• Write articles for newspapers, e-zines, magazines and trade publications on diverse topics ranging from culture to beauty.
• Manage the advice column at Fazed.com, an online magazine for 15 to 25 year-olds that receives over 2,000 visitors per day and which covers lifestyle, fashion, music and career issues.
• Responsible for answering all reader-generated questions regarding dating, sexuality, career, love, friendship, depression and discrimination.
• Contributing writer for Beauty Addict Magazine (beautyaddictmag.com), an interactive beauty magazine dedicated to informing readers about the latest in fitness, fashion and cosmetics.
• New York Editor of Boheme Verite Magazine (bvmagazine.com), an online publication that showcases breakout talent nationwide as well as offers tips on how to become known in the industry and reviews of the arts.
• Author of Psychology Today fitness & beauty blog, Shake Your Beauty (blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/shake-your-beauty).

• Research counterintuitive and human interest-based psychological studies.
  
• Pitch ideas and write articles for both the print magazine and website (psychologytoday.com).
  
• Interview researchers about studies they've conducted and new ideas in their field.

• Responsible for organizing the Board of Trustees’ planned annual giving program, designed to raise over $2,000,000 to support the world-renowned biomedical research institute’s 75 laboratories.

• Composed all donation requests and acknowledgement letters; maintained trustee charitable giving data; calculated final contributions at the end of the fiscal year.

• Created trustee booklets consisting of board of trustee biographical information; disseminated to department heads, trustees and other essential sections within the university.

• Planned and coordinated “The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of DNA Gala” at the Waldorf-Astoria, attended by over 1,000 people.

• Orchestrated trustee dinners, trustee nominating committee meetings, cultivation events and celebratory luncheons/dinners honoring donors and past/current Presidents of the university; composed all printed materials for these events.

• Promoted twice during the course of one year.

• Composed all press releases and conducted market research on industry trends for a leading B2B affinity marketing company with clients such as Pepsi and Home Depot.

• Compiled research on food industry trade shows at the local, national and regional levels.

• Aided in the creation, completion and follow-up of three successful, multi-state sales promotions.

• Prepared press releases on the addition of new restaurant locations and overall company growth for a group of Midwest family restaurants; many of the releases were published in trade magazines such as Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Business.

• Conducted research on the competitive landscape; proposed new markets based on research on food trends.

• Created and developed a new food promotion, Pretzel Roll Sandwiches, which were introduced and promoted on a company-wide basis.

• Wrote speeches for company owners which were “broadcast” on the company website.

• Graduated with Distinction (GPA 3.65)

• Dean’s List, 1999—2002

• Founder’s Day Award, 2000—2002

• Phi Eta Sigma Honors Fraternity

SKILLS

Technical: MS Office; Photoshop; QuarkXPress.
Languages: Some knowledge of Spanish and American Sign Language.


PUBLICATIONS

NEWSPAPERS
New York Press
The American Jewish World
The Forest Lake Times
The St. Paul Pioneer Press

MAGAZINES
Chicken Soup for the Soul
College News
Edge Life
Girls' Life
Jewish Life and Style
Psychology Today
quiet Shorts
Spirituality & Health
Tango
Time Out New York

WEB
Beauty Addict
Betty Confidential
Boheme Verite
CollegeClub.com
Fazed.com
Fetch
FLYMF.com
FOXnews.com
FriendFinder.com
Grapevine.com
iYogaLife.com
New Age Spirituality
Club Romance

TRADE MAGAZINES
BreathEasyPlayHard.com
Foodservice.com