SKILLS OVERVIEW

• Writing and editing

   

• Job application documents (résumés, cover letters, KSAs, etc.)

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• Style guide expertise (AP Stylebook; Chicago; APA; GPO Style Manual)
   

• Creation of in-house style guides/branding guidelines

   

• Internal communications

   

• Website copy creation

   

• Media relations; media training

   

• Crisis communications

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• Speechwriting

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• Policy development and oversight

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INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Law Enforcement; Federal Government; Healthcare; Nonprofits; Corporate PR

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EDUCATION

Roosevelt University, Chicago

M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications; Concentration in Public Relations (May 2006)

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Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

B.A. in English/Journalism; Minor in Political Analysis (May 2000)

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Certified Professional Résumé Writer & Member, Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches™

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Member:
Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE)

Editorial Freelancers Association

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)

Fraternal Order of Police DC Lodge #1