Experience

REPOWERED (fka Tech Dump & Tech Discounts)

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Marketing Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Fair chance job training through certified electronics recycling and refurbishing for home or business. We believe everyone and everything has value. Fair chance job training through certified electronics recycling and refurbishing for home or business. We believe everyone and everything has value.



Tech Dump is REPOWERED

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales and Marketing Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Tech Discounts is a division of Jobs Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing job training and practical experience for adults facing barriers to employment that prepares them to be more valuable employees with an expanding future. We offer technology for every need. From affordable home or office computer systems and parts, to rare and vintage electronics. Tech Discounts is a division of Jobs Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing job training and practical experience for adults facing barriers to employment that prepares them to be more valuable employees with an expanding future. We offer technology for every need. From affordable home or office computer systems and parts, to rare and vintage electronics.



The Break Room

• Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Founder and Smash Lord Supreme

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Need a break? http://breakroommn.com/ Need a break? http://breakroommn.com/



Mortified - Twin Cities

• Story Producer

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated by This American Life, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Wired, The AV Club, The Today Show (twice), and beyond, Mortified celebrates stories revealed through the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Witness adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art) with others, in order to reveal stories about their lives. Hear grown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Jon Bon Jovi.



The Soap Factory

• Special Effects for the Haunted Basement

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2016

  Practical blood and guts special effects for the infamous Soap Factory's Haunted Basement. Practical blood and guts special effects for the infamous Soap Factory's Haunted Basement.



Irish Titan

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interactive Project Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2016

  As a Project Manager at Irish Titan, I drive web design/development projects, working with solution, creative and technical teams to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. I manage my sanity in this insane world by having a positive attitude, being deadline-driven, my meticulous attention to detail and ability to find humor is most anything tossed my way. As a Project Manager at Irish Titan, I drive web design/development projects, working with solution, creative and technical teams to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. I manage my sanity in this insane world by having a positive attitude, being deadline-driven, my meticulous attention to detail and ability to find humor is most anything tossed my way.



University of Minnesota Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Supervisor

  • Jul 2002 - Oct 2013

  Developed and implemented standard operating procedures, worked with Cardiologists and hospital staff to develop more efficient scheduling systems, and coordinated the scheduling system for all Cardiology procedures. Managed our front desk team in regards to workflow, conflict resolution, patient and staff confidentiality, setting and enforcing deadlines, and department support as needed. Conducted new front desk employee interviews, hiring and subsequent training. Developed and implemented standard operating procedures, worked with Cardiologists and hospital staff to develop more efficient scheduling systems, and coordinated the scheduling system for all Cardiology procedures. Managed our front desk team in regards to workflow, conflict resolution, patient and staff confidentiality, setting and enforcing deadlines, and department support as needed. Conducted new front desk employee interviews, hiring and subsequent training.



Trust for Natural Legacies, Inc

• Environmental Services

• President of Board of Directors

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2012

  Working to provide after-death education, advocate for natural burial, build connections in the death-care industry and be a local resource for after-death choices. Coordinate and train volunteers, grant writing, consult with local cemeteries and funeral homes about introducing more environmentally conscious options, continuously research and update a detailed business plan, fundraise, meet with state representatives and environmental lawyers in regards to Minnesota legislation, meet with land owners and caretakers about landscape suitability, develop a long-term plan for the future of the organization, and maintain a dignified and respectful image for TNL. Successfully lobbied at the State Capitol to change MN embalming laws to give families more choices and give Minnesotans the opportunity to create a more positive impact on the environment upon death. These new laws went into effect on 8/1/2010.



Minnesota Children's Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Arts and Animal Programs Intern

  • Mar 2008 - Sep 2008

  For more than 30 years, Minnesota Children's Museum has embedded the research on play, creativity and child development into its interactive learning environments and programs. Open-ended experiences are designed for children to explore, discover, immerse, imagine and connect. During my concurrent internships I planned and facilitated daily creative art programs in the museum’s Curiosity Center and hosted daily interactive live animal programs. For more than 30 years, Minnesota Children's Museum has embedded the research on play, creativity and child development into its interactive learning environments and programs. Open-ended experiences are designed for children to explore, discover, immerse, imagine and connect. During my concurrent internships I planned and facilitated daily creative art programs in the museum’s Curiosity Center and hosted daily interactive live animal programs.



Minnesota Zoo Foundation

• United States
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Naturalist (Butterfly Keeper)

  • Mar 2004 - Sep 2004

  Gave lectures and walking tours to children and their parents about insects, nature, and conservation. Coordinated and tracked the delivery of insects. Designed and maintained signage for the updated butterfly house and developed new ways to interact with our insects, such as a large glass aquarium where children could watch monarch caterpillars eat, go into a chrysalis stage, and emerge into adult butterflies. Managed zoo volunteers who signed up to work in the Butterfly Garden.