Award-winning writer, editor, marketer and Web designer with over two decades experience in media and performing arts. Experience includes: - named top advertising director nationally in newspaper industry; - managed retail sales in media company ranked #1 in sales by Fortune magazine for companies under $1 billion in sales; - taught news writing, marketing, advertising and HTML at local private and public colleges; - managed media Web site subsequently named best community news Web site in U.S.; - 14 national, state and local journalism awards; - worked directly with more than 500 salespeople and sales managers in over 80 communities in the U.S.; - 15 awards from a regional ad club over a two-year period; - currently lead marketing efforts for $25 million performing arts organization and concurrently direct a county tourism agency.