Develop marketing strategies and partnerships to drive visitor traffic and sales throughout Giles County.Responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with Giles County Outfitters, Restaurants, Lodging properties, and tourism businesses/attractions to best promote and expand overall awareness of Giles County as a destination.Work with the same entities mentioned above in creating and developing joint promotions.Maintain and grow tradeshow and festival booth collateral and offerings; as well as, attend key regional tourism events in order to cultivate relationships and promote business at the discretion of Giles County.Track, analyze, and measure return on investment of all marketing initiatives. Report analysis and recommendations to Marketing Committee.Assist with Familiarization tours with tour operators at the discretion of Giles County.Produce and distribute regular communications with Tourism Committee.Monitor Tourism website and coordinate monthly calendar of events and social media with contracted web designer.Coordinate the New River Trail and County signage.Attend workshops, conferences and other meetings related to tourism as directed by the County Administrator.Coordinate activities of the Giles County Film Office.Assist the Economic Development Director and County Administrator with activities involving community and economic development.

ATCEP is a service that works with individuals who wish to promote their lifestyle to the tourist population. The clients are farmers of a large variety (dairy, u-pick operations, educational tours, and seasonal festivals) who request help with the idea generation, set-up, implementation, or operations of their agritourism site. ATCEP also creates events that involve the farming community or take place in an agricultural setting (weddings, receptions, meetings, retreats, seasonal festivals, etc.). The events most commonly are located at working farms, historical locations, or outdoors.

Serve as manager of the unit 4-H Youth Development program. Provide leadership to an educational process through which youth and adults learn the skills of understanding self; acquiring, analyzing and using information; communicating and relating to others; problem solving and decision making; managing resources; and working with others. Plan, execute and evaluate the 4-H Youth Development program. Identify, recruit, train, support, and manage volunteers to implement and carry out the 4-H educational programming in the unit. Determine unit program needs by monitoring trends and issues, and conducting unit assessments involving the unit Extension Leadership Council (ELC) and other leadership committees. Network and build coalitions with other agencies, organizations and institutions to address the complex youth and family issues and the needs of the 4-H program. Coordinate day-to-day activities and events associated with the unit 4-H program including 4-H delivery Develop and maintain a systematic fund raising plan for private support of the unit 4-H program on an annual basis. Develop and deliver objective and research-based educational programs to meet the needs of diverse audiences, specify program goals and objectives, and identify resources needed. Inform clientele of program activities. Use appropriate technologies to plan and deliver programs through workshops, seminars, conferences, one-on-one visits, field trips, and tours. Organize and maintain a multi-level system of recognition and incentives for youth and volunteers in the program on an annual basis. Maintain knowledge of current research information and participate in staff development programs. Develop and implement evaluation plans on a regular basis. Work with the unit support staff, organize and maintain unit 4-H files and records of 4-H activities. Work with the unit support staff, maintain an inventory of unit 4-H project and educational support materials.

Coordinate Marketing and Advertising including preparing annual budget for event and program advertising, printed materials, and other marketing costs, along with income projections during Belle Grove's annual budgeting cycleServe as primary webmaster with main goal of membership and donation solicitation Partnering with regional CVB's and other non-profit organizations to promote Belle Grove's programs, tours, and eventsCoordinate Programs, Tours, and Special Events including developing educational and special event content of public programs including school and adult tours, special lectures and workshopsCoordinate and develop all aspects of Belle Grove's special events including contract arrangements, publicity, vendors, entertainers, craftspeople, volunteers, event-related exhibits, site plans, and support services with main goal of increasing membership and donor developmentCoordinate Rental Events including selling and scheduling rental events and preparing rental contracts, preparing detailed site maps and written briefings with complete event schedule and serve as staff member in charge at event to increase donor development and membership

I serve as a spokesperson for VA Farm Bureau and promote the programs of Farm Bureau. It also allows me to work in promoting my platform which is Agritourism.

Coordinate and develop educational opportunities for HelpDesk Frontline employeesAssist with interviewing and hiring of Customer Support SpecialistsServe as a call dispatcher to assist JMU faculty, staff, and studentsCreate and implement needs assessments for HelpDesk Frontline employeesCoordinate monthly meetings and training conferences for 50+ employeesServe as call dispatcher, coordinate and develop educational opportunities and needs assessment for HelpDesk Customer Support Specialists; assist with interviewing and hiring of Customer Support Specialists; report on work progress. Possess strong customer service, listening, communication, question and problem solving skills. Demonstrate the ability to work as a team, think logically, learn quickly, and work under pressure.