• Develop new business, manage accounts and mentor director-level staff at boutique B2B agency• Set client communications strategy, including earned, paid and owned media, social, email• Pitch stories, draft and distribute press releases, craft and place thought leadership

• Oversaw the departments that drove revenue growth; exceeded all budget goals• In Custom, created the virtual roundtable and Notable Executives series, both generating $1 million+ annual incremental revenue; launched sponsored events (such as Illinois’ Healthiest Employers for Cigna and a Middle Market series for Bank of America), research projects (including surveys for Deloitte and Citi), thought-leadership programs, white papers and custom content guides• In Digital, created paid People on the Move product, generating $1 million+ annual incremental revenue; launched newsletters, apps, podcasts, content hubs and livestreams with top executives and government officials such as Governor Pritzker, Ambassador Emanuel, Mayor Lightfoot and Senator Durbin; oversaw brand SEO, social strategy, web/email metrics, UX, IA and CMS updates• During pandemic, stood up successful online events business for multiple Crain brands, including vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, sales training and production support• Managed employees across all four cities

• Managed 60 people and $10 million annual budget at National Magazine Award finalist publication• Expanded product suite, grew paid circulation and digital traffic, increased overall ad revenue by 18% (with 60% growth in digital), executed major brand partner activations • Oversaw editorial, budgeting, marketing, acquisition opportunities and senior hires• Helped execute sale of Time Out Chicago to minority partner in 2013 on behalf of majority owner Joe Mansueto

• Edited Employee Recruitment & Retention, covering HR news and research from salary trends to hiring practices and beyond• Interviewed top corporate HR executives, recruiters and other industry leaders

• As Features Editor for sonicnet and MTV.com, shared in the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award for Web Reporting as an editor of an investigative series on the trouble-plagued Woodstock music festival relaunch

• Oversaw editorial as Managing Editor of arts and culture weekly Newcity Chicago through 1998; Crain’s Chicago Business later referred to the paper’s “substantial critical buzz” during that period• Transitioned to launch Editor of national alternative press cultural news portal Newcity Network in 1999• Network drew 700,000-plus unique visitors per month (source: Media Metrix)• Duties included aggregating affiliate content, creating special sections, working with freelancers, and launching newsletters and mobile content