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EDUCATION Bowling Green State University, Ohio - Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Hawaii Pacific New Media Program Napoleon High School, Ohio - 1988 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE June 2011 - Current Visual and Online Communications Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications Office Ivy Tech Community College, Fort Wayne, Indiana January - May 2014 Adjunct Faculty Member Ivy Tech Community College, Fort Wayne, Indiana December 2008 - May 2011 Graphic Designer, University Relations and Communications (URC) Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana December 2008 - May 2009 Adjunct Faculty Member ITT Tech, Fort Wayne, Indiana July 2004 - May 2008 New Media and Art Director Barlow Marketing Group, Fort Wayne, Indiana June 2001 - May 2004 Coordinator for Media Support, University of Hawaii Office of the State Director for Career and Technical Education, Honolulu, Hawaii November 1994 - August 1999 Marketing/Communications Materials Specialist Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio April 1992 - October 1994 Director Wood County Historical Museum, Bowling Green, Ohio AWARDS, COMMITTEES & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Advertising Federation of Fort Wayne - Member -Gold Award Winner - 2014 -Silver Award Winner - 2013 -Addy's Planning Committee - 2008 -Scholarship Committee - 2008 National Council for Marketing and Public Relations -District III Conference Planning Committee and Publications Coordinator - 1997 -Newcomer Award - 1996 -District III Conference Roundtable Presenter - 1996 Gold Medals -Fundraising campaign, for A Reason to Taste, the annual fundraiser put on in part by Hospitality Administration students (gold medal) 2013 -Newsletter, for Inside Ivy Tech, a quarterly college publication 2013 Silver Medals -Community relations project, for the college's Celebrating our Faculty program, which recognizes successful faculty members at Ivy Tech Northeast (silver medal) 2013 Bronze Medals -Newsletter, for Inside Ivy Tech, a quarterly college publication 2012 -Chancellor's Holiday Card 2012 -Media Success Story (Inspiring our community through Reed Timmer's INSPIRE Academy visit) 2012 Owens Community College -Staff Council Member - 1998, 1999 -Mentor, Athletic Program - 1997-1998 Member of the following executive committees: National Junior College Athletic Association's National Volleyball Championship, Express Golf Classic, Employee Recognition Dinner, American Cancer Society Care Fair for Health VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Study Connection, Learn United, SCAN (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect), Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Moore Musical Arts Center (BGSU), Toledo Museum of Art, Wood County Historical Society, Hawaii Dog Foundation, Hawaii Food Bank Food Drive Coordinator, Honolulu Marathon, Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, HOPE Worldwide, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Assistant Little League Coach, Milwaukee 9 to 5 |
