Business Background

For nearly 30 years I was in advertising, marketing and branding:
as a creative pro, strategist, pitch monster and facilitator. I was
an award-winning copywriter and creative director, then agency
owner, and finally a sole practitioner consultant in Organizational
Culture, Branding, and Strategic Development.  Along the way I
worked for multinational corporations, pharma companies, food
and beverage marketers, ingredients manufacturers, publishers –
you name it.
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I also had the honor of doing that work in the areas of peace and
justice advocacy - working with the late Gene Case at Avenging
Angels. While working with Gene, I coordinated photo shoots for
The Nation Magazine with Janeane Garafalo, Moby, Ani DiFranco,
Russell Simmons, Sam Waterston, and other celebs, helped stage
manage TV commercials (never allowed to be shown) against the
impending invasion of Iraq, featuring Susan Sarandon, Methodist
Bishop Melvin Talbot, weapons inspector Bruce Ritter, Rear
Admiral Jack Shanahan (ret.), and spent time with Ben Cohen of
True Majority, Bobby Kennedy Jr. of Riverkeeper, Medea Benjamin
from Code Pink and Leslie Cagan from United for Peace & Justice.

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That advocacy work - as well as my years serving on non-profit
boards - provides a unique and valuable balance to my years in
highly technical B2B marketing.

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The result: I am able to bring the best of both disciplines and
experiences to the table.