CORE WRITER
Gulfshore Life; Home & Condo; Traditions; N Magazine; Reflections;
Naples Illustrated, The Phil, Times of the Islands, Expressions
(WGCU-TV).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Guest Informant; Sarasota Arts Review; Palm Beach Illustrated; Concierge’s Image; Fort Myers News-Press; Teddy Bear & Friends; Figurines & Collectibles; Sportsfront; Boston Globe; Cape Cod Newspapers; Dollhouse Miniatures.

ORGANIZATIONS
Collier Automotive Museum: wrote exhibit panels for Sprockets to Rockets?; developed Crosley “Car-to-Go;” developed and performed “living exhibits.”
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida: authored two Annual Reports; produced 8-page newsletter; wrote grant application.
Community Foundation of Collier County: developed and wrote quarterly newsletter; author various campaign letters and speeches.
Planned Parenthood of Collier County: developed press kits; designed and wrote fund raising brochure.
NCH Healthcare System: wrote and edited Community Pulse, 16-page magazine; authored two Annual Reports to the Community.
Naples Concert Band: researched and wrote 25-year history.
Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church: wrote “state-of-the-church” document.

THEATER & BROADCAST
ETC Teen Theater: authored and directed numerous skits and plays; booked and coordinated performances.
Everglades Radio Network: wrote environmentally themed 1 to 3-minutes scripts.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Authored and directed In Search of a Theatre, one-act play that won 2nd place in the Great Hurricane Playwriting Contest.
Redesigned weekly newspapers in Naples and Cape Cod.
Field producer/writer for Expressions, monthly TV show on WCGU.
Wrote “Heartland” section of In Portrait: Naples and Collier County.
Authored Most Affectionate Daughter, Daring to Dream, Ghosts of the Desert & La Vie Divine! one-woman dramatizations of Galileo’s daughter, Amelia Earhart, Gertrude Bell & Sarah Bernhardt.

EDUCATION
M.S. Broadcasting, Boston University (1982) A average
B.A. English, Boston College (1972) Cum Laude

AWARDS
Florida Magazine Association: “Writer of the Year 2001;” 1st place In-Depth Reporting; 1st place Environment Column; 2nd place Business & Finance Column; 2nd place Best Feature.
National Assoc. of 4-H: National Winner of Communicator “A” Award.
New England Press Association: 2nd place Special Section Reporting.
Massachusetts Teachers Association: Special Award for Education Reporting.

ASSOCIATIONS
The Naples Players, Inc.; International Women’s Writing Guild

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