Created meaningful, positive visibility for Pennsylvania’s civil rights agency • PR adviser & media spokeswoman for independent, nonpartisan commission • writer, editor, legislative liaison, webmaster, graphic designer • designed & launched agency logo & branding • significantly increased public visibility through strategic communications & creative, cost-efficient use of resources & relationships •

Promoted programs & services of 6000-employee, complex state agency • strategic communications planning, crisis communications • edited & wrote speeches & briefings for governor & other officials; promotional materials; special-interest magazine articles; newsletters; annual reports & research publications; press releases & op-eds • planned events • managed marketing & branding initiatives • communications & cultural change lead for $36 million & $16 million multi-agency IT initiatives; annual public-private health careers recruitment initiative •

Central PA, Susquehanna Style, Berks Co. Living, College Guide, Patriot-News & others. Features, creative non-fiction, personality profiles, shelter mags...lifestyle, education, design & decor...quirky destinations & people

Administered academic summer program for rising high school seniors, managed staff, student recruitment, campus life, liaison with Duke faculty & staff, taught career exploration and college admissions workshops...