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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Common Sense Media is a national nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that works to improve the media and education landscape for kids, families, and schools. We focus on helping kids, educators, and parents thrive in a world of media and technology. As the Arizona director, I work to create and facilitate partnerships with education, business, and philanthropic leaders; develop policy/strategy for Arizona; build a statewide presence for the national, independent nonprofit; advocacy; fundraising; and serve as a liaison for our local advisory council.My current role focuses on ensuring all kids and families have a safe and meaningful experience with technology. That includes securing affordable access to high-speed internet and devices, promoting digital inclusion training and IT support for all families through anchor institutions and community partners, supporting children's privacy online, and enhancing safety for kids and families as technology evolves. Families and kids new to the internet will need support for affordability, but to ensure that they have meaningful use of the internet, they must also have digital inclusion support.At Common Sense Media, we are working to help families safely navigate all that the internet and new technology have to offer so that they can have more control over their experience and become producers, not just consumers.

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Key Responsibilities:• Write monthly topical articles for placement in media and marketing materials.• Stakeholder engagement across 15 cities/towns.• Marketing and branding strategy development – develop marketing and communications plan.• Project coordination – editorial calendar, media outreach, event marketing.• Co-chair and facilitate monthly Communications Committee meetings.

Downtown Phoenix Campus

Taught various classes (news writing, editing, ethics) at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Still on call to teach classes as needed.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Responsibilities at this 40-year-old weekly business magazine include:• All planning and decision-making regarding the editorial department:o Develop story lists and assignments.o Research and write weekly editorials.o Manage a staff of 15, several freelancers, reporters and interns.o Coordinate photography and graphics for use with content both in print and online.o Copyedit and proofread all editorial content.o Oversee research and production of our weekly Lists and annual Book of Lists.• Assist with the paper’s large-scale public relations and marketing/branding initiatives, as well as special events:o Helped to create and develop our annual Women in Business event, a community-based awards program honoring the Valley’s best and brightest. Coordinated the selection process and recognition supplement as well as emceed the sold-out event of 500 people.o Organized the paper’s quarterly Arizona Biotech magazines and numerous other special publications from Luxury Living to Structures to Corporate Philanthropy.o Participated in the creation and organization of the quarterly Power Breakfast series, a program featuring some of the top movers and shakers in the local business community in a press conference format. Each is attended by more than 400 local residents and covered by local press.o Developed, presented, and chaired numerous readers and expert panels/editorial boards and roundtables.• Develop and maintain relationships with PR firms, top executives and government officials.• Represent the publication at major public functions and community events.• Oversaw two redesigns of the paper, which improved the look, functionality and content of the product.• Coordinate and manage website content.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Multi-platform reporter and writer. Covered tourism, hospitality, aviation, banking and sports business for national B2B media outlet.

Scottsdale

Responsibilities at this weekly community newspaper included:• Overseeing publication of three weekly papers.• Reporting and writing news and feature stories, as well as a weekly column.• Photography• Developing story ideas.• Editing and proofreading each issue.• Page layout, design and pagination.• Personnel duties.

Greater Chicago Area

• General assignment news and feature writing.• Beat reporter • Photographer

Bachelor’S Degree, English, Gpa: 4.5/5.0; Graduated With Honors, Deans’ List

Bachelor’S Degree, Mass Communications, Gpa: 4.5/5.0; Graduated With Honors, Deans’ List

Education record

Certificate, Digital Inclusion Leadership

Activities and Societies: Digital Inclusion LeadershipWith greater awareness of the “digital divide” in many communities during.