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Tell Us About You/Your Company or What Type of Work You Do if Seeking Employment: I'm a communications specialist who excels at writing, editing, PR, media relations, publications, advertising, marketing and teaching communications. My experience includes corporate, nonprofit, government and education arenas. I also freelance and consult in areas of communications.

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COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
Objective: To use my creativity, passion and communications expertise to increase awareness of your brand, products, services and clients. My writing, editing, advertising, marketing, public and media relations skills are experienced in corporate, nonprofit, education and government sectors. I also offer high standards, strong ethics and versatility.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Director of Communications – Southern Methodist University (SMU) Alumni Assn. – Edited alumni magazine,
led two-week alumni trip to Spain/Africa
• National Communications Manager – Mothers Against Drunk Driving – edited national MADDvocate magazine;
wrote bi-weekly victim/survivor features for Web site; handled local, state, national PR/media relations
• Public Relations Director – The Salvation Army, Tarrant Co. – led Texas media relations for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita
• Senior VP, Creative Director – The Genesis Group, financial marketing – instrumental in agency’s win of 2000 Chairman’s Award from Independent Bankers Assn. of Texas (1 of 4 awarded/26 years)
• Faculty, SMU Center for Communication Arts – taught 1,000+ Writing for Mass Media students; faculty advisor for Women in Communications Student Chapter; paired students & professionals for interview projects, jobs
• Public Information Supervisor/Spokesperson – Dallas Fire Department – first female on call 24/7 one week/ month, handling media relations; won Women in Communications Matrix PR Award; headed public service campaigns
• Journalism Department Head – Hillcrest High School – Unexpectedly advised student newspaper (paper I’d edited as a senior), and taught journalism and English at request of dying mentor (first teacher to earn SMU Outstanding Alumni Award, just six weeks before her death)
• Advertising Manager – Mrs Baird’s Bakeries –Led state-wide advertising campaigns, supervised ad agencies, edited corporate magazine (3,300 employees); handled public and media relations, special events
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD), National Headquarters, Irving, TX 2007-2009
National Communications Manager
• Edited MADDvocate national magazine, wrote feature articles, 64,000 circulation; supervised publishing team
• Produced annual report, national conference program, collateral, for donors, volunteers and up to 400 affiliates
• Initiated MADD’s profile with DonorBridge Web site, raising funds, supporting Development Department
• Handled public/media relations at national, state, local levels; pitched, responded to media and local affiliates
• Interviewed victims, wrote features for Web site’s home page, educating audiences on drunk driving consequences
• Wrote, edited news releases, PSAs, toolkits for the field, using MADD messaging to promote safe driving
• Tracked national legislation, visited legislators, alerted media/public/affiliates to legislative status changes
CANYON CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Richardson, TX 2006-2007
Director of Communications
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 2005
Faculty, Public Relations – Created, taught PR course while full-time Salvation Army PR Director
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/FREELANCING?CONSULTING 2001-2006
• American Airlines Publishing, Fort Worth, Tx – Copy Editor, American Way in-flight magazine
• Liz Oliphant & Assoc. Dallas, Tx – edited Ben E. Keith Co.-The First 100 Years, and collateral
• Highland Park Presbyterian Church , Dallas, Tx – created 8-pg. congregation newsletter on redirection
• Senator Florence Shapiro, Austin, Tx – revamped column for state-wide publication
• Texas Stampede, Dallas, Tx – edited Web site for initial launch, benefiting Children’s Medical Center
• Women’s Enterprise Magazine, Dallas, Tx – wrote, edited cover feature story, secondary feature
• Dallas County Health & Human Services Dept. – created anthrax, smallpox, disaster prep PSAs
• Center for Nonprofit Management, Dallas, Tx – created marketing plans for two arts nonprofits
• Neiman-Marcus, Bonwit Teller, Foley’s, April Cornell, Dallas Trade Mart, Dallas/Boston –sales
THE GENESIS GROUP, Plano, TX 1997 - 2001
Senior Vice-President / Creative Director
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX 1988-1997
Faculty, Center for Communication Arts
• EDUCATION
Master of Liberal Arts, Communications Specialization: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tx;
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & French: SMU; semester abroad, Vanderbilt-in-France, Aix-en-Provence;
Secondary Education Certification: Journalism, French, SMU; Secondary Ed. Certification: English, UTD