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As a creative and strategic facilitator, I help individuals, teams, organizations and communities change the conversation and create forward movement.

Supported the enhancement of Luck Stone’s culture and brand as part of the company’s Training and Development Team. Responsibilities included leading a four-person team focused on the company’s long-term shift towards Values-Based Leadership. Our primary objective was to help 1,200 associates better align their personal passion with their job at Luck Stone and enhance their leadership through one-on-one coaching, training and education, meeting facilitation and ongoing communications.

As part of the HR/OD team, I provided support in the areas of internal communications, organization development and project management. Responsibilities included the management of Luck Stone’s internal communications function; participation on cross-functional project teams; providing assessment, facilitation and planning support; and working with managers on communications, technology, team development and strategic issues. Additionally, I supported the integration of Luck Values, working with Luck Stone’s Leadership Team, project teams and others to provide Values-Based Leadership training.

Worked directly with the company president and vice presidents to shape internal and strategic communications for the nation’s seventh largest aggregates producer. Responsibilities included supporting the company’s leadership in the development and introduction of a new companywide strategic plan; the production of an employee magazine and regular video communications; the development and implementation of regular financial, safety and other performance communications; the development and support of HR-related onsite training; the initial development of the company’s Internet and test Intranet sites; the creation of communications plans for recruitment, information systems and organizational development; and the periodic implementation of a companywide employee survey.

I operate North Richmond News, one of Richmond's community focused weblogs. NRN provides news and information of interest to residents of Richmond's Northside communities.

I maintain Buttermilk & Molasses, one of Richmond's premier weblogs and winner of the RVANews Weblog of the Year and Richmond Magazine Best Weblog awards. My work with Buttermilk & Molasses was also recognized in 2007 by Style Weekly's 40 Under 40 awards.

Responsible for the publication of the corporate newsmagazine distributed to 40,000 employees at more than 800 locations nationwide. Co-managed the design and development of Circuit City’s first external Website.

Clients included Rand-McNally, WIRED, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Solite Corporation, Richmond Magazine, For Kid’s Sake Magazine, Shafer Court Connections, Scarab, The Richmond State, Richmond Ventures, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Medical College of Virginia Foundation. Also worked as editor and publisher of The Planet (a monthly travel magazine), Caffeine Magazine (a monthly magazine of urban culture), and the Capital Forum (a monthly political newspaper.)

Responsible for publication of the university’s biweekly faculty and staff newspaper. Worked with faculty and administration to maintain effective internal communications among 33,000 students and staff, and to develop press releases and coordinate major campus events, including the Southern Governor’s Conference.

Executive Certificate, Organizational Development

Bachelor Of Nontraditional Studies, Near And Middle Eastern Studies

Italian Studies