Blake Weaver Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Plates in Common is a personal project from Blake Weaver. Content includes feature stories, recipes, blogs, and various commentary on food, dining, cooking, and the food industry. Currently, the project is focused on online blogs, recipes, and short form journalism.

New York, United States

Hyde Park, New York, United States

- Oversee and enforce all policies and procedures within the Student Recreation Center.- Provide all students, faculty, staff, and visitor with effective customer service as it relates to the facility, events, and campus.- Check-in students for all Fitness Center appointments and Group Fitness classes.- Communicate effectively with both student and professional staff regarding any issues or unique situations.- Assist and lead in the training of all new employees.- Ability to execute all opening and closing procedures for the Student Recreation Center in the event no Professional Staff is present.

Manhattan, New York, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

- Cover news and trends within the quick service and full-service restaurant industries for national business-to-business publications, QSR Magazine and FSR Magazine.- Write in-depth feature stories for the monthly print publication as well as shorter, weekly online articles for www.qsrmagazine.com and www.fsrmagazine.com.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

- Researched and pitched story ideas on various subjects including higher education, national politics, local issues, tax policy, business and technology.- Wrote numerous articles, incorporating thorough interviews and data.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

King, North Carolina

Co-ed YMCA Summer and outdoor education camp at the base of Sauratown Mountain, with a myriad of activities focused on personal development.- Led the CIT program, mentoring groups of twelve to fourteen young men and women and teaching them the skills necessary to be effective counselor.- Directed the camp’s chapter of the Raggers program, a religious goal-setting program for campers and staff. Duties included organizing ceremonies, taking inventory of supplies and placing orders when supplies were low, making speeches detailing the program for new and returning campers and staff. - Delivered speeches and sermons regularly in front of all of camp residents.- Trained new staff on a variety of activities and skills, such as ropes courses, shooting sports and cabin leadership.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

- Supervised a rotating team of staffers to operate the UNC Student Store's convenience market.- Lead and participated in continual cleaning and stocking efforts.- Facilitated shipments of grocery items and school supplies into the stock room and onto the sales floor.- Ensured all products on the sales floor were properly displayed and inventoried.- Maintained a clean environment in the stockroom and on the sales floor.- Kept detailed records of maintenance and inventory.- Conducted regular discussions with my employees to see what feedback they have on best practices and relaying that information to the managerial staff; worked to put whatever solutions possible into effect to meet the needs of the employees and the store.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Spoke with constituents across the district about their political concerns, evaluated the concern and passed along necessary information to the relevant policy expert or office staffer.- Attended Financial Services Committee meetings and dictated the sentiments of the various representatives, compiled the sentiments into a database for efficiently whipping votes.Authored one-page explainers of policies and bills to present to the congressional office staffers.- Led tours of the Capitol building for families and groups, detailing the history of the building and various stories about congress members.

Associate Of Science - As, Culinary Arts

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Delta Chi Men's FraternityThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation's first public university.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

The UNC School of Media and Journalism's responsibility is to train the next generation of media professionals, including journalists.