Experience

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  N2 Publishing

  • Vancouver, WA

  • Area Director/Publisher

    • Apr 2014 - Present
    • Vancouver, WA

    I am currently working with the residents of the Lacamas Lake neighborhoods, putting together their neighborhood magazine that features the residents who live there in a high quality, monthly, full color magazine.

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  TRAVELSAVERS

  • Western US

  • Director, New Business Development

    • Aug 2012 - Nov 2013
    • Western US

    In this position for Travelsavers/American Marketing Group, I was responsible for increasing travel agency membership from the west coast. This was done via phone, email, webinar and in-person sales calls.

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  Rocky Mountaineer

  • Western US

  • Regional Business Manager

    • Jun 2009 - Jul 2012
    • Western US

    Represented this luxury rail in the Canadian Rockies to travel agents in 19 states in the western and midwestern US. This involved phone, email and in-person visits to agencies of all sizes for training seminars as well as trade shows and other rail-related events for consumers. Responsible for marketing plans with several groups of agencies as well as budgeting for myself and 3 independent contractors in California and Illinois. Led 5 familiarization trip groups ranging in size from 11 to 30 with agents who represented the best in my 19 states.

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  Allianz Global Assistance

  • Territory Manager

    • Jan 1998 - Oct 2008

    Sales and service of travel agencies and tour operators in OR, WA, ID, AK (UT and MT part of that time). Grew the number of new agencies selling our travel insurance, as well as increasing sales of existing loyal sellers of our insurance. Trained small and large agencies on how and why they should sell travel insurance. I achieved top sales in the company twice and was consistently in the top five. My best account is still one of the largest in the US for Allianz.

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  Multiline Marketing

  • Seattle, Portland, subcontractors in other towns

  • Owner

    • 1986 - 1998
    • Seattle, Portland, subcontractors in other towns

    Independent contractor, calling on travel agencies to promote various travel companies including Westin Hotels, NCL, Premier Cruise Line, Abel Tasman Tours, Condo Connection in Hawaii, Kahana Sunset and several others.

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  Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

  • Sales Manager

    • 1981 - 1986

    Entry level sales position contacting businesses of all sizes and types to join the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, promoted to sales manager

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  West Jordan Elementary School

  • West Jordan, Utah

  • Teacher

    • 1978 - 1981
    • West Jordan, Utah

    Substitute teacher, then full time teacher, teaching 4th grade for a partial year, then 2nd grade for two years.

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  Lincoln Elementary School

  • Ashland, OR

  • Teacher

    • 1976 - 1978
    • Ashland, OR

    Taught first grade in a self-contained classroom.