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Screenwriter, Creative Copywriter, Communications Specialist and Mentor offering creative problem-solving and mentoring for organizations and individuals. Recent projects include writing interactive learning app for international children's brand; serving as branding consultant for cybersecurity startup (ongoing); copywriting for clients including UNICEF.

Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

• Worked with officials and staff to craft clear, concise, transparent messages about responsible government stewardship of people's tax dollars. Duties included:
• Strategizing, coordinating, and implementing all external and internal communication for statewide office overseeing more than $20 billion spent by local governments;
• Editing and programming weekly electronic newsletter sent to 3500 officials;
• Administering http://www.osa.state.mn.us/, over one million page views in 2017; and
• Establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with local and national media.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Facilitated hundreds of physical and intellectual challenge programs with corporate, educational, and community groups to build connection and foster unity and growth.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

Created and taught innovative screenwriting curricula for beginning and advanced graduate and undergraduate writing students. Students were taught how to structure a whole story and see the entire scope of their work while shaping the component parts (character, dialogue, etc.)

Los Angeles, CA, US

Served in creative and leadership roles to build and maintain two enduring national entertainment brands, Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. Two Clio Awards, BPME Gold Medallion, Broadcast Design Silver Award.

Directed statewide project giving young people in rural, small-city and reservation locations the tools to create documentaries about their communities for public presentation to community leaders and at the Minnesota State Fair. Funded by the Minneapolis Foundation & Orton Family Foundation. Program evaluation by Macalester College.

St. Cloud, MN, US

Taught courses in Film Studies and Screenwriting.

Master'S Degree, Communication Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Dramatic Art

Undergraduate Study In History And Political Science

Graduate Study In Experiential Education

Undergraduate Study In Theatre And Film

Education record

Digital Marketing Certificate