Experience

Minnesota Women's Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publisher/Editor

  • Dec 2017 - Present

• 2018 Owner/Editor/Publisher

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Starting with the January 2018 issue, I became the new owner, editor and publisher of the 33-year-old Minnesota Women's Press magazine.



Attainable We

• Creator

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Development of a book of essays and talks. We navigate our lives through storylines. Our storylines shift all the time, but we can get into a groove that makes us think there is one “right” ending – one goal – one truth. The goal of Attainable We is to help us start to see things from new perspectives to help us get “unstuck.” “If we proactively start with the notion that our universe is fundamentally connected, then maybe the ways we divide ourselves up politically, economically and socially will begin to seem so small and inconsequential that it no longer makes sense to fixate on them.” — “On Visibility and Fragmentation,” talk given July 2016 Show less



Be-Mondo Publishing Inc.

• Owner

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2018

  My communications consulting company developed multimedia strategies and tools for enhancing online and offline connections that enliven and empower people to evolve individually and collectively. Books, websites, talks, articles. I am a writer and facilitator of “conscious conversations.” I believe that improving the thought that goes into our online, group and face-to-face communication — genuine (not glib), personalized (not generic), vulnerable (not packaged) — is what inspires us to evolve into what we can be. Show less



Choice Moms LLC

• Founder

  • Apr 2007 - Dec 2017

  I provide resources for single women who proactively pursue motherhood. My podcast series, choicemoms.org website, 400 blog posts, 2,000-member discussion boards and 25-plus workshops stemmed from my 2005 self-published book "Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide." Rights to the award-winning book were won by Houghton-Mifflin/Harcourt in a six-company bidding war and the book was re-published in 2007. I create e-guides for single women who choose motherhood as well as families created by donor insemination and adoption. Show less



IP.com

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• independent contractor

  • 1990 - 2017

  CURRENT: monthly "Attainable We" columnist for Southwest Journal Past Highlights: ** Designed websites and content development. ** Communications specialist, Minnesota Academy of Science ** Editorial/writer, Minnesota Women's Press. ** Worked with youth reporters to publish "Being the Change: The Paul and Sheila Wellstone Story." ** Wrote and edited print and online materials to promote Girl Scouts initiatives, including details of a four-book series for girls aged 9-13. ** Interviewed New York City Muslim teenagers after the September 11 tragedy for the Lehrer News Hour Extra website for young people. ** Special contributor to Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine for six years. ** Associate producer of the "Hole in the Head" documentary about the cult of trephination (drilling a hole in the head for “enlightenment”) that aired on The Learning Channel. Traveled to Amsterdam, London and several locations in the U.S. to conduct interviews. ** Wrote research reports for Time Inc. Corporate Marketing suggesting editorial approaches to projects that were pitched to advertisers. Topics included: 20th century businesswomen, evolution of the American home, voting history, endangered sea mammals. ** Editorial director for Sports Illustrated for Kids single-sponsor projects. Clients included Coca-Cola (for 1992 Olympics), Kellogg’s, American Library Association and the National PTA. ** Author of a biography for young readers of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (Bantam Books, 1994), which sold 80,000 copies and was a No. 1 children’s best-seller. Wrote a biography of tennis player Jennifer Capriati (Little, Brown, 1991). ** Edited a science-based self-help manuscript in Paris for the adventurous wife of French designer Philippe Starck. ** Volunteer communications for Wellstone Action, including development of discussion guides about nine topics for the Civic Dialogue Project. Show less



MPLS Green/"Sustainable We"

• Founder

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  A campaign to develop awareness around four interconnected sustainability issues -- waste, toxins, design, renewable energy. I hosted five"Sustainable We" forums on these topics. A campaign to develop awareness around four interconnected sustainability issues -- waste, toxins, design, renewable energy. I hosted five"Sustainable We" forums on these topics.



First Universalist Church of Minneapolis

• Communications

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  I revamped the church's website and newsletter, created its social media options, and produced several videos (including this one about marriage equality: http://youtu.be/PuDitqxZsxg). I led the church's archives team, and did work on a book and history section of the website that won the Unitarian Universalist Association Heritage Award prize. I co-created a 170-page book for the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis about its 150 years of history. I revamped the church's website and newsletter, created its social media options, and produced several videos (including this one about marriage equality: http://youtu.be/PuDitqxZsxg). I led the church's archives team, and did work on a book and history section of the website that won the Unitarian Universalist Association Heritage Award prize. I co-created a 170-page book for the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis about its 150 years of history.



Time Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Editor, Custom Publishing

  • Jul 1996 - May 1999

  I supervised the operations of the editorial department, which grew from four staff members in 1996 to 40 in 1999, and from three publications for one client to 22 products for 14 clients. I was the hands-on editor of six of those publications, for Key Bank, Putnam Investments, Sprint and Royal Carribean. Worked closely with clients to meet marketing goals. Was the edit point person for legal, marketing and production departments. I supervised the operations of the editorial department, which grew from four staff members in 1996 to 40 in 1999, and from three publications for one client to 22 products for 14 clients. I was the hands-on editor of six of those publications, for Key Bank, Putnam Investments, Sprint and Royal Carribean. Worked closely with clients to meet marketing goals. Was the edit point person for legal, marketing and production departments.



The New York Times

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Contractor, New Media

  • 1994 - 1996

  I created 25 cells of information covering 100 years of Presidential campaign reporting in the early stages of The New York Times Online division. Wrote all campaign summaries and did research for the archival text, photos and audiovisual content. [See the finished product at www.nytimes.com/learning/ general/specials/elections/] Did writing for “This Day in History” biographies. Prior to that I worked on a long-term projecting overseeing the editorial content for a CD-ROM about the Vietnam War that included more than 1,000 articles, Pentagon Paper documents, biographies, maps, CBS footage, a chronology and news photos. Personally made all hyperlink decisions. Show less