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2010: Served as senior marketing consultant for Pearl's Premium in Wayland, MA, which developed, produces and markets an "Ultra Low Maintenance" lawn seed that is people-, pet- and planet-friendly and saves time, money, energy and water. In October 2010, Pearl's Premium was awarded a $50,000 grant by MassChallenge as one of "the world's highest-impact start-ups."
2009-2010: Served as free- and paid-media consultant for the City of Worcester's Public Health Division regarding its H1N1 (swine flu) information campaign. Helped to plan and promote the launch of the nation's first public H1N1 vaccination program, which received statewide and national media coverage.
2008-2011: Served as part-time Coordinator for Worcester Local First, an economic-sustainability campaign founded in September 2007 to encourage Worcester retail and business-to-business customers to "think local first, shift 10 percent" when buying products and services. In August 2008, Worcester Local First published 30,000 copies its 2008-2009 Business Directory, which contained listings for the 200+ members plus 20 pages of ads by member businesses. In August 2009, Worcester Local First published 30,000 copies its 2009-2010 Shopping Directory, which contains listings for the 210+ members plus 22 pages of ads by member businesses. In October 2010, Worcester Local First published 30,000 copies of its 2010-2011 Shopping Directories, which contains listings for 240+ members plus 32 pages of display and coupon ads by member businesses. Worcester Local First now has more than 260 members, all of which are local, independent and based in Worcester.
2004-2010: Provided market-strategy, corporate-communications, media-relations, public-affairs and web-support services to Common Pathways, a healthy-community initiative whose mission is to promote shared learning, reflection and broad engagement that improves community decision-making and quality of life for all residents of Greater Worcester. Developed and maintained web pages for Community Pathways' First Community Forum in November 2005 and Second Community Forum in April 2006. Provided editing and infographics support for Common Pathways' 2008 Worcester Indicators Report. Since January 2009: Have served as a volunteer member of Common Pathways' Leadership Council and Steering Committee. In 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health presented an Outstanding Contribution to Local Community Health Award to Common Pathways.
2004-2009: Served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Central Massachusetts in Worcester, MA, a private, charitable, non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that every child has a fundamental understanding of the free-enterprise system. During this time, JA of Central Mass. won the JA Worldwide 2007 Collaboration Award, the JA Worldwide 2007 MetLife Entrepreneurial Award and the JA Worldwide 2005 and 2006 Peak Performance Awards.
2007-2008: Co-hosted the weekly, one-hour Energy Freedom Fighters talk show on True Talk 830 AM WCRN, whose 50,000-watt signal reaches all of New England during the day and half of the U.S. and Canada at night.
2007-2008: Served as a Member of the Steering Committee and Chair of the Marketing & Public Relations Committee of Worcester Local First, an economic-sustainability campaign founded in September 2007 to encourage Worcester consumers to "think local first" when buying products and services.
2007-2008: Provided media and communications services to Alternatives Unlimited in Whitinsville, MA, which provides community life for Central Massachusetts individuals with disabilities.
2006-2007: Provided hosting/announcing services to eWaveMedia.com in Putnam, CT, a producer of web design and TV productions, for its monthly Real Estate TV Central Massachusetts program, which is available in streaming video at RETV and is cablecast 50 times a month on WCTR-TV/Channel 3 in Worcester, MA.
2006-2007: Provided media and communications services to the annual AltWheels Festival, an alternative transportation and energy event held at Boston's City Hall Plaza and the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA. The 2006 event was attended by more than 20,000 people and lined up more than $120,000 worth of media sponsorships. The 2007 event was attended by more than 35,000 people and lined up more than $150,000 worth of media sponsorships. Both events attracted statewide and national media coverage.
2005-2007: Provided market-strategy, corporate-communications and media-relations services to Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple P.C. in Worcester, MA, a regional full-service law firm. Nominated successfully Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C. for a Better Business Bureau of Central New England Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, which was presented on May 18, 2006.
2005-2007: Served as a Member of YourWriters.com in Tyngsboro, MA, a global team of writers and editors that provides online-content development expertise for business and corporate clients globally, including EMC Corp., Availability.com and The Scarborough Group Inc.
2006: Provided media-relations services to the Automotive Career Development Center in Worcester, MA, a national and international provider of training for hybrid-vehicle service and repair, in connection with ACDC's June 2006 "Up Your Voltage! Four Days of Hybrid Heaven" workshop for auto-repair shop owners and technicians from around the U.S. and the world. Developed a new home page and content for ACDC's website in connection with "Up Your Voltage!" Wrote and distributed news releases to local and national news media. Arranged for coverage by several local and regional TV and radio stations and newspapers.
