Professional Experience
Award-winning, visionary creative executive with extensive experience in corporate and nonprofit leadership at an executive officer/board of directors level; expertise and innovation in business development, strategic planning, design, communications, writing and editing
Expertise
- Writer 20 Years
- Art Director 20 Years
- Copywriter 20 Years
Specialty
- Women's Issues 10 Years
- Family, Children & Teenagers 10 Years
- Humor 15 Years
Industries
- Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 5 Years
- Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B) 20 Years
- Association publication 5 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Dow Jones National Business Employment Weekly(1-2)
- O, the Oprah Magazine(3-5)
- Refinery29(3-5)
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Houston Rockets(10+)
- Professional Sports Publications(10+)
- PROMAX & BDA(10+)
- Los Angeles Lakers(10+)
- USC Football(10+)
- Allstate Sugar Bowl(10+)
- Los Angeles Kings(10+)
- Anaheim Ducks(10+)
- Detroit Pistons(10+)
- UCLA Football(10+)
- Cal Football(10+)
- Oakland Raiders(10+)
- Los Angeles Clippers(10+)
- Houston Texans(10+)
- San Francisco Giants(10+)
- Arizona Diamondbacks(10+)
- Kansas City Chiefs(10+)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers(10+)
- Cincinnati Bengals(3-5)
- San Antonio Spurs(10+)
Other work history
Sports Publication Design - Owner/President KLC Creative - Principal Author/Writer/Speaker PROMAX & BDA - Communications Director Houston Rockets - Publications Manager Cleveland Cavaliers, ABC Sports (Europe), World League of American Football (Europe) Junior League of Los Angeles - Treasurer, Board of Directors, Exec Committee
Foreign Language Skills
Spanish - basic
Unions
SAG-AFTRA
Computer skills
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Creative Suite Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Equipment
Mac server and network
Awards
Folio Show Ozzie Awards for Excellence in Magazine Design: Honorable mention, best new magazine—PROMAX&BDA dna magazine American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Gold Circle Awards: Gold award, best annual publication, PROMAX&BDA dna magazine International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Helios Awards: Honorable mention, publication design, BDA Awards Annual Association for Women in Communications Matrix Awards: Feature writing and publication design Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Excalibur Awards: Gold award, publication design Junior League of Los Angeles - Presidents’ Cup Award winner for outstanding leadership
Associations
Women in Film Executive Member Junior League of Los Angeles