Perform several different operations of warehouse logistics, primarily in women's outbound. Joined the safety team. Also selected with several other warehouse associates to attend a question and answer session with CEO Elizabeth Spaulding during her first visit to the Bethlehem facility.

Designed and implemented public relations strategies with organization founders with special emphasis on grant writing, press relations, and mentoring interns in the communication department.

• handled all ordering of ingredients and supplies for café• received weekly order and unloaded into food service dry stock, refrigerators and freezers • counted cash from daily sales and prepare deposit• reconciled safe and sent money for registers• maintained food safety standards in café• made food and served customers • cleaned, stocked & prepared café for daily tasks• trained new team members• assisted in other areas of the store as needed

President 2008-2009Ex Officio 2009-2010President 2010-2011Ex Officio 2011-2012Newsletter Editor 2012-2013• using InDesign, redesigned newsletter sent to about 200 members. Past editors used Microsoft Word and/or Publisher. Increased member participation in newsletter by recruiting writers based on their individual interests/specialties.• serve as Facebook administrator• assisted with GLVWG's participation in the Riverside Festival of the Arts• designed print ads for GLVWG events including a two-color print ad in national magazine Writer's Digest promoting our annual writing conference, The Write Stuff• as president, set agenda for board meetings, guided meetings, and kept board members on track. Led meetings of general membership• interviewed for and appeared on local television program promoting our group and our conference• organized winter social at a local restaurant, keeping within a tight budget. With help of restaurant owner, planned menu sensitive to member dietary issues. Vegan and gluten-free options were included. Attended by about 50 members• mentored new presidents and board members• served as publicity chair for the annual conference, 2008

Internship in the Internal Communications Department at USAID, telecommuting from home. • designed materials consistent with existing branding standards according to the USAID style manual.• assisted with research and layout (InDesign exported to PDF) for color newsletters and posters for distribution throughout the agency • Developed/created logos for new internal communications programs• Participated in phone interviews with senior USAID staff as research for internal newsletter• Attended via videoconferencing the annual, all-staff "town hall meeting" with the USAID director

• designed and implemented updated curriculum for a technology and robotics after-school program (a hallmark program of the national YWCA) for pre-teen girls in eight schools in the Bethlehem Area School District. Girls learned video game design and Lego robotics to encourage them to pursue technology careers. • attended a national YWCA conference with supervisors to expand our TechGYRLS program technology and report to our members and funders on the sessions led by our local staff • hired and trained staff, including tracking school-required clearances for working with children: the FBI fingerprint clearance, state police clearance and state child abuse clearance. Have these clearances myself and have updated them for work in other schools since leaving the YWCA.• since the agency did not have a dedicated public relations person, I revamped the agency's publicity strategy more than tripling coverage in local media. I sent weekly press releases about agency events and updated the web site with Microsoft Front Page.• designed agency's initial Facebook presence and social media strategies. • updated agency brochures from copied in black and white on the photocopier to full color trifolds in line with national YWCA branding guidelines.• rejuvenated defunct newsletter, cutting page count in half to lower production costs but preserving content and including photography• designed slide shows and short videos to present to potential program participants and funding partners. Attended networking functions as a representative of the agency.• coached executive director before public appearances and meetings with the media• wrote annual campaign letter, speeches and newsletter columns for the executive director• attended women in leadership seminars both locally and at the state level• planned events with a focus on increasing participation and expanding offerings without increasing budget, i.e. transitioning "pizza parties" to events with a hot meal

• launched five new weekly newspapers and supervised newsroom staff for six publications while generating most of the content for the largest paper (10,000+ circulation) and doing the lay-out. • planned and generated material in all areas (news, features, education, photography, editorials, and entertainment)• hired and trained freelance reporters and interns • performed copy-editing/proofreading duties• designed special sections and ads

• planned and wrote at least ten stories per week, earning a merit raise every year the paper remained in production• nominated for and won a journalism award from the New Jersey Library Association (2004)• maintained relationships with public officials, business owners, non-profit employees, local chamber of commerce, educators and library director to assure timely reporting of local events.• developed and implemented ideas for shared content in more than one of our regional, weekly papers• nominated by supervisor for a "call to excellence" award from our publisher• worked with photographer to cover events and took own photography as needed

• recruited away from previous position specifically to expand "good news," feature-based free weekly tabloid to include hard news (in the absence of coverage from local dailies)• trained writers and developed initial relationships with local officials that allowed us to successfully cover local news• designed layout, special sections and ads (using Pagemaker for PC and Corel Draw)• implemented special promotions and contests that engaged readers

• covered all beats and wrote all content for weekly subscription-based newspaper• worked with publisher and lay-out artist on production days to organize content and proofread during prepress operations

As News Editor:• worked with local media when they attended events on campus• developed ideas, worked with alumni, and wrote the non-feature content for two alumni magazines, having a full-color print publication going to press about every two months• updated portions of current events section of web site using Dreamweaver and some HTML• using Quark, laid out and supervised the production of a weekly print internal newsletter distributed to every student and employee on campusAs Publicity Assistant:• received rough drafts of articles about our students and faculty from freelancers. I edited them and pitched them to and placed them in local and regional media throughout the country.• fielded media inquiries resulting from pitches. (In many cases, the receiving media outlet printed out press release as it was sent.)• maintained and programmed database of articles in Filemaker Pro. Certified in Filemaker scriptology. • in celebration of his 100th birthday, I pitched and placed a segment on our oldest living alumni on Good Morning America. • visited administrators' officers to deliver daily summary of media placements.

• handled ticket sales, managed season subscriptions and scheduled box office staff• performed in several plays • stage-managed several plays and musicals

• organized regional press coverage for live events• wrote press releases• worked with staff on national press events.