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Portland, Maine, Us

The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.

Manomet, Ma, Us

Manomet is a nonprofit organization that empowers stakeholders through science. • Develop and execute marketing and communications plans to support Manomet’s overall strategic priorities, including mission, events, and fundraising.• Attain earned media feature articles highlighting Manomet’s program and mission in diverse media/industry outlets, including The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Heated, Christian Science Monitor, BirdNote, Edible Boston and more.• Ensure successful coordination of messaging between Manomet’s key content channels (e.g. magazine, newsletter, webinars, website, social media) to increase networks and raise the visibility of the organization.• Provide marketing and communications leadership for Manomet’s diverse programs including bird and habitat research, fisheries, forestry, and the food sector.• Lead internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts.

Manomet, Ma, Us

• Led content development, marketing strategy, and implementation and outreach for Manomet’s Root360 (small business sustainability) and Grocery Stewardship Certification (GSC) programs (grocery retailer sustainability).• Delivered on public relations strategies to increase visibility of both programs.• Spearheaded client negotiations to secure grocery retailer clients for the GSC.

For six years after moving to Maine, I worked for The Smithers Group and supervised the marketing and public relations for their information services products, including events and membership. Smithers’ conferences focus on a wide variety of scientific topics (e.g. sustainable packaging, lighting and displays) and attract global decision makers from the world’s biggest brands including Apple, OSRAM Sylvania, P&G, The Coca-Cola Company and more. My efforts – which included a broad range of tasks including marketing, content and sales strategy development and execution; budget management; website development; and staff oversight – led Smithers’ products to a nearly 30% growth in overall revenue over the three years I managed the marketing department. We also exceeded our annual revenue targets by 16% in 2014 – the last full year the company operated in Maine before relocating to Akron, OH. I worked closely with company leadership to develop new and innovative ways to meet and exceed targets and attract new customers from all over the world.

My primary responsibility was to develop and execute media, marketing, social media and public relations strategies to ensure positive and continuous media coverage for restaurants and other clients in the hospitality and travel industries. I wrote press releases, articles, fact sheets, chef and management biographies for my clients, as well as edited and reviewed all materials that are sent to our clients or the media. I coordinated media coverage for our clients in numerous publications, including The Washington Post, Saveur, ForbesTraveler.com and The Wall Street Journal. Other duties include creating targeted public relations strategies for clients, coordinating TV segments and overseeing other staff members. Additionally, I planned events, ranging from Groundbreaking ceremonies to Grand Openings, designed to increase awareness of my clients and foster their relationships with the media and their local communities. I also managed new business recruitment, including networking, drafting proposals, presentations and negotiations.

Working closely with James Beard Award winning chefs RJ Cooper and Jeffrey Buben, I assisted with menu planning, inventory, and recipe development for the pastry and bread services. I also supervised pastry staff to ensure that desserts, petit fours and breads served at restaurant were ready for service. Proving my abilities to manage a wide number of tasks at one time, I prepared and plated all desserts during busy evening service (typically 75 to 200 covers).

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

I served as the primary lobbyist on all tax, legal reform and health care issues for client companies and advised client companies about Congress and Administration actions relating to business issues. I also drafted a wide range of communications for the organization ranging from magazine articles to comments on federal legislation

Washington, Dc, Us

As the Associate Director for Government Affairs for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a trade association representing 14,000 large, mid-size and small businesses, I represented the Association in front of their corporate members, members of Congress and the White House on a wide range of policy issues. I also directed the NAM’s “Issue Briefing Breakfast” and “Meet and Greet” programs which allowed Members of Congress and high-ranking Administration officials to interact with NAM members. Additionally, I wrote and edited two newsletters, which were distributed to thousands of member companies.

Working specifically on health care, tax and small business issues, I represented the Senator in meetings with constituents, lobbyists, federal officials, associations and members of the business community. I also drafted more than 500 pieces of correspondence on the Senator’s behalf for constituents and federal officials.

Curt Weldon won reelection in 1998 with 72% of the vote. I coordinated his grass roots campaign for entire 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania and supervised volunteers for campaign and election events.

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Political Science

Culinary Arts