KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to work effectively in complex team environments
• Adept, creative and resourceful researcher
• Able to quickly attain strong product knowledge
• Decade of hands-on freelance experience editing/producing finished written materials/presentations for
academics, authors, corporations
• Useful advice from developmental editing to proofreading
• Leadership, incl. grant writing, special events management, and as a member of the Board for three 501c3
groups
KEY SKILL BUILDING EXPERIENCES
Editing and Writing Skills Development:
Various Authors - Substantive through copy editing of non-fiction manuscripts, advising
on structure, organization, writing style, theme, as well as market analysis and manuscript placement. Experienced at reshaping
work for changing needs, audiences, coaching writing for public speakers translating seminar materials into print. Definition
of target market, trend analysis, and creation of positioning statements.
U.S. Bank – Edited multi-million dollar corporate payment systems proposals for Purchasing
and Fleet Cards. Process required strong product knowledge, ability to identify and address corporate client needs through
tailored product information, as well as cross-departmental fact-finding ability.
TAGM (Turn Around and Growth Matrix) – Edited venture capital business plans for clarity
and accuracy in fast-paced tri-coastal telecommuting environment. Tasks required fast-response coordination and rewrites of
input from sales and editorial group.
3M – Assembly and editing of research reports using analysis of competitor's patent status
using proprietary databases for product intelligence. Tasks involved compilation of data for patent liaison's strategic use.
Kruger-Wright – Crafted brochures, one-sheets and collateral material requiring definition
of brand 'personality,' definition of target market, trend analysis, and creation of positioning statements.
Alliance for Sustainability – Grantwriting, marketing and communications. Crafting on target
communications leading to acceptance of environmental message by multiple religious denominations.
Management and Presentation Skills Development:
Planned and coordinated 27 events ranging in size from 50 attendees to 750. Events included
several with a volunteer labor budget of up to $250,000 and a lead time of 18 months. Activities included organization and
development of staff, locating and scheduling instructors, forecasting yearly event attendance, coordinating research and
pre-event activities in the five-state area, developing long-range organizational growth strategies and on-site management
of up to 150 volunteers.
Planned, coordinated and taught arts and crafts skills to grassroots learning community.
Community Ed. presenter of ‘Spiral Dynamics’ Management and Leadership:
cultural/psycho-social development theory, widely used for international diplomacy and inter-cultural relations programs.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B. A. Comparative Religion and Mythology, Metro State, Minneapolis, MN, 1993
Graduate Work, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Menlo Park, CA, ongoing
Advanced Editing Courses, University of Minnesota, 2001
Coursework in Fund raising (including Planned Giving), U. of St. Thomas, ongoing
Non-Violent Communications Training, (4) 2001-02
VOLUNTEER HISTORY
Membership Chair, Board of Directors, The Wholeness Center, 2000
Special Events Coordinator, Society for Creative Anachronism, Minneapolis, MN 1974-93
Writer/Editor, Citizens for Corporate Responsibility, Minneapolis, MN ongoing
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG)
Member, James J. Hill Business Library
Member, National Writers Union
