Experience

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  Greene Anvil Company

  • Partner

    • Sep 2005 - Oct 2011

    Community relations, promotions, marketing, and interactive solutions for businesses, institutions and non-profits.

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  South Bend Tribune

  • Promotion and Creative Services Manager

    • Oct 1986 - Mar 1999

    Developed and led the award-winning Marketing, Promotion, Creative Services, Community Services, and Educational Services departments. Created "Irish Sports Report," the premier national sports publication devoted to Notre Dame athletics; created, co-wrote and produced the national television program, "Irish Sports Reporters On TV." Authored the brand "Sunburst," and subsequently developed the Sunburst Races, now a 10,000 participant event and one of the premiere events of its kind in the Midwest; and developed the long-running Sunburst High School All-Star Basketball Classic, which included talented players who found jobs in the NBA.Introduced the Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee to the local market.Transformed the company's public relations department into a dynamic, proactive Community Services Department which truly engaged and impacted our community in a meaningful and positive way.Transformed the perfunctory Newspapers In Education program into a modern Educational Services Department, which annually engaged and inspired a greater numbers of teachers and students through tailored classroom programs. Developed and fostered a close partnership with the University of Notre Dame, particularly its athletic and community relations departments, and its alumni association. Maintained important partnerships with local entities such as the South Bend Silver Hawks baseball club, the College Football Hall of Fame, Center For History, Studebaker National Museum, WNIT Public Television, South Bend-Mishawaka Chamber of Commerce, Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Cities of South Bend and Mishawaka, South Bend Community School Corporation, Southold Dance Theater, United Way, and many others.Served on the International Board of Directors for the International Newspaper Marketing Association (INMA), Dallas, Texas; and served as President of the INMA, Central U.S. Region.