Sheryl Louise Rivett Email & Phone Number

Purcellville, Va, Us

Reston, Va

Library Of Congress

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Publish diverse content ranging from textbook contributions, books, profiles, and features including essays, interviews and reviews across health and science, non-profit, education, government, and corporate environments.Provide communication consulting, writing, editing, training, and organizational development leadership for select clients. Lead branding strategy for small businesses by aiding companies in development of executive communication plans, website development and rollouts for launches. Deliver science writing and health care editing for published textbooks and non-profit work; write profiles on staff and clinics around the world to assist with fundraising, magazine articles, short stories, and personal essays. Author training manuals for select agencies; provide copyediting, coaching, mentorship, and public relations assistance.

Streamlined proposal writing efforts for a management start-up consulting firm in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area; developed business and social media communications content, increasing audience by 80% during tenure.

Maintained online content, coordinated guest blogging, conducted interviews with nationally acclaimed writers and artists, edited content, and wrote blog posts for So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art.

Assisted faculty in the creation of a graduate level textbook. Editing, writing, and communication responsibilities. Conducted and edited interviews with key opinion leaders, which were included in the final textbook.

Fairfax, Va

Creative Writing Teaching fellow. Teaching locations: Thomas Jefferson High School, Arlington Public schools, and Fairfax County Public schools and libraries.

Loudoun County

One of the founding principals. Participated and facilitated merger of several small grassroots organizations around the state of Virginia into one cohesive statewide group in 2005. Served as sole editor of publication "In Print" (a compilation of maternal health news, facts, articles and stories) for 2 years. Served on both the state and Northern Virginia leadership committees.

Founding member and co-coordinator of a non-profit organization committed to women's health advocacy. Organized and ran educational classes for pregnant couples, taught workshops in expos, conceived of and facilitated study circles consisting of multiple health professionals, consumers and legislators, wrote text for website, educated public officials on women's health issues and conceived of and ran an annual award program for outstanding maternal health providers.

Trained volunteers to work as lay-health counselors with at-risk pregnant women and teens. Facilitated a teen mothers support group, participated in the Loudoun County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Council, and provided lay pregnancy, childbirth and parenting counseling to teen mothers identified as high-risk.

Quality Improvement training and facilitation at PRC, Inc. in McLean VA

Master Of Arts (Ma), Writing

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Fiction Writing

Bis, Communication And Women'S Studies

Fine Arts

Painting, Drawing, Sculpture