My educational background includes undergraduate as well as MBA degrees from UC Berkeley. I had a successful 14-year career as a banking executive (my former employer can provide references as to my strong business writing skills, attention to detail, high customer-service orientation and commitment to excellence). I have written press releases, grant and financing proposals and various freelance articles on finance and investment, including articles on Islamic methods of stock market investing and home financing. I have strong written communication skills including reports, articles and a variety of written business communications. My grammar and proofreading skills are excellent and I have a good eye for catching continuity errors. In addition to the hundreds of successful loan proposals I have written, I have worked on grant proposals and co-wrote a pro-bono business plan for a socially-responsible investment firm. I was Editor-in-Chief and Contributing Writer of a published unde