Experience

Travel Oregon

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Salem and Portland, Oregon Administers and monitors all aspects of Travel Oregon's competitive and matching grants programs.

• Industry Communications Content Editor

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2017

  Salem and Portland, Oregon Manages the design, content, editing and distribution of e-newsletters and works across the organization to develop content and strategy for delivery. Also develops and manages the editorial calendar for communications to Oregon’s travel & tourism industry. Works with Travel Oregon's Integrated Marketing team on industry website development and improvement, while editing and creating online content.

• Communications Specialist

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Salem, Oregon Project lead in tandem with Travel Oregon's Integrated Marketing team for website redesign of Industry.TravelOregon.com. Worked with stakeholders across the organization and travel & tourism industry to organize, create, edit and post copy in a new WordPress platform. Immersed in each phase of the website design life cycle. Serve as primary administrator of the website and work with Integrated Marketing team to implement improvements.

• Industry Relations Liaison

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2012

  Salem, Oregon Served as liaison to the annual matching grants program. Worked as a team to prepare potential recipients with feedback on project ideas to help elevate possibility of funding. Maintained grant application and award databases, prepared documentation for review committee and communicated to recipients upon award. Tracked all document reporting, financial distributions and correspondence with awardees. Managed contact database for Travel Oregon's Welcome Center brochure program. Renewed existing… Show more Served as liaison to the annual matching grants program. Worked as a team to prepare potential recipients with feedback on project ideas to help elevate possibility of funding. Maintained grant application and award databases, prepared documentation for review committee and communicated to recipients upon award. Tracked all document reporting, financial distributions and correspondence with awardees. Managed contact database for Travel Oregon's Welcome Center brochure program. Renewed existing customers and provided outreach to gain members. Developed brochure distribution tracking program for the Welcome Centers. Managed online registration platform (CVENT) for destination development trainings and annual Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism, as well as creating, editing and updating online content and email communications.

• Tourism Development Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2009

  Salem, Oregon Provided a range of support for tourism development programming with emphasis in email and online communications and contact database management. Worked closely with matching grant programming and the annual Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism.



Oregon State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director of Sports Information

  • 2000 - 2007

  Corvallis, Oregon Area Media Relations/Public Relations Director for the Oregon State University women's basketball and nationally ranked softball programs.



Gonzaga University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sports Information Graduate Assistant

  • 1999 - 2000

  Spokane, Washington Area Served as primary media contact for volleyball and women's basketball programs. Worked closely with all sports, including NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament support for first and second round as well as Sweet 16. Enhanced sports information skills of writing press releases, game notes and recaps, posting content online, writing, editing and designing layout for media guides, building relationships with coaches, student-athletes, athletic department and campus colleagues as well as media.