Plan and implement digital communications for a 21-library system in Montgomery County, Maryland.Manage digital communications and community-building for a 22-branch public library system. Write and edit department blog, all e-newsletter content, and all social media content for a base of 300,000 cardholders in a county of 1 million citizens. Advise executive committee on crisis communications, and create, edit and post rapid response materials. Manage COVID-19/public health communications plan, specifically the County's mask and test kit distribution process through MCPL. Work with internal teams to promote and implement large special events, including Summer Reading Challenge, Winter Reading Challenge, MoComCon, and educational programs for new parents and emerging readers. Develop digital promotional materials for a monthly calendar of 100+ programs and events. Ensure accessibility of all digital materials.

Writer, content and copy editor, sensitivity reader, social strategist, communications consultant and photographer for clients including Some Spider Media, Brené Brown Education & Research Group, Google, Amazon, Mom Media Enterprises, BlogHer.com (now She Media). Online community and social media manager responsible for conference events and strategic communications.Nonfiction developmental editor, copyeditor, proofreader and sensitivity reader for several books in the mental health and wellness, psychiatry, self-help, memoir and food genres, helping authors develop their style and voice, and an accessible, polished manuscript. Photographer with extensive experience in photojournalism and event shooting, skilled in editing and post-processing.

Directed communications for a Big Ten research university graduate school community serving11,000 students. Launched first all-student e-newsletter with a 60+ percent open rate. Advised the Graduate School Dean on communications strategy and implementation, including internal and external communications, and his personal social media channels. Facilitated and created COVID19 crisis communications planning and implementation, collaborating with University Communications on an hourly basis to communicate with graduate students, internal and external partners and the community.

Director of Communications and Community, Mom 2.0 Summit -- I manage all Mom 2.0 Summit conference communications: blogs, social media accounts, and community newsletters. Work with community members and sponsors to communicate conference activities and content before, during and after our annual event. Community engagement efforts led to 2017 event selling out in three days, and gaining nearly 400,000,000 social impressions, a 100 percent increase from 2015.Clients include Today Show, National Geographic, Buzzfeed, Dove, Kia, Best Buy, Amazon, and Facebook. Managing Editor, mom2.com -- Built editorial team for launch. Write and edit blog posts in six content verticals for a lifestyle site for women. Manage and implement social media promotion of all content.

Contributing Editor since the January, 2006 site launch, covering breaking news, pets, photography, family and pop culture. Engage with community members in comments. Promote posts on social media networks, consistently achieving page views in the thousands.

Adjunct Professor of Student Development and EnglishCoordinator of Academic and Student Services, 2004-2006Counselor and Professor, Student Development, 2006-2012