About

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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
  • 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”