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Alexandria, Virginia

 Coached presidential appointees, including special envoys to the Islamic Conference, to speak better and handle news conferences and media inquiries. Trained American employees and local staff at embassies, consulates and training centers on five continents to improve their public speaking and media skills. Simplified complex policy issues to enable speakers to provide quick, memorable soundbites to media questions. Wrote news releases, and pitched stories to news media. Designed cross-cultural communications training for a global audience. Created personal and corporate Social Media accounts on sites including, but not limited to, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Skype, Twitter, chats and blogs.

Fairfax County, Va

Teaching full-time in elementary schools in Fairfax County, VA. Although this started as almost a hobby, it has grown into a full-time job, in person and virtually.

Vienna, Va

Rockville, Md

Provided contract training to government clients.

Alexandria, Va

Help clients find new jobs by providing support in resume writing, networking, interviewing and negotiating.

* Conduct Media and Presentation training for everyone from top executives to new hires at the Department of State. * Provide Negotiation training. * Serve as a trainer and career counselor to retiring employees of State, US Aid, and a few other federal agencies.

United States

Pet Product Company featuring the Poop Tent and Benji's Beds; Top Dog and SS Sea Dog. See products at www.BenjiVentures.com

 Ran radio operation. Trained staff to interview staff, write stories, and post to audio service. Collaborated with journalists to provide news stories they could use. Pioneered posting audio files on Internet site.

Washington, Dc

 Wrote and rewrote state wire stories and news summaries. Conducted interviews, wrote broadcast scripts and recorded radio news stories.

Determined what stories ran, and in what order, for an all-news radio station. Reported on stories throughout the Washington, DC, area and, when appropriate, fed those stories to CBS and AP. Collaborated with anchors, field reporters, engineers and news sources, simultaneously, to broadcast news in a timely manner. Journalism awards include fielding reporting from the Mount Pleasant Riots, which helped WTOP earn an Edward R Murrow award.

Reported news stories from the field for CBS Radio when working independently, as well as for CBS-affiliate radio stations.

Provided field reports for MissouriNet while working as the News Director (and active reporter) for KFRU; a MissouriNet affiliate.

Provided field reports for ABC while working as the News Director (and active reporter) for KFRU; an ABC affiliate.

News/Talk Radio Station in Columbia, MO

ABC Television Affilliate in St. Louis, MO

News/Talk Radio Station in St. Louis, MO

College Radio Station in St. Charles, MO

Country Music Radio Station in Fredericksburg, VA

News/Talk Radio Station in Danville, IL

The Gateway to the West in St. Louis, MO.

Ms, Mass Communications

It was Lindenwood College when I got my MS.

Bs, Broadcast Journalism

It was Lindenwood Colleges (4 of them!) when I got my BS.

Coursework, Communications

Notre Dame College announced it's plans to close (the next year) one week after my acceptance. I was one of only three freshmen the last.

Diploma, General