Health Editor (hematology/oncology) Medscape/MDedge

• Sep 2021 - Present

Publications Manager/Communications & Marketing

• Feb 2015 - Aug 2020

Manages communications/publications team for a nonprofit that is NY state’s largest Medicaid managed care plan for people living with HIV/AIDS or homelessness. • Top-edits, writes, and collaborates with in-house graphic designer, colleagues, free-lancers, and vendors to produce 68-page, bilingual online and print magazine for our 6,000+ members; also top-edits, writes, and collaborates with designer and colleagues on three online/print magazines for our 17 providers annually; • Drafts and pitches news releases on our organization and its involvement in national, statewide, and NYC healthcare issues to regional, national, and global news organizations; • Reports on, photographs, and writes about monthly special wellness events for our members in all five boroughs, as well as twice-annual member and provider events etc.; • Develops, drafts, schedules and posts social media messages about our organization, its members, and related health and wellness issues.

Communications Manager

• May 2005 - Jan 2015

Responsible for strategizing & executing internal/external communications (digital & print) for 15,000+ employees of 120-year-old, largest U.S. not-for-profit home healthcare agency -- among NYC’s largest workforces -- emphasizing recognition (through internal/external awards), retention, diversity & recruitment. • Brought widespread recognition through writing & submitting 100+ nominations of agency & individual staff, winning 75+ national & regional professional competitions: Crain’s Best Places to Work in NYC, Best Companies to Work For in U.S. Healthcare, Best NonProfits to Work For, Best Companies to Work For in NY state & awards from NY Times Tribute to Nurses, American Public Health Association, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, Nurse.com & ADVANCE publications for nurses & rehab therapists, Home Care Association of New York State, NYU College of Nursing, and many more; • Designed 30+ special events, wrote scripts & created short documentary film [view on YouTube @:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Nsjq-WklA] for large recognition events held several times annually, including speeches for CEO, COO, & guest speakers (former NYC mayor Edward Koch, et. al) linked to National Nurses Week, Home Care & Hospice Month, and other celebrations honoring hundreds of staff annually; wrote scores of articles for internal quarterly publication; developed, launched, and refreshed first agency-wide Intranet employee recognition website to highlight internal & external awards; profiled staff on Recruitment website (external); launched diversity initiatives for Latino, Asian, Russian, African-American, Muslim, and other staff and programs; •Raised profile of VNSNY by proposing & executing 2012 exhibitions at Museum of City of NY (permanent gallery) and Yeshiva University Museum; forged relationships with industry and general-publication editors, placed and/or wrote and published some 100 articles in these publications.

Managing Editor

• Sep 2000 - May 2004

Responsible for top-editing print magazines and other internal communications, while contributing weekly to Intranet magazine and external website and supervising, staffers, free-lancers, and vendors. • As editor-in-chief of internal print magazines, streamlined process to produce publications at least 50% faster than before, at savings of 60%. • Devised innovative, economical CD-ROM flash technology approach to communications for special events, publications, etc.; drafted communications from McKinsey’s Managing Director and other top consultants at firm.

Manager of Research, Reports, and Publications

• Jan 1998 - Sep 2000

Responsible for researching and writing news releases and newsletters for employees, customers and media, while supervising designers and printers, etc. • Reinvented and ensured prompt publication of customer and employee newsletters, leading to appointment as editor-in-chief of newsletter for regional Women in Transportation organization. • Developed, wrote, and helped film innovative customer-service video on New York’s bridges; helped plan and execute special events (e.g., Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel 50th anniversary, agency-wide awards ceremonies, etc.).

Program Manager/North American

• Feb 1996 - Dec 1998

Responsible for producing weekly electronic magazine and daily industry news summary; drafting annual communications plan; and supervising contributing writers, free-lancers, designers and vendors. • Researched, developed, launched, and served as editor-in-chief of IBM’s first Intranet magazine. • Top-edited daily online news report about computer industry (most popular Intranet feature among 150,000 employees worldwide); Devised strategies for and drafted annual communications plans for IBM North America.

Assistant Professor

• Jan 1992 - Nov 1995

As tenure-track faculty member, responsible for teaching full course load of journalism and literature classes, while advising students, participating in committee work, and publishing articles and books. • Advised national award-winning campus paper; nominated Faculty Member of Year. • Presented 30 lectures to journalists in Central Europe on U.S. Information Agency grant; lectured at academic conferences in U.S. and abroad; and published numerous articles and two books on U.S. media with colleague at Sorbonne (see Publications, below).