Account Executive Project

COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

TRIPLE POWER PR Chicago, IL 2002-Present

Founder, Strategic Communications Consulting Firm

Provide expert Communications Consulting services on a project-by-project basis for select clients, with a specialization in energy products and services. Current clients include NASDAQ OMX Commodities, a pioneer among commodities clearing companies. Report to CEOs and top managers.

Created a Strategic Media Plan for NASDAQ OMX Commodities

Wrote a press release announcing a technology-clearing alliance

Press release ran on NASDAQ’s web site in New York

Launched “A Winter Wonderland of Gingerbread Houses” publicity campaign in the Children's Garden of the New York Botanical Garden; event broke all prior attendance records for holiday season

Secured media coverage in The New York Times and on TV for small and mid-size businesses

Managed $100,000 fundraiser for the re-election of a NYC council member

GAVIN ANDERSON New York, NY 2000-2001

Senior Account Executive, Corporate Communications

Managed media relations for Corporate Communications clients. Reported to clients.

Provided media training for Larry Ponemon, a founding partner of PricewaterhouseCooper's Risk Management privacy practice

Secured interviews in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and on CNNfn

HILL AND KNOWLTON New York, NY 1998-2000

Account Executive

Managed media relations for a publicity campaign aimed at raising brand awareness for Pfizer's Aricept drug. Reported to Account Director.

Secured media coverage in top-tier media including a branded mention of Pfizer's drug on nationwide TV

Managed script development for a Public Service Announcement

Conducted a satellite media tour with a celebrity spokesperson

Tracked a $1.7 million budget and issued invoices

Supervised junior staff

PUBLISHING & ONLINE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

PENGUIN USA New York, NY 2009

Author

My first book, A Taste of Heaven: A Guide to Food and Drink Made by Monks and Nuns, was published in 2009 by Penguin.

A Taste of Heaven is available in bookstores nationwide

The book was recently featured in Florence Fabricant's FoodStuff column in the New York Times

Manage online site that sells foods made by monasteries

POLITICAL & JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

CITY COUNCIL OF NY Brooklyn, NY 1997-1998

Press Secretary

Managed media relations and public affairs for the Transportation Chairman of the New York City Council.

Wrote columns that ran in the Daily News

Wrote a letter-to-the-editor that ran in The New York Times

ABC NEWS New York, NY 1996-1997

Desk Assistant, World News Now

Provided editorial and production support to anchors, producers, and assignment editors for a live news and entertainment show.

Acted as Field Producer

Fact-checked breaking news using my Spanish-language skills

AMERICAN METAL MARKET New York, NY 1995-1996

Reporter

Wrote articles about commodities markets for a daily deadline.

Tracked prices of commodities to better analyze markets

Interviewed suppliers, consumers and analysts

THE NEWS Mexico City, Mexico 1994-1995

Reporter

Wrote news and feature stories for a daily deadline

Conducted interviews in Spanish and English

SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES

Member of CAMRA (the UK-based Campaign for Real Ale)

Word, PowerPoint, Facebook, Twitter

AWARDS AND LANGUAGES

Eli Lilly Foundation Journalism Fellow, 2003

Phi Beta Kappa

Conversational Spanish and Italian

EDUCATION

New York University New York, NY 1992-1994

Master of Arts

Master of Arts in Journalism

University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 1984-1989

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Art History

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