Adjunct Instructor

• 2012 - Present

Teach in-person and online courses to graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Leadership Studies, College of Professional Advancement at Mercer University. Teach in-person and online courses to graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Leadership Studies, College of Professional Advancement at Mercer University.

Health Communication Specialist

• Nov 2009 - Present

*Conducted crisis and emergency risk communication classroom training for public information professionals at state and local public health on effective messages, methods, and materials used before, during, and after the activation of medical mass-dispensing clinics. *Served as project manager for innovative and cost-saving training tool for state and local public health—an online role-playing game to provide an emergency-based decision-making scenario for public information. *Led development of plain-language version of fact sheet for emergency use authorization of doxycycline for anthrax prophylaxis. *Created public information toolkits for state and local public health agencies regarding the distribution of preventive medications during an emergency. *Served on CDC’s advisory panel for national performance standards on emergency public information and warning. *Acted as project officer and technical representative for contracts or grants associated with educational campaigns. *Participated in CDC’s emergency response system, conducting activities within the incident command structure’s operations branch for activities including the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Show less

Public Information Officer

• Sep 2002 - Oct 2009

* Provide consultation to senior staff on broad variety of health communications issues including bioterrorism, emergency preparedness and radiation safety (potassium iodide use). * Develop and manage public information operational strategies for preparedness efforts and field deployment for public health emergencies such as natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks. Managed joint information center during significant waterborne disease outbreak – South Bass Island, Ohio in 2004; serve as public information officer for Ohio’s Type-3 Incident Management Team – deployed August 2007 for federally declared flood area in northwest Ohio. * Authored Ohio’s public health crisis communication strategic plan and communications guidance for pandemic influenza, smallpox vaccination program and SARS. * Serve on CDC’s national consultation panel for Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication. * Authored functional and tabletop communications exercises for public health and hospitals. Show less

Senior Programming Manager

• Oct 1997 - Sep 2001

Designed, implemented, launched and promoted a variety of products and editorial information including daily updates to the service main page viewed by 4 million users; news content for high-profile stories including John Glenn’s return to space, the deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Frank Sinatra, the Microsoft monopoly trial and the home run contest between McGuire and Sosa. Managed product design and build processes of CompuServe Calendar from remote teams in Virginia and California while based in Ohio. Generated ~$1 million per month for company in membership commerce e-mail. Show less

Meteorologist

• 1983 - 1997

Public Information Officer

• 1982 - 1983

Hired as agency’s first full-time PIO; advised chief of police and senior staff on public information matters; instituted outreach to community through proactive talk show appearances and other media channels; conducted in-field media relations at crime scenes; wrote departmental (135-officer) newsletter. Hired as agency’s first full-time PIO; advised chief of police and senior staff on public information matters; instituted outreach to community through proactive talk show appearances and other media channels; conducted in-field media relations at crime scenes; wrote departmental (135-officer) newsletter.

News and Weather Announcer/Reporter

• 1981 - 1982

Covered various news beats including city hall, education and police; shot and edited videotaped stories; produced and anchored weekend newscast and weather segment. Covered various news beats including city hall, education and police; shot and edited videotaped stories; produced and anchored weekend newscast and weather segment.

Announcer

• 1978 - 1982

Produced and hosted music show; produced news features – hurricane documentary part of station’s award recognition by United Press International. Produced and hosted music show; produced news features – hurricane documentary part of station’s award recognition by United Press International.