Professional Bio

Since graduating with two journalism degrees (BS in advertising; MSJ in magazine publishing), I have held the positions of:

*Executive Director of several non-profit organizations
*Director of Publishing for several magazine operations
*Chief Operating Officer
*Vice President of Marketing
*Associate Publisher
Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor, Managing Editorf
*Trade show manager and conference planner
*Communications Director for a crisis management consulting firm
*Owner of a sports marketing and communications firm
*Adjunct Professor
*TV talk show host and executive producer
*Special-interest video host and producer

I have headed or managed all of the departments of various magazine operations, including: editorial; design; production; circulation; sales and promotions; Web site development; and finance.

As an entrepreneur, I've been involved in many areas of communications and sports marketing, and have been involved in the following projects:

*Published hundreds of articles in trade and consumer magazine internationally.
*Started a high school tennis coaches association.
*Developed and managed tennis, golf and beach volleyball events.
*Produced and hosted award-winning special-interest videos.
*Self-published a tennis book and two golf booklets.
*Lectured at tennis and golf conferences internationally.