Experience

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  Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Rhode Island

  • CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick RI

  • Executive Director

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick RI

    http://ccri.edu/10ksb/https://10ksbapply.com/Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is a program for small businesses that links learning to action. Through the program, participants will gain practical skills in topics such as negotiation, marketing, and employee management that can immediately be put into action. In addition, they will receive the tools and professional support they need to develop a strategic and customized business growth plan that will take their company to the next level.

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  American Lung Association of the Northeast

  • Providence, Rhode Island Area

  • Rhode Island Director for Health Education and Public Policy

    • Apr 2012 - Apr 2016
    • Providence, Rhode Island Area

    Advocate for strong laws and well-funded programs to save lives by preventing lung disease and promoting lung health.Lobby for policies related to healthy air, tobacco use prevention and treatment, lung cancer and other lung diseases.Develop and implement lung health education strategies and activities for health professionals, community organizations,patients and caregivers.

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  Tobacco Free Rhode Island

  • Providence, Rhode Island Area

  • Director

    • Jul 2012 - Jun 2015
    • Providence, Rhode Island Area

    Tobacco Free Rhode Island (formerly the Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network, RITCN) is a statewide network committed to reducing - and ultimately eliminating - tobacco use through evidence-based policy change.

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  DCI

  • DCI

  • Director of Sales & Marketing

    • Dec 2011 - Apr 2012
    • DCI

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  The Myranda Group

  • Providence, Rhode Island Area

  • Partner

    • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Providence, Rhode Island Area

    Founding partner of this Providence-based PR and Public Affairs business. Strategy, expert service and innovative solutions in communications, marketing, event planning, media relations, public affairs and advocacy. Continue to do occasional work here on as as-needed basis since 2011.

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  BetterProvidence

  • Providence, Rhode Island Area

  • Founding Executive Director

    • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Providence, Rhode Island Area

    BetterProvidenceWe put the public in public policy BetterProvidence is a non-partisan, nonprofit, grassroots initiative to promote greater public participation in our city’s governing process and civic life. The mission of BetterProvidence is to:• Inform the public about important city policy and budget issues and the decision-making process, promoting transparency in city government and better communication• Inspire more people to participate in public policy and budget decision-making, creating new models of communication and engagement to foster positive and productive dialogue• Influence the ideas and decisions that can take our city forward and make a Better Providence

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  Cutler & Company

  • Partner

    • Nov 2008 - Feb 2011

    We don’t just promote innovation, we live it. Some companies often believe they can’t spare the time for communications and public relations efforts. That is a mistake, especially for small businesses and entrepreneurs with an innovative idea, product or service to sell. If you don’t tell your story, how will you ever reach your market? Cutler & Company offers a wide range of experience working with large and small businesses across many industries including health care, high tech and industrial design. Because public relations is a lot more than just a press release, we can harness both old and new media to cut through the media clutter. Cutler & Company offers an innovative organizational structure that defies the traditional PR business model. We offer a network of highly experienced PR experts who really understand the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs and start-ups. That’s because we have been there and know what it takes for small businesses to promote themselves and grow. Cutler & Company is structured to be lean, nimble and always accessible to you, the client.

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  Brown University

  • Interim Community Liaison, Public Affairs & University Relations

    • Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

    Public relations campaign development.

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  Rhode Island is Ready

  • Coordinator

    • Jan 2010 - Jul 2010

    A statewide, grassroots advocacy campaign which played a key role in passing - for the first time in 15 years - legislation establishing a statewide education funding formula.

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  Providence Black Repertory Company

  • Sponsorship Manager for the Sound Session music festival

    • Apr 2007 - Oct 2008

    Recruited and managed 40 corporate sponsors for New England’s largest summer music festival, doubling the number of sponsors and total sponsorship funding. Wrote corporate proposals, negotiated contracts, executed sponsor benefits, coordinated multiple festival logistics, including sponsor advertisements, marketing and VIP hospitality.

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  Friends of Cliff Wood

  • Vice-Treasurer; Campaign Manager

    • Jan 2006 - Nov 2006

    Managed the political campaign of Providence City Council candidate, Cliff Wood. Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day campaign organization, including fundraising, scheduling, meet-the-candidate events, drafting and editing marketing materials, and generating publicity. The candidate won his primary election against a 16-year incumbent, garnering the highest percentage of the vote of any of the fifteen races for Providence City Council in 2006 (63%). The candidate was subsequently elected to the Providence City Council with 82% of the vote.

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  Cornish Associates

  • Local Coordinator, Congress for the New Urbanism 2006

    • May 2005 - Jun 2006

    Coordinated local logistics and media relations for the largest, most successful national annual conference in the urban design movement’s 14-year history, attracting 1,500 urban design specialists to Providence for four-days, and high media coverage.

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  "Tour of Duty" National Speaking Tour

  • National Coordinator

    • Apr 2004 - Nov 2004

    Planned and executed eight public educational forums in six states in the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, focused on the Iraq war and U.S. foreign policy. Recruited expert speakers; wrote publicity and press materials; coordinated media work.

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  Peace Action/Peace Action Education Fund

  • National Coordinator, Nuclear Disarmament Campaign

    • 1995 - 1997

    Coordinated a national public education campaign to promote nuclear disarmament. Lobbied and built relationships with Administration, Congressional and UN officials; conducted media outreach and public speaking; coordinated events.

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  Peace Action Education Fund

  • National Nuclear Disarmament Campaign Coordinator

    • 1994 - 1997

    Coordinated a national public education campaign to promote nuclear disarmament. Lobbied and built relationships with Administration, Congressional and UN officials; conducted media outreach and public speaking; coordinated events.