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Lead and integrate sports nutrition and marketing initiatives over cross-functional lines of work related to thought leader engagement, new product innovation and sales, and athlete activation through Fuel Up to Play 60 and other sport related channels.

Facilitated a collaborative national discussion platform and executed five regional events with media partners, NGOs, agriculture leadership, government officials and local policy makers to address the Future of Food Production in the United States. Developed real-time socially-focused communication system, strategy and infrastructure. Managed 12,000 sq' office renovation and construction of a state-of-the-art, technology-forward Newsroom, designed to monitor and create digital communications.

Manage the day-to-day relationships with the NFL, NFL Players Inc. and NFL Alumni Associations on behalf of U.S. Dairy Producers. Oversee the creative direction and style guide implementation, on-container packaging programs, NFL assets and properties consultant to eighteen regional offices; specifically as it relates to NFL Player contracts and other NFL properties including Draft, KickOff, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, and most importantly the Fuel Up to Play 60 national school program.

While project manager, we sustained an increased category growth of 48 percent. Our home market was number one in the United States and our region had four of the top twenty-five markets in the country.

Following the most devastating storm in our country's history, Hurricane Katrina, I was stationed in Biloxi, MS where I maintained a work schedule of twenty-one twelve hour work days followed by seven days off. A typical day there could mean handing a homeowner a check so he or she could rebuild their life, or it could mean sitting on a concrete stoop with a former home owner and educating them about their insurance policy and explaining that everything they owned washed out to the Gulf of Mexico and all they have left is the stoop we were sitting on. After having brought that news to enough people, I decided that I was ready to quit chasing storms and start chasing a marketing career. I have a great deal of respect for those in that field but it just wasn't for me.

Attained my childhood dream when I played in my first professional game on Sunday Night Football against the New England Patriots. It was also the first game I ever attended. Professional sports taught me transferable skills that would be the foundation for my career after football. Teamwork, overcoming adversity, dedication to a cause, discipline and pretty much everything that comes up throughout a work day can be related to coaching, competition and sport. NFL Tight End for three years with the Carolina Panthers, New York Football Giants and Cologne Centurions of the NFL Europe League. Completed an off-season internship with the NFL in 2003 where my responsibilities included community outreach and implementing mentoring programs in New Jersey middle and high schools.

Free Agent signing following the 2002 NFL Draft