Retired March 1, 2024 after 26 years of serving as the Exe. Director of the ANF Visitors Bureau the. official tourism/destination marketing organization for McKean County, Pennsylvania.Past work history included: Plan and execute budget, marketing plans,public relations, print, advertising, website, and social media for agency. Pro-actively lead agency to adopt the principals of Geo-Tourism as defined by National Geographic as board policy in 2006, lead research and successful branding of McKean County as "Trail Central" in 2008. As Director, created Forest Press, as a division of the ANF Visitors Bureau, to develop and produce quality print and video to historically document and promote our region's history and sense of place. To date, Forest Press, has successfully produced and published three award winning books: Pennsylvania Wilds: Images of the Allegheny National Forest; Pennsylvania Crude: Boomtowns & Oil Barons; The Great Kinzua Bridge; and one DVD-Tracks Across the Sky, which went into national distribution on public television.Winner of two, District Two, Gold Place-ADDY Awards for Collateral Material; and one District Two, Silver Place ADDY AWARD for interactive media, multimedia. 2011 Gold ADDY AWARD for Pennsylvania Crude: Book Design -Bernik Photography, 2006-Best of Show ADDY AWARD- Erie Ad Club- Gold Place ADDY AWARDS in Five categories; Marketing Materials, Publication Design-Gold, Printing Excellence, Photography/Black/White, Interactive media/multimedia.