Executive Director
Arlington, Mass. Chamber Of Commerce
• Increased membership by 166%, revitalizing moribund Chamber • Regularly connected small business owners and entrepreneurs resulting in increased business for all parties • Conceived, organized, secured funding for and launched signature Chamber events benefitting members and town residents including: Taste of Arlington (a celebration of Arlington's restaurants), First Lights (town-wide holiday), Business Forward and eBusiness Symposium (introducing state-of-the-art technologies and business practices to area small businesses).• Provided public relations and marketing expertise to members’ who sought my help promoting and marketing their businesses or products in new and unexpected ways. Connected members via a popular and widely read biweekly e-newsletter. • Developed and taught seminars: marketing on a shoestring, public relations know-how, networking• Piloted the Shop Arlington First gift certificate program promoting local commerce, which has sold more than $112,000 in certificates; since modeled in Cambridge, Concord and Melrose• Maintained solid working relationships with key small business organizations including area Chambers, SCORE and SBDC