• Jul 2023 - Present

• Jun 2022 - Jul 2023

Founder

• Jan 2017 - Present

Founder of the board game community, Analog Gamer Grrrls. Under my leadership, AGG has grown to 1900 members, and we are branching out into other social media areas to provide networking opportunities to our members. As the Founder and overall director, I manage a small staff of 7, who assist with the day to day operations. I manage our social media presence and content over several outlets, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Discord. Additionally, I am our Event Organizer for both online and in person events. I also handle the technical side of our organization, providing IT administration and integration between our various platforms. Show less

Conference Operations Manager

• Feb 2017 - Present

I coordinate the staffing needs and daily operation for a 5 day conference. Life is Good supports 300+ families (roughly 5-700 individuals). Volunteer staff team of 40 cover everything from conference set-up, registration, special event hosting, sales, to nightly clean up and conference take-down. Position involves communication and organization several months before the conference. During the conference, position also involves general conference management, including being the point person between conference goers and issues that may arise, communicating conference needs to the facility staff, and processing the end of day cash deposits, as well as overseeing all staffing training and needs. Show less

Contributing Author

• Nov 2018 - Jul 2022

Author covering such topics as gaming, fandoms, and technology. Author covering such topics as gaming, fandoms, and technology.

Class Instructor and Coach

• Sep 2014 - May 2015

Village Home is a homeschooling cooperative. As a parent instructor, I offered several classes. My chess class covered both beginner through experienced players, ages 7-18. Taught basic play and strategy, with several children entering local tournaments as a result. Class size of 20 learners. Very popular class with wait list. I also taught and coached Quidditch. Developed athletic program from the ground up, using established youth development practices from other youth sports such as Timbers soccer. Worked with US Quidditch (USQ) to modify standard rules for youth. Established an 8 week training course for players. Class size of 20 learners. Very popular class that split into 2 full sessions our second term. Show less

• Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

Responsible for managing membership records, communicating with both members, and potential members, and facilitating new member orientation and training. Coordinate and manage a small training team. Produce and develop ongoing training materials. Conduct membership orientations. Provide advanced member training. Manage training and membership documents. Update social media with club news.

• Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

Manage a small team to develop an overall technology plan, provide technology solutions to the organization, and manage the organization's online presence, including web design, server administration, social media, and inter-org communication. Act as the organization's Network Administrator. Act as technical liaison to other networked organizations.

• Dec 2011 - Jan 2015

Created organization from the ground up. Developed operating procedures. Prepared organization presentations and recruited new members. Established accounts with vendors.

Communications Officer

• Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

Document management, organization documentation, website and forum development, membership records, data management Grew club membership from 30 members, to 75. Provided New Member orientation and technology training. Steering Committee member. Document management, organization documentation, website and forum development, membership records, data management Grew club membership from 30 members, to 75. Provided New Member orientation and technology training. Steering Committee member.

Network Administrator

• Jun 1999 - May 2006

UNIX Server(s) administration, web (apache) server administration, configuration management, web management and design, graphic design, hardware recommendations UNIX Server(s) administration, web (apache) server administration, configuration management, web management and design, graphic design, hardware recommendations

Network Administrator

• May 1998 - May 1999

Jr. System Administrator

• 1997 - 1998

Web Designer, Network Administrator

• 1997 - 1998