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EXPERIENCE

University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA

Strategic Communications Manager, February 2023-present

  • Established and lead a team supporting research, education, community outreach and development for National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Oversee website development, social media, official email communications and content creation including writing, photography and graphic design supporting research and related event communications

  • Support integrated communications efforts in collaboration with School of Medicine and UVA Health marketing, internal communications and development partners

Communications Generalist, July 2022-February 2023

  • Launched and managed new Cancer Center WordPress website

  • Redesigned and produced official emails and eNewsletters supporting Cancer Center leadership and serving faculty researchers, staff, students, trainees and institutional partners

  • Drafted articles, shot and edited photographs, and designed graphics for School of Medicine and UVA Health platforms, including article authorship and coordination of photo shoots for Web and social media

Nelson County High School, Lovingston, VA

Photography and Yearbook Teacher, July 2021-June 2022

  • Developed curriculum and instructed Photography 1 and 2 and Yearbook 1, 2, 3, and 4 to grades 9-12

  • Facilitated student photography exhibition alongside the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition “Crossroads: Changes in Rural America” at the Nelson Memorial Library

  • Supported highest yearbook sales in four years through increased parental engagement

 

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

Senior Public Relations Manager, 2017-2021

  • Oversaw media relations for the world’s largest living history museum, supporting institutional communications, promotional coverage and risk management

  • Secured placements with outlets including The New York Times, The TODAY Show, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CBS Sunday Morning and PBS Newshour

  • Supported community outreach, internal communications and development

Public Relations Manager, 2014-2017

  • Integrated editorial outreach with advertising and social media campaigns as a marketing team member, supporting museum and hospitality operations

  • Supported planning and managed communication of the foundation’s Let Freedom Ring partnership with the historic First Baptist Church, as well as a major 2017 institutional restructuring

 

The New York Daily News, Washington, DC

Staff Writer, 2011-2014

  • Covered national security, Congress, the White House and breaking news for major metropolitan daily newspaper

  • Work highlights included 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the 2012 presidential and congressional elections

Recreational Equipment, Inc., Bailey’s Crossroads, VA

 Sales Specialist, 2007-2011

  • Responsible for customer engagement, service and sales in outerwear and camping for leading nationwide outdoor retailer at East Coast flagship store

 

Security Management Magazine, Alexandria, VA

Assistant Editor, 2006-2011

  • Covered homeland security for award-winning national monthly trade magazine

  • Researched, solicited, wrote and edited full-length features, departments, columns and blog posts

 

Journal Register Company, Washington, DC

Washington Reporter, 2003-06

  • Covered the federal government and national politics for 27 local dailies across six states in the Northeast and upper Midwest

  • Reporting included the 2004 presidential and congressional elections, arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, national security, intelligence and Medicare reform

 

The New Haven Register, New Haven, CT

Staff Reporter, 1998-2003

  • Covered city government, education, politics, law enforcement, economic development and breaking news for Journal Register Company flagship newspaper

 

Manning, Selvage & Lee, New York, NY

Account Coordinator, 1997

  • Supported media outreach and crisis management for public relations agency healthcare clients including Lenox Hill Hospital and Baxter

 

The Morning Star and Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, NC

Correspondent, 1996-1997

  • Covered regional sports for New York Times Co. daily newspaper

 

Front Street Brewery, Wilmington, NC

Line cook and Dishwasher, 1996-1997

 

K-III Magazines, New York, NY

Intern, 1995

  • Supported direct marketing of titles including New York, Seventeen and Premiere

 

Jerry’s Food, Wine & Spirits, Wilmington, NC

Busser and Dishwasher, 1994

 

EDUCATION

  • Pathways to Teaching: Career Switcher Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2020-21

  • Master of Science, Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY 1998

  • Bachelor of Arts, English Writing, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1996 

SKILLS

Strategic communications • Marketing • Risk management • Change management • Crisis management • Messaging • Public Relations • Media relations • Internal communications • Institutional communications • Team management • Project Management • Agency management • Planning • Journalism • Research • Reporting • Interviewing  • Writing • Editing • Copywriting • Photography • SEO • Design • Web Design • Training • Instruction • Customer service • Sales • CRM • Hospitality • Microsoft 365 • Salesforce Marketing Cloud • Adobe Creative Cloud • WordPress • Canva • Asana • Cision • Mailchimp • Google Workspace

 

CERTIFICATIONS

Virginia Board of Education Postgraduate Professional Teaching License, Secondary English Endorsement

 

HONORS

  • Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship, the National Press Foundation, 2004

  • LIFE Magazine Alfred Eisensdaedt Award for Magazine Photography, Columbia, 1998

  • Irving Bacheller Society English Honorary, St. Lawrence, inducted 1995 

References available upon request