My Professional Life

SUMMARY

Communication strategist/tactician and management professional with almost two decades of  experience in planning & overseeing implementation of information programs geared to educational and public relations objectives of  public & private organizations in the profit & not-for-profit sectors.  Unique ability as a trained, practicing journalist to quickly grasp new,  often highly technical subject matter & translate it into understandable terms for general audiences through varied media.   Broad management/administrative background encompassing supervision of personnel & suppliers, budget development & oversight, systems analysis, strategic planning, project management.

• Managed national network of volunteers with responsibility for recruiting, training, administration
• Created training programs
• Monitored contractor & supplier activities & authorized payments for work completed
• Hired, trained, and supervised personnel, contractors & suppliers
• Prepared & administrated project & program budgets totaling $11 million
• Provided project status reports to senior management & maintained project records
• Raised funds for response to disasters
• Utilized latest computer technology (Windows 95) to design World Wide Web sites, set up data bases,  prepare spread sheets, create booklets/brochures/manuals, conduct research via the INTERNET, and communicate via E-mail
• Developed & managed public relations programs – goal setting,  strategy planning, and tactical oversight -- to market industrial & consumer products and present corporate financial stories to the investment community
• Wrote & edited advertising & promotion copy, press releases & feature stories, publications (newsletters, magazines, brochures, booklets, annual & quarterly reports), marketing & financial presentations, fundraising appeals, audio/video scripts, speeches, etc.

• Set up & administered a network of 70 volunteer consultants throughout the U.S. who facilitate response by the religious community at state and local level to natural and human-caused disasters
• Planned & managed implementation of a public relations program that helped a manufacturer of log housing increase sales from $3 million per year to $15 million per year over a five-year period and raise $10 million through an Initial Public Offering of its shares of stock
• Co-authored Taking Your Company Public (1993: American Management Association), a book counseling private corporations on how to raise capital on Wall Street
• Edited Marketing Times, a business journal for sales & marketing executives

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