Professional Experience
Former Director of PR for four financial services companies, have been creating content for newspapers, magazines and websites for eight years focusing on arts and culture. Specialize in producing insightful profiles and compelling interviews. Pieces have featured New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail, the Japanese lantern tradition of Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, the Taize singing practiced at Scotland's Findhorn Foundation and the costumes of Mexico's Parachico Festival. Interview subjects have included Cambodian peace activist Arn Chorn Pond; Scotland’s Duke of Argyll & Chief of Clan Campbell; U.N. Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin and UNESCO Chief of Intangible Cultural heritage Cécile Duvelle, among many others. Check out www.ViewfromthePier.com!
Total Media Industry Experience
12 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
MIT Press (1-2), Petergreenberg.com (1-2), Art New England (1-2), Boston Globe (1-2), Huffington Post (6-10)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
South Africa Partners (10+), Brown Brothers Harriman (1-2), Ensemble Travel Consortium (1-2)
Other Work History
Director of PR for Eaton Vance Corp. for nine years; VP of media relations for Scudder, Stevens & Clark for three years; VP, media relations for Fleet Financial Group for four years
Awards
PR Week – First Place Award, Small Corporate Communications Team of the Year; named as one of five finalists of 750 entrants in category of PR Professional of the Year.
• New England Publicity Club – First Place Bell Ringer Award for public affairs campaign; recipient of two organizational identity campaign awards.
• Bulldog Awards – Bronze Awards for product/company positioning and investment, banking, financial services.