2005: Provided national media-relations services for the National 2005 Tour De Sol clean-vehicle rally in Saratoga Springs and Albany, NY. The Tour de Sol, which was produced by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, the nation's leading regional education and advocacy association, aims to accelerate the deployment and use of renewable energy as well as energy efficiency. Also, developed and maintained a web News Media Page for the National 2005 Tour de Sol, which resulted in a record number of impressions for the event. Premier Sponsors of the National 2005 Tour de Sol were the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC). Key Sponsors were the U.S. Department of Energy, the New York Power Authority, Toyota Motor Corp., the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Parks, American Honda Motor Co., Environmental Alternatives and the Federal Highway Administration. The Automotive Career Development Center and CTC were key organizers of the National 2005 Tour de Sol's Monte Carlo-style Rally, which included a 100 MPG Challenge.
2005: Provided market-strategy and corporate-communications services to the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, a private, non-profit organization that conducts independent, non-partisan research on financial, administrative, management and community issues facing Greater Worcester municipal governments.
2005: Reported and wrote a major feature titled "Jump-Starting a Green-Hydrogen Economy," which was published by H2 Nation, a bi-monthly national magazine focusing on clean energy.
2004: Provided market-strategy and corporate-communications services to the Bioengineering Institute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. BEI aims to facilitate strategic alliances between scientist-inventors, entrepreneur-innovators and large corporations with global manufacturing and distribution capabilities, in order to commercialize new medical technologies invented by WPI and UMass Medical School scientists, with BEI receiving cash payments and equity stakes for its services.
1997-2004: As a Corporator, Officer and Board Member of Regatta Point Community Sailing in Worcester, researched, developed and implemented a new Summer Camp program, resulting in a total of more than $20,000 a year in new revenue for the nearly $80,000-a-year Regatta Point organization. In addition, inner-city kids comprise at least 10% of the children getting sailing lessons and hands-on experience in the Summer Camp program.
1987-2004: As Managing Editor of Business Worcester (1987-1990) and as Editor of Worcester Business Journal (1990-2004), assigned, reported, wrote and edited features and Q&A interviews on hundreds of local, national and international business leaders. The bi-weekly, business-to-business publication, which serves Central Mass. and Metrowest, is advertiser- and subscriber-supported, with a circulation of 11,000 and a readership of 30,000. WBJ generates about $1.5 million a year in profitable revenue. From 1994 to 2001, WBJ won 16 national awards, including five first-place awards - one, for General Excellence - in the annual Alliance of Area Business Publications Editorial Awards competition. AABP is a trade organization for 74 regional business publications in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia, including ones in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City.
2004: As a Senior Manager of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched and developed an in-the-process-of-being-implemented market strategy for expanding Worcester Business Journal in Metrowest and along I-495.
2003-2004: As Editor of Worcester Business Journal, produced and broadcast a 5-minute preview of the latest issue for Boston business news & talk radio station WBIX/1060 AM
1990-2004: As a Senior Manager of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched, developed and implemented strategies for WPL’s four publications: Worcester Business Journal, Hartford Business Journal, Mainebiz and Worcester Magazine.
2004: As a Senior Manager of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched and developed an in-the-process-of-being-implemented market strategy for expanding Worcester Business Journal in Metrowest and along I-495.
2003: As a member of the senior management team of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched, developed and launched the WBJ Daily Report, an advertiser-supported recap of the top breaking business news stories that’s e-mailed weekdays at noon to 2,500 business leaders throughout Central Mass. and Metrowest.
1999-2000: As a Senior Manager of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched, developed and produced a Worcester Business Journal millennium celebration at Worcester Regional Airport that attracted nearly 1,000 people, honored EMC Chair Michael Ruettgers as WBJ Business Leader of the Decade and raised nearly $30,000 for Kid’s Café in Worcester.
1998-1999: As a Senior Manager of Worcester Publishing Ltd., researched, developed and produced a Book of the Millennium for Worcester Business Journal, an advertiser-supported, in-depth look at the key Central Mass. business and economic-development trends during each decade of the 20th century that generated nearly $150,000 in advertising and sponsorship revenue.
1982-1987: Served as Investigative Reporter for Worcester Magazine, a 50,000-circulation weekly alternative newspaper serving Central Massachusetts.
1978-1982: Served as News Director and Morning-Drive News Anchor of WFTQ/1440 AM in Worcester, MA.
1977-1978: Served as a Reporter/Anchor for WNCR/1440 AM in Worcester, MA.
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