Responsibilities include developing effective marketing materials; disseminating internal and external communications regarding Mohawk; researching competitive information and analyzing internal data; developing company strategies to improve competitiveness; directing and measuring the performance of outside sales representatives; and managing more than two dozen key accounts, ensuring customer satisfaction and sales growth.Implemented and now maintain e-commerce site and act as liaison between company IT and outside web developers. Support all the regional sales managers with marketing materials, competitive information and customer service support, offering direction, measuring performance, and participating in the hiring decisions.• Assigned to work most closely with two sales representatives, helping them increase sales and gross profit.• Launched e-commerce site in 2008.• Built internal company Intranet, centralizing company communication and simplifying access.• Oversaw implementation of paperless document creation and storage system.

Provided public relations and communications material for Mohawk in a part-time role (growing into a full-time role in 2002). Assisted VP of Sales and Marketing with press releases and product information sheets.Wrote copy for website developed in 2002. Developed customer newsletter in 2001. Directed publicity materials notifying customers, vendors and other stakeholders of company's move into a larger facility in 2001.

Elected leader of the Republican Party in Northfield Township, which includes all of Northbrook, most of Glenview, and portions of Northfield and Deerfield.Elected in a write-in campaign which required 259 votes in the March 2018 Republican Primary.Raised tens of thousands of dollars annually to maintain day-to-day operations of the organization, including maintaining an office, holding regular meetings, and employing a part-time staffer.Helped the effort to defeat the graduated income tax amendment in 2020.Recruited canddiates to run for targeted seats.Implemented a "Battle Program" along with Surus, a contracted firm charged with helping build out our organization and ensure it is not siloed vis-a-vis neighboring township organizations and the state party.Oversee all communications: weekly e-mails, social media, press releases.

Cover various sporting events for The North Shore Weekend, the Lake County bureau of the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and other newspapers as an independent contractor.Write columns and features for various online and print publications.Create content for websites and sales materials, develop social media campaigns and write press releases for businesses and non-profit organizations in the Chicago area.Edited, fact-checked and paginated two 250-page books for a self-publishing author (A Stone's Throw by Bill Pemstein in 2011 and Tales from Orioles Nation by Bill Pemstein in 2014).

When Joan McCarthy Lasonde decided to challenge longtime incumbent Jan Schakowsky for Congress in Illinois' Ninth Congressional District, I offered to help her. What started as initial, unpaid assistance turned into an intense year managing the campaign.Originally, I helped Joan in setting up her campaign committee, hiring a consulting firm to handle compliance issues, recruiting key volunteers and supporters, consulting with election attorneys about the validity of Joan's nominating petitions, advising with vendors on graphic design and on the production of campaign collateral.Eventually, the job grew as we brought on full-time help, fielded inquiries from media organizations of all sizes, courted support from a variety of constituencies across a gerrymandered district.I took on the job of Field Director as we hired a full-time campaign manager to handle many of the day-to-day duties. As Field Director, I analyzed polling data and other information to best devise a strategy to build support for Joan in each of the townships and wards the Ninth District touched. We were unsuccessful in our bid to unseat Jan Schakowsky in a heavily-Democratic district, but Joan outperformed the top of the ticket in the Ninth. In some Townships, she received double the support of her party's presidential nominee.

Covered local sports for the Lake County bureau of STNG's Pioneer Press. This bureau’s four-person sports staff published 13 unique sports sections weekly.Produced in excess of 300 column inches of copy per week.

Assisted the sports editor in putting out a six-day a week afternoon newspaper in LaPorte, Ind. Covered youth, high school and local amateur sports along with Notre Dame and Valparaiso athletics, athletics at other Indiana public universities (especially IU, Purdue, Ball State), and professional sports in Chicago and Indianapolis.Managed a team of between three and five freelance writers. Edited copy. Laid out the sports section on alternate days. Wrote headlines. Assigned photos. Collaborated with the managing editor and other editors on special sections, including an "end of milennium" section, a section celebrating a retiring baseball coach and end-of-the-year sections.