I've co-authored two books on baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Road-trip, and Why I Hate The Yankees, as well as written features, articles, and a screenplay called Houses and Rooms that appeared at the 2000 Seattle International Film Festival.

Improving the quality and effectiveness of the CPDC brand and visibility by creating and managing targeted marketing communications strategies for print, web, video, and social media• Guiding and collaborating on public relations messaging for newspaper and national magazine articles• Contributing member to the CPDC Leadership Team• Developer of brand strategies for CPDC career fairs and special events to better serve all CMU student and alumni populations, with a special focus on underserved populations• Contributor to CMU’s overall branding efforts and campaigns in Division of Student Affairs and the Marketing/Communications Department of the University• Aligning and harmonizing CPDC’s technology platforms to better serve student & alumni, employer, faculty, and parent constituencies

• Created content and managed marketing efforts for the CCM, a visionary healthcare partnership of IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Cerner, UPMC, Google, BlackBerry, Polycom, Johnson Controls, and Turner Construction Company.• Developed content plans and marketing messages for newly established facility• Developed and managed project plans for CCM “experience stories”• Produced film, written, and web communications materials

• Improved effectiveness of written communications across various publications• Editor of members’ magazine, circulation 27,000, including managing photography, layout, and editorial process• Connected with millions of visitors as writer of graphics and interpretives for Water’s Edge, a $20 million exhibit featuring polar bears and sea otters• Implemented brand throughout all channels of communication• Created and managed zoo style guide• Managed web content and facilitated new website design and functionality• Produced and wrote zoo television advertisements• Created print and web advertising

• Instructed first-year students in written composition across the college curriculum• Emphasized all phases of the writing process, from critical thinking and pre-writing to drafting, editing, peer review, and revision of manuscripts • Course themes included Popular Culture, Jazz Fiction, and Film Adaption

• Instructed first-year students in written composition across the college curriculum• Emphasized critical thinking, pre-writing, drafting, editing, peer review, and revision