Chief Brand Steward and key attendance and revenue driver at the second largest museum in the US. ➢ Entrepreneurial and multi-faceted leader responsible for the organization's consumer-facing marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts; marketing analytics; budget management; forecasting. ➢ Inspired and managed teams who developed exhibition marketing and advertising, communications, and e-commerce for all paid and owned channels including traditional media, digital, general market, multi-cultural, and tourism marketing. ➢ Oversaw outside advertising and media agency relationships as well as promotional and shared equity partnerships, government, hospitality, and cultural industry partner relationships. ➢ Senior liaison and staff supervisor for the museum's outside African American Advisory Committee. ➢ Internal collaborator and valued partner across multiple key Departments: Public Affairs, Curatorial, Education, Research, Membership, Development, Visitor Services. ➢ Winner of 15 Cannes Lions including Grand Prix, 6 Clios, 2 Effies, and the International Design and Communications Gold award for Van Gogh's Bedroom marketing campaign.

Leadership position overseeing all Agency efforts for key clients PepsiCo, PepsiCo International, Harris Bank, Alberto Culver, Central DuPage Hospital. Managed senior client relationships, account P & L, fee negotiation, Agency staffing. Directed all Agency departments and outside partners on development of advertising, consumer research, marketing strategy and new product introductions. Rewarded for improving account revenues, profitability, and new business success rate.

Successfully led all aspects of the Agency's $100MM Hallmark cards, gifts, retail and international businesses. Prior to 2002, VP who led turnarounds and expertly managed cross-disciplinary and multi-national advertising teams in Copenhagen, Brussels, Paris, and Chicago improving businesses on a variety of clients including Kellogg's, Motorola, Morgan Stanley, Kraft Foods.