Experience

Crain's Cleveland Business

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Editor

  • Oct 2020 - Present

• Editor

  • Apr 2014 - Present

• Publisher and Editor

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2020



National Association of College Stores

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Communications and Public Relations

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2014



Cleveland Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Relations Officer

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2013

  Responsible for the daily oversight of external and internal communications for the Cleveland Foundation, including the planning and execution of comprehensive communications for all foundation constituencies. Responsible for the daily oversight of external and internal communications for the Cleveland Foundation, including the planning and execution of comprehensive communications for all foundation constituencies.



Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Managing Editor / Content

  • Sep 2007 - Nov 2010

  Led newsroom content providers through the creative process of brainstorming, developing, reporting, writing and editing stories for print and online. Directed breaking news, enterprise and long-range story development for Metro, Business, Sports and Features departments.

• Assistant Managing Editor / Metro

  • Nov 2004 - Sep 2007

  Led the Metro news operation, the largest department in the newsroom, working closely with assistant and deputy metro editors and their reporters and columnists.

• Assistant Managing Editor / Features

  • Feb 2001 - Nov 2004

  Cultivated and directed the work of 40 reporters and editors devoted to covering arts, entertainment and lifestyle news and features.

• Assistant Managing Editor / Sunday

  • Oct 1999 - Feb 2001

  Improved content and presentation of the Sunday paper by working closely with all departments in the newsroom, from news, sports and features to the visuals staff.

• Design and Graphics Editor

  • May 1996 - Oct 1999

  Oversaw a team of visual journalists responsible for designing feature pages and illustrations and graphics for all departments in the newsroom.

• Deputy News Editor

  • Feb 1994 - May 1996

  Directed page designers in the production of news and feature pages.

• Assistant News Editor / Designer

  • May 1992 - Feb 1994

  Designed and paginated news and feature pages, working in Metro, National, Features, Sports and Op-Ed departments.

• Copy Editor

  • Sep 1990 - May 1992

  Polished local news stories, looking for errors in grammar, structure, logic, and AP and Plain Dealer style, dealing directly with reporters and their editors when questions arose.