About
Education
- Kent State University, Master of Public Administration
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Science Degree, Communication, Magna Cum Laude
Additional Training
- Google Analytics Seminar for Success Certification
- Essential Skills for Managing Projects, Kent State’s Center for Corporate & Professional Development
- FEMA’s Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery
- FEMA’s Sports & Special Events Incident Management
Technology Skills & Professional Associations
Content management systems (including CommonSpot, Drupal, WordPress, homegrown CMS applications), SalesForce/Marketing Cloud for email, basic HTML, Google Analytics and datastudio, Google collaboration tools, SEO, SiteImprove, Qualtrics, basic Photoshop, Vocus, Morae, basic JAWS, Luminis, Filemaker Pro, Jira, Airtable/Kanban feature, Northeast Ohio Usability Professionals’ and Web Associations, IABC, Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) 2019 judge for web: integrated media and social media entries
Awards
- Education Digital Marketing Awards 2020
- Gold, Miscellaneous Interactive Media, Virtual Destination Kent State New Student Orientation
- Bronze, Digital Publication-Single, Kent State’s Online Admissions Viewbook – Let’s Go Virtual for College Fairs
- Education Digital Marketing Awards 2019
- Gold, Online Publication KSU Today
- Bronze, Website Update with Recruitment Focus
- Bronze, Annual Report
- Bronze, Miscellaneous Media: Interactive Squirrel-ween
- Merit, Admissions Website
- Education Digital Marketing Awards 2014
- Bronze, Website redesign
- 17th Annual Communicator Awards 2011
- Award of Distinction (Silver): “Finally University-wide Global Navigation on http://www.kent.edu
- Higher Ed Marketing, 26th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, February 2011
- Award of Merit, Website: “Finally University-wide Global Navigation on http://www.kent.edu
- Council of Advancement & Support for Education (CASE), Pride of Case V Awards 2010
- Gold Medal, Best Institutional Website: “Finally University-wide Global Navigation on http://www.kent.edu
- President’s Excellence Award
- Categories of:Recruitment, Retention, Effectiveness/Efficiency, Collaboration: Kent State University, 2010
- IABC Cleveland, 2007 Vision Awards,
- Vision Award of Merit for Communication Skills: Interactive Web Sites: “Kent State University Web Site Redesign: June 2006 Launch”
- IABC Cleveland, 2007 Vision Awards
- Vision Award of Merit for Communication Creative: Electronic Communication: “Kent State University Web Site Redesign: June 2006 Launch”
- “Accessible Web Sites: What Are They, Why Are They Important, What Needs to Be Done?” presentation at Council for Advancement and Support of Education District V Fall 2006 conference, Chicago, Ill.
- Kent State Distinguished Staff Recognition Award, Nominee, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- IABC Cleveland, 1998-1999 Vision Awards
- Vision Award of Merit for Community and Government Relations: “Summa’s Lymphedema Center”
- American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate 1999 Media Awards Program
- Judge’s Award: “The Heart Beat – Relying on the Kindness of Strangers”