External / Internal Communications / Marketing Advisor to President of Chops Construction Company.

•Development and guidance of communication strategies•Tactical application and best use of appropriate resources •Coordination and efficient utilization of a variety of communications tools and talents; writers, graphic designers, electronic media producers. •Project coordination of customer/employee meetings, industry tradeshows and conferences, public and community outreach events.

After completion of communications project with ConocoPhillips resumed consulting practice.* Most notable project - advisor to Bumbera Performance, PR initiative to promote driver candidate in their application to the NASCAR Driver Diversity Program. Included on-camerainterviews, press releases. Candidate accepted into the 2008 NASCAR driver class.

Responsible for external and internalcommunications projects including executive communications, stakeholder/landownercommunications, advertising, and recruiting. *Most recent focus - Content and integration of social media platforms, Pipeline project narratives and stakeholder newsletters, elevation of EP brand through awards and acknowledgements promoting clean air initiatives and workplace flexibility, El Paso PAC communications, daily postings to EP Today (employee portal.)

Develop story content and messaging of weekly intranet video news program supporting core branding issues requiring global alignment, sole responsibility for weekly program approval by deadline and managing a production team responsible for direction, production/editing, and graphics. * Shifted program's focus from regional to international in scope and reduced international travel costs by over 50% through strengthening of network business unit communicators. * Created interactive companion web site with retrieval architecture of past programs, increasing the return on investment for each issue by making the website an informationresource accessible on a world-wide basis. * Supported Community Relations, directed a multi-team video and photo shoot covering ConocoPhillips Rodeo Fun Run for immediate post race distribution to local and regional media. Reduced number of crews and increased number of marketable shots.

•Strategic communications counsel to executive team. Provide guidance for developing, targeting and refinement of corporate strategy messages to financial analyst community.•Security analyst presentations, board of director reports, white papers, and project proposals.•During time period consulting was focused exclusively to Duke Energy’s financial audience, stock price increased over 20%.

Requestd by CFO Energy Services to be communications strategy advisor to Group President of Duke Energy Services.•Writer for executive presentations focused upon market strategy and merger integration. •Independently and in liaison with external agencies, managed development of financial communications and presentations.•Staff training, SEC reporting and disclosure plus reporting requirements under Sarbanes/Oxley.

Following the merger of PanEnergy with Duke Power, I was promoted to group manager of a staff of thirteen (13) in multiple regions with responsibility for brand management, budget and forecasting for the group. The position carried management responsibility for the company’s internal communications media resources, which included corporate executive and IR meetings, tradeshow operations, multi-media production, and graphics.• During a 5 year period reduced Capital and O&M budgets by 10% each year while increasing products and services. This was achieved while maintaining customer satisfaction and quality expectations.• Beginning as a single employee offering a single service, grew the department and its capabilities to five distinct service groups with independent O&M budget and performance accountabilities. • As an internal service, built the department’s reputation as a reliable resource for strategic communication themes and collateral materials, IR communications for analyst meetings and merger communications, plus media crisis communications programs as well as one-source accountability for domestic marketing and international tradeshow operations.

Following the merger of Panhandle Eastern with Texas Eastern I was promoted from Audio Visual Specialist to department manager with staff of 5, with responsibility for performance evaluation and budget and forecasting. •Produced within 90 days a four-part video series supporting roll out of Chairman/CEO’s “Vision” to New York analysts.•Attached on a project basis to Panhadle Eastern’s investor relations, managed meeting logistics, production of key communication materials (video/electronic/print) for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s spin-off road show from Panhandle Eastern Corporation.