Contributing Writer: The San Francisco Chronicle, Imbibe Magazine, Wine and Spirits, Portland Monthly (OR), The New York Times, The Pacific Northwest Inlander (WA), Wired Magazine:The Netizen.

Food and Travel Writer, WineCountry.com
- Produced weekly content and interactive features for 1,000,000+ readers of online Wine Country destination site.

Editor, Edible Sonoma
- Editor for Edible Communities Wine Country publication. Quarterly newsletter/magazine.

Food and Wine Writer, North Bay Bohemian
- Contributing writer to Swirl + Spit and food reviews for more than two years.

Creative Director , Curiosity Group, Portland, OR
- Creative and editorial direction for content development agency
- Managed 22 creative staff, including five writers and editorial director
- Developed articles, email newsletters, websites, interactive Flash for Hewlett Packard, Paramount Television and internal publishing projects
- Promoted to Executive Director , responsible for business development and book publishing

Editorial Director , AtomicPDX/The DailyPDX , Portland, OR
- Editorial director for all website, print and email projects for design studio
- Created a daily Portland email newsletter with more than 20,000 monthly circulation
- Under contract as Editorial Consultant for Portland General Electric's monthly email newsletter

Creative Director , Rival Networks: Women's Properties, Seattle, WA
- Managed concept and development of new channel/network programming including content
development, marketing strategy and technology implementation. Development included
ecommerce, OEM, community development and wireless components

Creative Director, ChickClick.com (Snowball, Inc.), San Francisco, CA
- Responsible for editorial and creative vision for teen/20-something lifestyle and entertainment
website and community (est. 2 million members). Developed unique news, entertainment,
sports and teen sites and content
- Managed 3-person creative staff, freelancers and was responsible for $200,000 annual budget

Creative Manager , The New York Times Online ,
New York, NY
Editorial and design director for strategic partnership opportunities with Oldsmobile, Visa, Fleet
Bank, web search engines and other clients cross-promoting Times content and advertising.

HotWired , Producer/Reporter
Producer and reporter for Wired Magazine's trailblazing political website owned covering the 1996 national elections. Produced web radio and online content and was editor for David Heilman and John Katz, national news correspondents. Readership estimated at 500,000 plus.

Newhouse News Syndicate, National Bureau, Reporter
General news reporter for the national bureau of Newhouse's news syndicate.

Asbury Park Press, Washington, DC Correspondent (229,000 daily)

St. Louis Business Journal, Reporter (95,000 weekly) Covering politics, gambling and high tech

The Vindicator (Youngstown), Reporter (150,000 daily)
Beat reporter covering courts, cops and features for a NE Ohio daily newspaper.

EDUCATION
Northwestern University/Medill School of Journalism
MS Journalism, Writing and Reporting, June 1995

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
BA Journalism, May 1992
BA English Literature, May 1992