Education
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing Management, Business Communications, Ethics, Critical Thinking, Economic Fundamentals and Policy Development, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst Illinois.
Recipient of a Superior Achievement Award in Multimedia Productions from the Illinois Historical Society
Experience
Director, research/writer of the Traveling History Program, Dupage County, Board of Education, District 205, Elmhurst, Illinois Coordinator
Director - Drama Instructor - Joan B. Anderson Theater, Oak Brook, Illinois
Editor/Publisher, The Field Harvest News - Local Newspaper, Elmhurst, Illinois
Health Club Manager and Nutritional Counselor - Arlington Heights & Norridge Illinois
Vitamin Research Products, Inc. - Carson City, Nevada - Marketing Manager of National Complimentary Prescriptions Program. Medical professionals, marketing, presentations/promotional projects, editor of National consumer newsletter.
Douglas County Building Industry Association - Executive Director - Editor of the Community Builder/Outlook, a quarterly consumer promotional and public relations piece, special event coordinator, trade education and legislative issues and projects. Leadership Douglas County graduate
Underground Contractors Association, Chicago, Illinois - Associate Executive Director, Research coordinator water pollution control, waste management treatment, federal capitalization matching funds appropriation program, labor relations negotiations, EPA issues, construction laws and codes, quarterly financial reports, special events trade/educational workshop/conference coordinator/planner, script/speech writer, consultant Chicagoland Safety Council, editor of the Pipeline & Safety Angle.
Steel Plate Fabricators - Des Plaines, Illinois - Director of Member Services - government & legislative issues, OSHA safety regulations, industrial business conditions, national wage surveys, grant writing, seminar/conference coordinator, member recruitment and services.
Champion Parts, Inc. - Adm. Marketing Assistant, promotion, advertising to Director of Quality Control - Editor of National newsletter, sales force materials, development of marketing/promotional materials, advertising scripts/commercials, etc.
Business Owner - Arklo Engineering - Clients: John Deere, Caterpillar, Ford Motors, General Motors, and U.S. Government.
Organizations
Secretary of the US Green Building Council - Nevada Chapter
Member of National Society of Association Executives
Culture Arts Chairman/Program Coordinator, Dupage County, Illinois
Special Olympics Coordinator & Coach - Chicago, Illinois
Developed the 1st. Mid West Multiple-Handicapped Girl Scout Troop
Director Dupage County Girl Scout Day Camp, Camp Greenwood, Music, Art and Drama (MAD Program) Naperville, Illinois
Personal Interests
People, Health, Communications, Cultural Arts, Music, Drama, Reading, and Writing.