Professional Background

Life before freelancing?

• Worked as a Communications Analyst at PECO Energy (95-97) doing corporate communications;
  
• Assistant Director of Development Communications at the University of Pennsylvania (92-95) ghostwriting for the president and managing staff writers;
  
• Project Writer for a National Science Foundation grant at the Franklin Institute Science Museum (88-91) creating an interactive computer Intranet that interpreted scientific principles of 18 exhibit topics for adults, children (ages 6-8 + 9-11), and preschoolers;
  
• Planner with the National Park Service (87-88) helping communities balance conservation and development needs along river ways;
  
• And began lobbying as an intern with American Rivers in DC (86).
  

Plus teaching experience:

• Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Courses: Expository Writing (English 101); Writing and Presenting for Business and Professionals (English 303/Communications 315)
• College of General Studies Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Course: Writing Effective Speeches (Adult Continuing Education)
  

And finally, the degrees:

• Master's Government Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1994
  
• B.S. Education, Virginia Tech, 1986

What’s not listed here are the over 100 publications I’ve done including annual reports, collateral materials, and feature articles. Nor the speeches for 60-some different speakers.