Responsible for raising awareness of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund.The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund is a non-profit corporation devoted to supporting families with ties to Massachusetts who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and ensuring that those lost on 9/11 are not forgotten. Our mission is to commemorate, educate and remember. Our activities include:+ Sustaining ties within the local 9/11 community.+ Coordinating the annual commemoration of the anniversary in cooperation with the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.+ Providing oversight and funding for maintaining the 9/11 memorial and contemplative garden in the Boston Public Garden.+ Engaging in community service in the names of lost loved ones.+ Educating the public about the victims and effects of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.The Fund is governed by a community Board of Directors, which maintains an active and ongoing dialog with a Family Advisory Committee.

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Led the sales and marketing teams responsible for serving the rapidly growing global market for the company's Total Access Control™ next-generation reverse proxy solution. Worked closely with large- to medium-enterprise organizations around the world to help them significantly strengthen, simplify, and unify their information security using Zero Trust principles that can be deployed quickly – enabling them to accelerate their digital transformation efforts across the enterprise. Responsible for developing and executing the company’s sales and marketing strategies, increasing market share, and raising brand awareness among key decisionmakers and influencers in an extremely competitive global market.PortSys customers span the globe across many industries, including finance, government, defense, utilities, healthcare, education, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), construction, and other market segments where secure access to enterprise information is vital.

Elected in 2020 to the Homeowners Association (HOA) Board of Pinecrest Village, a 64-unit HOA in Hopkinton, MA. Elected Chair of the Board in 2021, serving in that role until April 2022.Led following initiatives during this time:1. Transition to a new property management company2. Instituted the first web-based association services portal3. Conducted the first reserve study in the history of the association4. Secured a line of credit to address the most pressing needs of the association, including moldremediation, new deck construction, and the repair of deteriorating front steps and paving.5. Prioritized and executed the capital improvement plan comprising the items listed in No. 4.6. Began to rebuild the reserve fund so the HOA will be in much better fiscal shape when it is time to replace the aging septic system and roads under which it runs.

Led award-winning team of 20 PR professionals who met and frequently exceeded client expectations. Developed and executed integrated strategic communications in collaboration with corporate leadership and sales and product marketing teams for healthcare technology clients. Delivered quality results – whether through compelling content demonstrating industry thought leadership, building positive relations with media and analyst influencers, or crafting winning awards and speaker nominations. Led media and analyst outreach for industry conferences, including HIMSS, Medical Group Management Association, and Healthcare Financial Management Association. Developed outreach strategy that set agency record by securing 143 media and analyst meetings at HIMSS 2017 -- more than double previous agency record. Secured placements for clients in leading healthcare, biotech and pharmaceutical media outlets, including HIMSS Media, Boston Globe’s STAT, Health Data Management, Becker’s Hospital Review, Modern Healthcare, Healthcare IT News, Health Management Technology, Healthcare Finance News, HealthSystemCIO and mHealth News. Clients served included solutions providers for: electronic healthcare records (EHRs), data analytics, business intelligence, mobile and telehealth, health information exchanges, biotech, medical diagnostics and devices, revenue cycle management, cloud computing, information security, patient engagement, population health, insurance, reimbursement. Clients included Aptus Health, Health eVillages, e-MDs, SCIO Health Analytics, BioPharm Insight, Primex Wireless, ArborMetrix, Payspan, Deloitte & Touche’s ConvergeHEALTH , ZirMed, MedAssets, ClearDATA, Health Catalyst, Vocera, PeriGen, Imagine Health. Contributing author for agency blog, providing expert insights on analyst relations, industry conferences, content marketing and native advertising. Key contributor for business development presentations during period of record growth for agency.

Served as a mentor for at-risk elementary school-aged boy enrolled in alternative school. Provided advice to single mother to support efforts for her son to be moved out of alternative school into community school.

Coordinated strategic communications support for trade shows and industry conferences, including scheduling of speaking engagements and interviews with target media.Association clients included the Society for Information Management (Chief Information Officers), SHARE (IBM Users Group), International Oracle Users Group, America’s SAP User’s Group and Microsoft Partners for One World of Results (MPOWR). Responsible for P&L and integrated business management of Tech Image subsidiary, including annual budgeting, semi-annual forecasting, and all aspects of financial and staff management.Led working group responsible for developing social media playbook used by SmithBucklin's associations.

Led team of 15 PR professionals at award-winning agency (Top Tech Communicators, Best Boutique PR Agency to Work For).Provided strategic counsel, executive media coaching, social media strategies and messaging for business technology clients, including:Cisco, SAS, Initiate Systems, NEC Display Systems, InterCall, Primex Wireless, Smoothstone, Forsythe Technology, Clarus, Silvon Software, Laurus Technologies, Servigistics, RedPrairie and Wynright. Measured results of public relations campaigns through marketing analytics including iDashboards, Meltwater, Business Wire NewsTrak, Google Analytics and Radian6. Created Search Engine Optimized (SEO) marketing and PR content, including case studies, white papers, bylines and press releases. Developed crisis communications strategy identifying processes, tactics, roles and responsibilities for client marketing teams and senior executives.Led working group that developed Best Practices for more than 100 operational agency activities.

Developed strategies for advertising, corporate identity, marketing, graphic design, market research and CD-ROM-based training projects for Fortune 500 companies in the medical diagnostics market.Clients included Abbott Labs, Beckman Coulter, Caremark, Baxter, bioMerieux, SmithKline Beecham and Ventana Medical Systems.Provided copywriting, positioning and internal communications collateral for Abbott Diagnostics.Conducted market research with focus groups and provided copywriting and messaging for launch of SmithKline Beecham’s OraSure oral HIV diagnostic kit for consumers.Provided design, copywriting, development and testing support of the Beckman Coulter GEN∙S Book of Knowledge CD-ROM Continuing Education (CE) program for clinical laboratory professionals using the GEN∙S hematology system.

Covered military retail systems worldwide: Army & Air Force Exchange System, Navy Exchange Service Command, Marine Corps Exchange, Coast Guard Exchange System, Veterans Administration Canteen Service.Interviewed and profiled senior Pentagon executives and Congressional officials for policy stories on the consolidation of the four autonomous military commissary (grocery) systems into the Defense Commissary Agency (DECA).Wrote cover stories and market category reports.

Covered U.S. and Allied combat troops stationed along Korean and German bordersServed as senior enlisted officer in public affairs office at Army intelligence base in Arizona. Served as bureau chief, photojournalist, copy editor, and sports columnist for European Stars and Stripes Newspaper (circulation 125,000 -- pass along circulation 375,000) serving military throughout the European Command.Served as Stars & Stripes Chief Field Editor for Return of Forces to Germany (REFORGER), the largest NATO peacetime combined allied forces rapid deployment exercise in Europe. Served as journalist and editor at command and division-level military newspapers in Georgia and Korea. Wrote series at Ft. Benning Bayonet base newspaper that prompted commander to reinstate post boxing program after being dormant for almost a decade. Coordinated Army Recruiting Command's Total Army Involvement in Recruiting (TAIR) speakers bureau, recruiting, training and managing soldier speaker appearances at high schools across the Southwest United States.