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Career Highlights

  • Developed research-based communication tools for health professionals at the de Beaumont Foundation, including helping to create the Public Health Communications Collaborative and serving as lead editor of Talking Health: A New Way to Communicate About Public Health.

  • Directed communication for successful $500 million fundraising campaign at Children’s National Hospital, including annual giving, major gifts, events, and corporate partnerships. Increased online fundraising from $200,000 to $3 million annually.

  • Led external launch of The Case Foundation and its focus on harnessing entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and collaboration to drive transformative impact.

  • Directed business development for Powell Tate and supported message development, crisis communications, and reputation management for corporate, government, and nonprofit clients.

  • Produced inaugural AmeriCorps advertising campaign, which was recognized by AdWeek, and led communications that helped increase AmeriCorps enrollment by 150 percent.

  • Rewrote the White House Style Guidelines for presidential letters and messages, and managed a team of 15 writers and editors who drafted letters, messages, and proclamations for the president’s signature.

  • Created strategic resources—including books, reports, and policy briefs—to support governors and advance bipartisan solutions at the National Governors Association.

  • Reported on reggae concerts and albums for the Washington Post and The Beat magazine.

  • Served as a founding board member of the American Special Hockey Association, which supports players with developmental disabilities and has grown from 10 teams to more than 10,000 players and 150 teams.

Awards

  • Nonprofit Communications Professional of the Year, Ragan Communication and PR Daily, 2018

  • Best Nonprofit Website, Ragan Communication and PR Daily, 2019 (debeaumont.org)

  • Best Use of Social Media, Ragan’s Healthcare PR and Marketing Awards, 2012; Best Use of Health Content to Drive ROI, Greystone.net and Krames StayWell, 2013 (Children’s National Hospital)

  • Best Annual Report, National Association of Government Communicators, 1994 (AmeriCorps)

I’ve Also Worked With…

  • Amnesty International

  • Autism Speaks

  • Human Rights First

  • Central Intelligence Agency

  • Department of Homeland Security

  • Communities in Schools

  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

  • National Association of Social Workers

  • Home Depot

  • National Journal

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