Established and grew West Coast operations, including accountmanagement, sales, and marketing.Partnered with trip leaders and tourism professionals to plan itineraries, set budgets, prepare promotional materials, and deliver presentations on school campuses across the U.S. Created The School Trip Blog to promote the benefits of educational travel and generate inbound leads through SEO using the Hubspot CMS and CRM. Presented at industry events and trade shows, including SYTA, CLMS, and CADA.Created a highly successful referral and incentive program and organized appreciation and team building events.Earned a 10 / 10 for "Excellent Tour Support” for all tours, a renewal rate of 100%, and a 30% sales increase in 2019.

Bayside Middle School and Eisenhower Middle & High School Energetic teacher of Journalism and Political Science at the high school level and American Studies, World History, and Literature for middle school students. Adviser to the school newspaper and the Student Council. Coordinated and led the annual middle school trip to Washington, D.C.Other contributions included district technology mentor and trainer, cooperating teacher for field placements, department head for District Curriculum Council, and Parent Teacher Organization liaison.Honored as B93.3 Milwaukee-area Teacher of the Year 2014.

Provided client-focused account management that included digital campaign planning, production, and evaluation for clients of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Educated clients about how to add web-based strategies to their marketing mix. Exceeded personal sales goals, achieving 132% and 118% of goal year after year.     Recognitions include Interactive Advertising Bureau’s 2004 Best Online Program for Medical Moment and the 2005 Best Online Advertising Program for Metro Market.

Managed global corporate communications activities to generate a favorable perception of ATG among the media, investor community, business partners, and customers.Lead writer and manager of all corporate communication materials. Management of an outside agency team of seven people.

Provided exceptional account services to technology companies to help them build relationships with customers, investors, and the media through planned communications.Used qualitative and quantitative data to influence campaign planning.Earned appointment to a cross-office team that worked in San Francisco for the launch of Content Guard Software Company, a collaborative company between Microsoft and Xerox.

Coordinated the writing and distribution of new releases, product line information and corporate newsletters for employees, physicians, and plan members. Organized corporate giving for the United Performing Arts Fund, United Way, and American Cancer Society.