Experience

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director Of Communications

  • Sep 2021 - Present


UNT Health Science Center

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Press Officer/Senior Director of Communications

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Led an aggressive media relations campaign that increased earned media ad equivalency from $3.1 million in fiscal year 2018-19 to over $10 million in fiscal year 2020-21, per Cision media monitoring. Placed stories in the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, USA Today and more.

• Director Of Media Relations

  • May 2019 - Aug 2020

  Primary media contact and spokesman at graduate school for health and science.

• Media Manager

  • Nov 2017 - May 2019

  Member of the university President's Council and Best Place for All steering committeeLed a team that developed the university's new Intranet Inspire Leadership program graduateExperience with Design Thinking and Agile Project Management

• Senior Communications Specialist

  • Oct 2013 - Nov 2017



United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Marketing Communications

  • Apr 2013 - Oct 2013

  Managed projects and led creative development for a wide range of efforts that create an emotional connection between North Texans and the impact they make as United Way supporters. Managed projects and led creative development for a wide range of efforts that create an emotional connection between North Texans and the impact they make as United Way supporters.



Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Multimedia Journalist

  • Sep 2003 - Apr 2013

  Responsible for generating story ideas and identifying trends, meeting daily deadlines, managing long-term projects, analyzing data and conveying information concisely. Work independently or with a team in high-pressure circumstances. Reported on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Texas Legislature in Austin. Prioritize projects and practice time management to accomplish goals. Have advanced knowledge of grammar and punctuation. Film and edit videos, communicate with audience and promote work through social media, including Twitter, Facebook and blogs. Work with databases and perform computer record searches. Specialize in health care, hospitals, public health and nonprofits. Excel in building productive, working relationships with sources and colleagues. Show less



The Wichita Eagle

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Nov 1999 - Aug 2003

  Reported on crime, courts and city and county government. Reported on crime, courts and city and county government.



Galveston County Daily News

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Jan 1999 - Nov 1999

  Reported on courts, crime and education. Reported on courts, crime and education.