Experience

Construction Contractors Association of the Hudson Valley

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Communications

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Oversee the development of effective messaging, marketing and outreach strategies for the CCA of the Hudson Valley, a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to fair labor practices and economic growth. Collaborate with partners, including union labor, government agencies and private businesses, to advance that shared mission. Audiences include a range of constituents reached through social media, news releases, the organization’s website, advertising, and print media. Oversee the development of effective messaging, marketing and outreach strategies for the CCA of the Hudson Valley, a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to fair labor practices and economic growth. Collaborate with partners, including union labor, government agencies and private businesses, to advance that shared mission. Audiences include a range of constituents reached through social media, news releases, the organization’s website, advertising, and print media.



Capital Region BOCES

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Public Information Specialist

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2022

  Served as a strategic advisor for New York public school administrators in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Skills and responsibilities included mission advocacy, brand management, website content creation, website accessibility, storytelling, crisis communication, brand management, media and community relations, social media management, writing and photography. Work for clients earned awards from the National School Public Relations Association for excellence in photography. Served on the Communications Department's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Show less



Ulster County BOCES

• New Paltz, N.Y.

• Communication Specialist

  • 2016 - Aug 2017

  Create written and visual content, including news releases, annual budget newsletters, articles, quarterly newsletters, district calendars, and website and social media posts for school districts in Sullivan and Ulster counties. Create written and visual content, including news releases, annual budget newsletters, articles, quarterly newsletters, district calendars, and website and social media posts for school districts in Sullivan and Ulster counties.



Ellenville Central School District

• Ellenville, N.Y.

• Media Consultant

  • 2014 - Aug 2017

  Create news releases, official statements, urgent alerts, and public notifications, including crisis communications; respond to media requests, and create written and visual content for the district website and newsletters. Launched the district's social media channels. Create news releases, official statements, urgent alerts, and public notifications, including crisis communications; respond to media requests, and create written and visual content for the district website and newsletters. Launched the district's social media channels.



Orange Magazine, Ulster Magazine

• Hudson Valley, N.Y.

• Contributing Writer

  • 2007 - Aug 2017

  Regular contributor of food and dining articles to these regional lifestyle publications. Regular contributor of food and dining articles to these regional lifestyle publications.



Times Herald-Record

• Middletown, NY

• Contributing Columnist

  • 2002 - Aug 2017

  Author of weekly opinion column appearing in the Sunday Record, the largest newspaper in the New York's Hudson Valley. Author of weekly opinion column appearing in the Sunday Record, the largest newspaper in the New York's Hudson Valley.



Timess Herald-Record

• Middletown, N.Y.

• Sunday Editor

  • 1999 - 2002

  Editor in charge responsible for reportage, image content, staff supervision, and front-page of the Sunday Record, the largest paper of the week. Editor in charge responsible for reportage, image content, staff supervision, and front-page of the Sunday Record, the largest paper of the week.



Times Herald-Record

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features and Entertainment Editor

  • 1997 - 1999

  Editor of the newspaper’s six feature sections (Excursions, Health, Technology, Dining, Home Styles and Sunday Living) and “Go” magazine, the Friday entertainment supplement. Supervised a staff of reporters and a team of 10 free-lance writers and columnists. Editor of the newspaper’s six feature sections (Excursions, Health, Technology, Dining, Home Styles and Sunday Living) and “Go” magazine, the Friday entertainment supplement. Supervised a staff of reporters and a team of 10 free-lance writers and columnists.



Fairchild Media

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer

  • 1994 - 1996

  Technology and computer editor for HFN Magazine, Fairchild’s home goods business title, covering the emerging home computing industry and national expos, including Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show. Technology and computer editor for HFN Magazine, Fairchild’s home goods business title, covering the emerging home computing industry and national expos, including Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show.



TImes Herald-Record

• Middletown

• News Reporter

  • 1990 - 1994

  Reporter for the Hudson Valley’s largest daily newspaper with a Sunday circulation exceeding 100,000. Long-term assignments included Regional Economic Development; Education; Crime and Corrections; the Watershed, and Politics, as well as the municipal governments of Monticello, Kingston, and Middletown. Reporter for the Hudson Valley’s largest daily newspaper with a Sunday circulation exceeding 100,000. Long-term assignments included Regional Economic Development; Education; Crime and Corrections; the Watershed, and Politics, as well as the municipal governments of Monticello, Kingston, and Middletown.