Proven
track record in strategic planning, publicity development andnew venture initiatives.
Strong
media and political management background. Solid
skills in
team building and leading others around a common mission.
Employment
Campaign
director, Boucher for Congress, 9th District of Virginia,
2002
Director
for Major Gifts, Emory & Henry College, 2000-2002
Copy
editor, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond,
VA: 2000
Executive
Director, the 21st Century News Center, Virginia Commonwealth University:
1997-1999.
Director,
VCUSchoolof Mass Communications:
1994-1997.
VCU
Associate Professor of Mass Communications: 1981-1999.
Radio
Journalist and Television Writer: Prior to 1985.
Strategic
Planning Initiatives
Led
all aspects of re-election campaign- including but not limited to:
public relations, advertising, crowd advance, photography, volunteer
organization, get-out-the-vote, campaign brochures, media buys.
Created a new campaign Web site for Congressman Boucher.
Organized
fund-raising and public relations protocols for Emory and
Henry College.
Developed
a distinguished 21st Century News Center national and international
Executive Board to design mission and assist in tactical
fund-raising strategies.
Initiated
the first strategic plan for VCU’s School
of
Mass Communications. Coordinated academic and professional participants in the plan's
construction.
Other
Background
Copy
editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a flagship newspaper of Media
General Inc.
Led
development the 21st Century News Center at Virginia
Commonwealth
University. Initiated financial and strategic planning support from
Media General Inc., Time Inc. and Ifra of Darmstadt, Germany.
Initiated
a national survey on the future of journalism via Ketchum Public
Relations Worldwide. Directed an advisory team from Ketchum, the
Executive Board and the Associated Press Managing
Editor
s. The survey attracted national news coverage and won the Public
Relations Society of America's Bronze Anvil for Research.
Restructured and invigorated the VCU mass communications education
program. Managed 45 people, including full-and-part-time faculty,
staff and graduate assistants.
Initiated
and launched two Web sites for VCU, in partnership with a commercial
Web development company. Teamwork included content building, graphic
design and marketing. The partnership resulted in top honors in a
national Web design competition.
Developed
continuing education programs for the Supreme Court of Virginia, the
Richmond Jaycees and various state agencies.
Radio/Television
Radio:
Winner of national and state awards for investigative reporting,
including the Society of Professional Journalists’ Distinguished
Service Award for investigative journalism and a first-place
national reporting award from the RTNDA. Worked as a reporter,
editor and news anchor.
Television:
Worked extensively in public television as a scriptwriter and on-air
host for special programs.
Education
B.A.
English, VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.
M.A.
English, University of Richmond, GraduateSchoolof Arts and Sciences.
Program
for Executive Managers, HarvardUniversity, The JohnF.KennedySchoolof Government, 1998.
Affiliations
Virginia
Coalition for Open Government, Board of Directors