About Me

I help organizations engage their clients, employees, and stakeholders.

What I Can Do

Identify and research key audiences
Refine core messages and create memorable language
Develop effective communications strategies for multiple platforms (e.g. social media, email, presentations, brochures)
Unify messages across web, print, and in-person communications
Connect messages to the organization’s central purpose
Monitor and improve communications performance
Recommend the best technologies for the organization’s communication needs and training staff to use them well
Design compelling online, print, and direct communications

Some Things I’ve Done

Launched the Emerging Scholars Blog to connect students and faculty with resources for their professional and spiritual development.
Managed media relations for a weeklong international event covered by more than 180 print, television, and online journalists.
Written an External Climate Study on trends in higher education for InterVarsity’s Board of Trustees.
Led the establishment of a 501(c)(3) educational foundation.
Created social media strategies for nonprofit and educational organizations.
Designed and launched websites for small businesses and nonprofit organizations using both WordPress and Drupal.
Created a seminar curriculum to help undergraduates prepare for graduate school.
Designed and published email newsletters for students, teachers, university faculty, donors, and nonprofit organizations.

Communications Manager for the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Associate Director for InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network
Director of Foundation Services and Charity Analyst for the Cincinnati BBB
Assistant Manager of Foundation and Small Business Development for The Louisville Orchestra
Freelance web designer and developer

My wife, our three children, and I live in Northern Kentucky.