Ruth Wariner Centofante Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

• Published, New York Times bestselling author with a passion for human interest stories and a flair for choosing words carefully and thoughtfully in order to create an impact on a specified audience.• Spent five years writing memoir The Sound of Gravel, published by Flatiron Books, an imprint at Macmillan Publishing House, New York, New York. Solicited feedback and constructive criticism from industry professionals while writing this riveting, powerful and engaging story.• Wrote a fifty-minute speech illustrating elements of resilience and the power of positive choices in the context of a harrowing life story. • Delivered the 100th speech for the 25th anniversary of the VOICES Lecture Series (https://www.voicesinc.com/) to a sold-out audience of 1,000 at the Tiffany Center in Portland, Oregon, which ended with a standing ovation. (Recorded video and testimonials to share.)• Volunteered as a keynote speaker for fundraisers with Project Lemonade at the MAC Club and Community Partners for Affordable Housing at the Oregon Zoo, among others. • Engaged in thoughtful conversation with over sixty book clubs locally and nationally through Skype in both formal and informal settings, facilitating meaningful conversations about courage, vulnerability and resilience. • Spoke at over a dozen public libraries, golf clubs, bookstores and churches. • Worked extensively with a speech coach and media trainer for over a year.

• Created and successfully executed a social media campaign for a bestselling book. • Extensive experience engaging with radio, magazine, newspaper, podcast and television outlets. • Helped design author website and wrote content.• Interacted regularly with readers, writers, booksellers and other industry professionals through professional pages on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.• Pitched story to national television, radio and print media, resulting in book being featured as: - People Magazine’s book of the week. - Full page “A” review in Entertainment Weekly. - Costco’s Book of the Month. - Three-page article in Good Housekeeping. - Full page human-interest story in the Sun newspaper, London, UK. - Appearances and interviews on BBC television and radio. - Guest on local television programs. - Guest on OPB radio and other local and national radio stations as well as national podcasts.

• Managed day to day client relations with over a dozen city and regional magazine clients. • Helped launch Digital Rocket Engines, which is a suite of market intelligence tools that enable publishers to increase revenue in digital media marketing, email newsletter advertising, and signature events.• Managed company’s cover and newsletter databases.• Pulled data. Developed and delivered sales reports for clients.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Engaged students in foreign language learning through storytelling: wrote stories to help students learn vocabulary and grammar by using rich visual descriptions that were embedded in the authentic context of Spanish language and culture. • Followed and assessed the second language acquisition of over ninety high school students and communicated progress to parents regularly. • Collaborated with colleagues, local international population, and Gladstone high school students to host our first International Night where over 350 community members attended.• Built positive relationships with community groups, schools, and individuals from diverse cultural and organizational backgrounds. • Reviewed applications, selected potential candidates, and interviewed approximately twenty candidates for various teaching positions.• Successfully managed department budget. • Chaperoned a student trip to Japan as part of a cultural exchange with a Japanese high school.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Secondary Education And Teaching, Graduated With Honors

Awarded Outstanding Female Secondary Education Student

Bachelor Of Arts, Spanish Language And Literature And International Studies, Graduated With Honors

Awarded Spanish Student of the Year, 1999/2000