To sum­ma­rize myself in 160 char­ac­ters or less here’s my Twitter/Pinterest/Instagram bio mashup: Cre­ative mean­der­ings of a smart alecky over­worked PR/Identity/graphic/DIY/accessory designer. Trend­set­ter extra­or­di­naire. Go Brewers! Interests: graphic design, illus­tra­tion, type, bridal, style.

Once you get past that, there’s a whole lot more. Writ­ing isn’t a big strong­point of my skills. So you won’t see a lot of lengthy blog posts on this site although I keep telling myself that I need to blog more – I will try. What is a strong point is just about any­thing visual, So you will see more visual inter­est. For that rea­son, I love Insta­gram and the way it cre­ates a visual jour­nal of one’s world.

After an exten­sive career in the devel­op­ment of inte­grated cre­ative mar­ket­ing for the pri­vate sec­tor, I have entered the field of pub­lic ser­vice. Cre­at­ing pro­gres­sive oppor­tu­ni­ties for Wis­con­sin cit­i­zens while sup­port­ing the Wis­con­sin Idea. Work­ing on the Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin System’s Growth Agenda through the role of sev­eral devel­op­men­tal pro­grams with the Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin-Extension; Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion, Out­reach & E-Learning.

As a for­mer trainer in the graphic arts indus­try com­bined with a role in con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion and out­reach I am the for­mer Edu­ca­tion Chair and cur­rent Sec­re­tary for Design Madi­son. Bring­ing the knowl­edge that I have earned to bring it through to local design­ers and stu­dents pro­vid­ing out­reach oppor­tu­ni­ties, pro­mot­ing life­long learn­ing, keep­ing con­nected and mak­ing Madi­son a design hot spot.

With a love of all things designed, I serve on the advi­sory board for the Wright Design Series. Help­ing to select speak­ers in the field of design to speak at Madison’s Monona Terrace.

Expe­ri­enced with both in-house and agency inte­grated cre­ative mar­ket­ing for pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tor. Highly expe­ri­enced in print and online media, art direc­tion, copy­writ­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy, photo direc­tion, photo styling, photo prop­ping, illus­tra­tion, prob­lem solv­ing, project man­age­ment, pro­duc­tion, pre­press, cre­ative col­lab­o­ra­tion, and new media. With a client base con­sist­ing of polit­i­cal cam­paigns, education/public sec­tor, adver­tis­ing agen­cies, radio sta­tions, health­care, man­u­fac­tur­ing, apparel, print­ers, pho­tog­ra­phers, and musi­cians. Car­ry­ing and man­ag­ing projects from con­cept to com­ple­tion. Focused on cre­at­ing projects that best fit my clients needs, that are on time, under bud­get, that are done with the high­est degree of qual­ity and have opti­mal return on investment.