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Baltimore, Md, Us

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

College Park, Md

Led both external and internal communications strategies for Bioengineering (BIOE) and the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices (REFI).Managed BIOE’s/REFI’s news reporting, public relations, and social media strategies; primary tasks included reporting all department/REFI news; managing the editorial and social media calendars; authoring and designing print collateral, coordinating events, maintaining relationships with media, and strengthening outreach to other University of Maryland System and Big Ten institutions. Highlights include media placements in Washingtonian, DIY Science, ABC7 WJLA, Popular Science, FOX5 DC, and The Conversation.Liaised on behalf of REFI with Children’s National Medical Center to support outreach and communications efforts for the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), an FDA-funded collaboration to foster pediatric device/orphan product development.Led web redesign efforts for BIOE and REFI, as well as for the FDA-funded Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation; collaborated with Children’s National Medical Center and an external design firm to redesign the NCC-PDI website and logo.Assisted with coordinating the grand opening of A. James Clark Hall, the university’s new six-story engineering building; responsibilities included coordinating building tours and tour guide scripts, research presentations/demos, print collateral, signage, and faculty talking points to welcome more than 300 guests from industry, state and federal government, university leadership, and academia.Authored speeches, event scripts, and letters for leadership, including responses to major community and world events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for social justice.Served as an invited speaker for the University of Maryland’s Social Media Conference; co-presented, “Managing Decentralized Social Media."

College Park, Md

Served as editor for the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering's (CEE) "Civil Remarks"​ print and online magazines and the Fischell Dept. of Bioengineering's (BIOE) "Biofeedback"​ print and online magazines. I wrote all content for the department publications and designed all e-news publications using Adobe Creative Suite software.Managed CEE and BIOE social media accounts, including for the department and for several centers and academic programs.Led media campaigns to promote CEE/BIOE research, faculty/student/alumni news, and department developments. Past campaigns included the organization of a "Transportation Engineering Technology Day"​ media event, which resulted in media hits on NBC, WTOP, and NPR; and a hurricane preparedness campaign, which produced media hits with The TODAY Show, USA TODAY, and ABC. Designed department promotional/outreach materials including postcards, brochures, holiday cards, and program one-pagers.Manage CEE and BIOE department websites, as well as online calendars and affiliated center websites. My largest web initiative involved the creation and management of the Center for Disaster Resilience website (cdr.umd.edu).Coordinated events for BIOE and CEE, most notably CEE's Transportation Innovation & Policy Summit (a campus-wide undertaking that featured U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx as our keynote speaker), and BIOE's annual Fischell Festival and student capstone design competitions. Authored speeches for Clark School, CEE, and BIOE events including remarks for the University of Maryland President and Provost.Served as interim communications coordinator for the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reported Washington Wizards and Washington Nationals game stories and analysis with full media credentials for home games.Reported Washington Commanders game stories and analysis.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Pitched stories and reported for InTouch, a weekly trade publication distributed to DSA member companies and newsletter subscribers. Past stories included: Shrinking Middle Class, Socioeconomic Trends Among Factors Affecting Direct Selling; Gen Y Emerges as the Latest Face of Direct Selling; DSA Companies Win Big with Sports Sponsorship Initiatives; Backed by Research, Direct Sellers Identify Need to Expand Outreach to Under-Represented Minority Groups.Assisted with social media overhaul initiative; worked with PR firm and DSA's Communications department to revamp Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Served as a contributing writer for DirectSelling411.com.Wrote and designed marketing materials for association events using programs such as Adobe Dreamweaver and various e-marketing platforms including iMakeNews and Paramount.Reported on location about association events including out-of-town national conferences and board meetings.Wrote speeches for DSA executives during events such as DSA's 2011 Be Connected Conference in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2012 Companies in Focus seminar in Columbus, Ohio.Drafted language and assisted with editing for DSA's milestone book, a multi-chapter historic narrative about DSA's achievements over the past 100 years.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Wrote an average of three articles each month for publications throughout Mercer County and for MercerSpace.com.Reported on local business news, local politics and sports news.Conducted interviews in-person and over the phone, reported from live sports events, and photographed events and individuals to be featured in print and online.

Bethesda, Maryland

Logged, edited and cut highlights of professional and college sporting events including games, press conferences and interviews.Wrote, placed, and updated graphics, headlines, and full-screen stories for the 6:00, 10:00, 11:00 and 1:00 a.m. editions of SportsNet Central using iNEWS. Maintained real-time score updates and up-to-date news alerts.Organized outgoing and incoming digital feeds from sporting events and other television networks.Wrote and edited script segments for editions of SportsNet Central.Assisted the production staff during live broadcasts of Washington Post Live and SportsNet Central.Participated in daily news meetings with news directors, producers, anchors and production staff to assist with story ideas and discuss run-downs for each of the daily news programs.Assisted with interviewing professional sports figures and collecting sound from press conferences for broadcast and Web stories.

Rockville, Maryland

Wrote and edited the "Laboratory" and portions of the "Collaboration" sections of the Office of Regulatory Affair's first annual report. Researched, drafted, and finalized portions of the report discussing innovations in food safety, homeland security measures, mobile laboratories, and food monitoring processes.Interviewed members of the FDA including laboratory analysts from the Division of Field Sciences, as well as program directors.Assisted with the design, layout and photography for the annual report.Attended weekly meetings concerning the report and new developments within the FDA.

London, United Kingdom

Wrote an average of six articles each week for both the Financial and Features sections of the daily newspaper.Edited portions of the Features and Financial sections using Quark and Adobe Photoshop.Conducted on-site interviews each day with various professionals throughout London's Bank District.Photographed interviewees for "Vox Pops" section published daily.

Princeton, New Jersey

Voiced, recorded, edited and aired commercials using Adobe Audition.Wrote public service announcements and commercials to be recorded and aired.Created, voiced and edited independent production projects.Assisted in promoting and organizing on-site events and concerts.Operated the soundboard live on air.Screened calls for both on-air and off-air contests.Shot video footage of in-studio performances which aired live online and were archived on the station's Web site.Researched and issued breaking entertainment news to subscribers throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Shot and conducted on-site interviews for video of political rally for CitzenVox.org and Youtube.Wrote articles about the latest additions to Public Citizen’s Web sites, updates to nationwide Clean School Bus Programs as well as two book reviews for Public Citizen News, a monthly newspaper distributed nationally.Proofread articles and Congressional voting charts for Public Citizen News.Wrote blog posts for CitzenVox.org.Drafted press releases and media advisories that were sent nationwide to news organizations.

Master Of Science - Ms, Health Science

Graduate Certificate, Science Communication, 4.0

Graduate Certificate, Nonprofit Management And Leadership, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Nonprofit Management and Leadership Fellow, Do Good Medallion honoree (2021)

B.A, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega, The Eagle (newspaper); completed internships with Public Citizen, Nassau.