Experience

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  San Marcos Unified School District

  • San Diego Metropolitan Area

  • Social Science Teacher

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • San Diego Metropolitan Area

    AP World History and College Prep Government teacher

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  Oread Consulting, LLC

  • San Diego Metropolitan Area

  • Founder/Consultant

    • May 2014 - Present
    • San Diego Metropolitan Area

    Providing insight to teams and companies to establish and improve public relations, marketing, social media, editing and writing efforts.• Evaluate and fine tune marketing efforts• Pitch stories ideas to generate media coverage and exposure• Assess social media strategies and implement improvements• Provide writing and editing services for features, press releases, blogs and additional outlets• Partnering with companies ranging from Agility Solutions (http://agility-solutions.com/), a financial consultancy focused on helping telecommunications and energy companies, and Great Play (https://www.greatplay.com/), an interactive gym for children

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  Marcus & Millichap

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Commercial Real Estate Advisor

    • Aug 2017 - Aug 2022
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Commercial real estate adviser, representing institutional, corporate and private investors on acquisitions & dispositions, corporate sale-leaseback transactions, 1031 exchanges, and debt placement through Marcus & Millichap Mortgage Capital (MMCC). Specializing in the Chicago Industrial market and nationwide.

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  Walter Payton College Preparatory High School

  • Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Basketball Coach

    • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Head coach for the freshman team. Assistant coach for the varsity and sophomore teams.

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  University of Denver

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Associate Director of Media Relations

    • Nov 2006 - May 2014
    • Greater Denver Area

    Sports Information Director for NCAA Division I men’s basketball, hockey, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, skiing and women’s lacrosse, orchestrating all media efforts, statistical collection, and media relations game management. Contributed to public relations and media efforts for nine additional NCAA Division I teams. Served as liaison between the teams and media. • Directed internal and external communications strategy using various channels, including media, website, social media, email campaigns, blogs, student events and partner management, resulting in significant increase in exposure both locally and nationally, including coverage in media outlets such as ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports and Denver Post• Designed, wrote, edited and compiled media guides, recruiting guides, game day programs and newsletters• Managed internship and work study programs, recruiting, supervising and developing student and graduate employees • Served as a liaison for Athletics at strategy meetings with communications employees from other campus departments• Drove the development and implementation of the Athletic Department’s Strategic Plan• Directed media relations efforts for the 2009 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Soccer Tournament and 2010 MPSF Women’s Lacrosse Tournament, and served on the team that coordinated all media relations at the 2008 NCAA Frozen Four Hockey Championship, 2011 NCAA Gymnastics North Central Regional, 2011 Men’s Lacrosse NCAA Tournament First Round, and the 2007 NCAA Western Hockey Regional

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  Runner's Edge of the Rockies/Bear Chase Race

  • Denver, CO

  • Marketing Director

    • May 2012 - Aug 2013
    • Denver, CO

    Largest running club in Colorado with nearly 400 paid members throughout the year, as well as trail races of 50 Miles, 50 Kilometers, Half Marathon and 10 Kilometers on September 30, 2012. Voted “Best Running Club” and “Best Race Experience” in the Rocky Mountain Region by readers of Competitor Magazine in both 2012 and 2013. • Created a marketing plan to maximize membership/race registration, exposure and sponsorships, culminating in a sellout and one-year increase of 44.5 percent in 2012, only the third year of the Bear Chase Race• Established a social media campaign, utilizing Twitter and Facebook to further increase reach of marketing with no significant increase in budget for either Runner’s Edge or the Bear Chase• Worked in conjunction with web designer in creating and maintaining website content and pages• Pitched story ideas to national and local media outlets to gain free media exposure, including a placement on Bloomberg.com

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  Colorado Rockies Baseball Club

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Publications Manager/Editor-in-Chief

    • Feb 2002 - Nov 2006
    • Greater Denver Area

    Team publication of Colorado Rockies Baseball Club with monthly distribution during the baseball season to all season ticket holders and subscribers. Sold in Coors Field, Rockies Dugout and King Soopers stores. Also featured on Frontier Airlines flights.• Established monthly magazine content in creative collaboration with management and players• Reduced $500,000 annual budget by more than 20 percent, while tripling distribution and maintaining quality• Recruited and managed a network of freelance writers• Collaborated with graphic designer and contracted photographers to develop and conceptualize each issue• Initiated partnership with Frontier Airlines to provide magazines to all travelers, increasing circulation numbers by more than 300 percent and advertising revenue

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  Major League Baseball Advanced Media

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Website Editor

    • Feb 2001 - Feb 2002
    • Greater Denver Area

    One of five team representatives that served on a committee charged with integrating 30 unique team websites to a single MLB.com portal.• Directed, produced and edited all content of ColoradoRockies.com and wrote stories for other MLB team websites• Served as the primary liaison between the Colorado Rockies and Major League Baseball Advanced Media, creating and coordinating all marketing and public relations material on ColoradoRockies.com

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  Colorado Rockies Baseball Club

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Website Coordinator

    • Apr 1999 - Feb 2001
    • Greater Denver Area

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  Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Independent Contractor

    • Nov 1998 - Apr 1999
    • Greater Denver Area