspapers, syndicated through the Tribune Media Services company.Video Content DevelopmentPartner, Studio 604 (www.studio-604.net), 2009-present. Write proposals in response to RFPs, conduct research and interviews, create written content and assist with the production and final edit of short-form documentary videos to promote and develop businesses, non-profits, schools, municipalities, arts organizations and community groups.

Located materials in a worldwide library database and assisted patrons in using interlibrary loan services.

Wrote user manuals and newsletter articles for a clinical laboratory software development company.