Resume

WORK EXPERIENCE

April 2003-Present

February 2000-April 2003

  • Executive editor, Yachting magazine

January 1997-February 2000

  • Copy editor, assistant metro editor, interim bureau chief, and night metro editor at The Journal News, White Plains, New York

December 1995-December 1996

  • Copy editor, The New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut

August 1994-December 1995

  • Copy editor and page designer, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

August 1992-August 1994

  • Dow Jones editing internship, Newsday, Melville, New York
  • Reporting internship, Asbury Park Press, Neptune, New Jersey
  • Reporter, copy editor, page designer, The Missourian, Columbia, Missouri
  • Freelance writer, Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • 2007 Boating Writers International Writing Contest, second place, travel/destinations category; second place, megayachts category
  • 2007 Reader’s Choice Designation for Dream Cruises: The Insider’s Guide to Private Yacht Charter Vacations. Awarded for volume of sales through commercial channels
  • 2006 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book award for Tools of Native Americans: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Culture of the First Americans
  • 2006 ForeWord Best Travel Guide Book Competition, finalist, for Dream Cruises: The Insider’s Guide to Private Yacht Charter Vacations
  • 2005 Arlene for Magazine Articles from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for “The Crisis Cops,” about how Crisis Intervention Team training helps police officers work better with mentally ill offenders. The cover feature appeared in Northeast magazine and inspired $2 million in funding for CIT programs in Connecticut
  • 2004 Boating Writers International Writing Contest, second place, travel/destinations category; second place, profiles category; certificate of merit, safety/seamanship category
  • 2004 Mental Illness Awareness Media Awards Competition, first place, print category, from the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and state chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, for “The Crisis Cops” in Northeast magazine
  • 2003 Excellence in Journalism Award for In-Depth Reporting finalist, from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists, for “Treated and Released,” a Northeast magazine cover feature about having been attacked by a man suffering from untreated schizophrenia
  • 2003 Boating Writers International Writing Contest, first place, features in newspapers category; certificate of merit, travel/destinations category
  • 2003 Power & Motoryacht Staff Appreciation, Never Misses A Deadline Award

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Society of Journalists and Authors, member since 2004. Annual writing contest judge. 2007 and 2008 writing conference moderator, panelist. Active contributor to newsletter. Member of contracts committee
  • Boating Writers International, president, February 2007-present (elected three consecutive years with 90-percent membership approval in surveys). Officer and Board of Directors member since 2002. Member since 2001.
  • CYBA International, affiliate member, 2006-present
  • Marine Marketers of America, member, 2008-present
  • Society of Professional Journalists, member, national and state chapters, 2003-2008
  • American Society of Magazine Editors, member, 2001-2007

EDUCATION

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, bachelor’s degree, news sequence, 1994

PERSONAL

Married in August 2005 to a PGA golf professional.We share our home with two shelter rescue hounds, Floyd and Stella, and we share our lives with 14 siblings plus so many nieces and nephews that I’ve lost count.

HOBBIES

I enjoy scuba diving, cooking, reading, swimming, jogging, bicycling, and hiking along the woodsiest of our local park trails. I completed my first triathlon in September 2009 and am going to attempt at least one more each year until my body crumbles into dust.

I serve as a volunteer for our town events, including creating and publishing the Dog Park newsletter as well as the annual July Fourth and Fall Festival programs.