“It’s an honor to work for the largest "private" residential provider of services for people with developmental disabilities in North Carolina. We have achieved something almost unheard of in the field of non-profits. We have functioned over thirty-five years without active fundraising and development programs. That is an incredible achievement. Today, things are very different. We have a great team, and we are finding the funds that will bridge the gap between public funding and the actual resources needed to provide the RHA Howell level of service.”

 Experience 

• Extensive experience in fundraising, marketing, publicity and constituency development for non profits.
• Owned my own business working as marketing consultant and media producer.
• Wrote and produced many films and television programs for business, nonprofits and broadcast.
• Visiting Lecturer at North Carolina State University, East Carolina University and North Virginia Community College

 Education 

• M.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing
• M.A. in Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing

 Awards 

• Telly Award for the Quality of Light: A Biography of Claude Howell
• Winner of the Jenny McKeon Moore Fund for Writers
• Contributor to the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference
• Winner of the Washington DC Society of Arts and Letters Award for Poetry
• Selected by the Folger Shakespeare Library for the Midday Muse Program

 Important Fact 

“I love dachshunds. I have two, Sophie and Thunder.”