Independent Colleges of Washington, Seattle, WA

(2024 – current)

Communications and fundraising for Independent Colleges of Washington, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for scholarships and grants for students at private, not-for-profit colleges and universities across Washington state.

• Conference informational pamphlet for college advisors at Washington high schools (2024)
• Coordinated a student video campaign to support the Washington College Grant, including travel logistics, interviews, film editing, and sharing the videos over 11 weeks with a direct email and social media campaign (2025)
  • Thank You for the Washington College Grant!
  • Whitman College
  • University of Puget Sound
  • Pacific Lutheran University
  • Saint Martin’s University
  • Seattle University
  • Heritage University
  • Whitworth University
  • Gonzaga University
  • Seattle Pacific University
• Press release materials for Washington State Senators and Representatives acknowledging them as champions of economic development and community vitality in their legislative districts

Annual Report

• Content and design layout for ICW’s online annual report (2024 – current)
• Annual report mailing postcard and informational one-sheet (2024)

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA

(2020 – 2024)

Communications for the eScience Institute at the University of Washington, a hub of data-intensive scientific research that is a part of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. The eScience Institute is also home to the Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC).

• Announcing the 2024 Data Science Incubator Projects (Jan. 2024)
• SSEC Co-awarded NSF Grant for Open Source Workshop (Oct. 2023)
• Data Science Profiles: Michelle Ndugulile (Sep. 2023)
• Data Science Profiles: Ben Roscoe (Aug. 2023)
• Using Data Science to Examine Heat Pump Feasibility Across Alaska (Jul. 2023)
• Announcing the 2023 Data Science Incubator Projects (Jan. 2023)
• Learning and Doing Data for Good 2022 Conference (Sep. 2022)
• Learning and Doing Data For Good 2022 conference booklet (Sep. 2022)
• Discovering How AI Is Utilized Across UW (May 2022)
• Evolving the Hackweek Model with ICESat-2 2022 (Apr. 2022)
• Python for Humanities: an Intro for Researchers (Apr. 2022)
• Mapping Fungal Relationships in Trees (Mar. 2022)
• Modeling and Predicting Tree Growth with Data Science (Jan. 2022)
• Announcing the 2022 Winter Incubator Projects (Jan. 2022)
• Data Science Student Profiles: Stefan de Villiers (Dec. 2021)
• Data Science Student Profiles: Bonnie Du (Nov. 2021)
• How UW Medicine is Using Cloud Computing to Aid Seattle’s Covid Response (Apr. 2021)
• Help the Fibr Algorithm Learn to Read MRI Scans (Mar. 2021)
• Introducing the Winter Incubator Projects for 2021 (Jan. 2021)
• Using Data Science to Track Marine Heatwaves (Dec. 2020)
• Academic Data Science Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting (Oct. 2020)

 

Website Design & Management

• Redesigned and launched the eScience Institute website, and manages ongoing updates and trainings (Jan. 2023)
• Development and maintenance for the NSF-funded Engineering Data Science Institute website (Nov. 2020)

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The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

(2015 – 2020)

Communications for The Museum of Flight, including nonprofit fundraising, STEM education and aerospace history.

Aloft Magazine

Author and copyeditor for The Museum of Flight’s bi-monthly member magazine to support projects like fundraising campaigns, donor recognition, interviews, STEM education and exhibit openings. Copyedited all magazine issues from September/October 2015 through July/August 2020.

• Volume 42, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 2020): “New Plaques in Memorial Park”
• Volume 41, No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2019): “Curating Curiosity with New Curator Matthew Burchette” feature article
• Volume 41, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2019): “There’s More to Life Than Being a Passenger” feature article
• Volume 41, No. 4 (Jul/Aug 2019): “For the Veterans” campaign update, “Honoring His Roots and the Museum’s Collection” donor profile
• Volume 41, No. 3 (May/Jun 2019): “New Park Set to Open in May” campaign cover story
• Volume 41, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 2019): “For Those Who Will Follow After”
• Volume 41, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 2019): “Investing in the Future” donor profile
• Volume 40, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2018): “Supporting Future Pilots”
• Volume 40, No. 4 (Jul/Aug 2018): “Red Barn Historic Landmark”
• Volume 40, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 2018): “Bombs Falling Like Water” history feature, “Philanthropy From the Inside Out” donor profile
• Volume 40, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 2018): “Veterans Speak: Memories of Air Combat in the Vietnam War” feature article
• Volume 39, No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2017): “From Vietnam to Seattle: Preserving the B-52 Legacy” campaign cover story
• Volume 39, No. 4 (Jul/Aug 2017): “Project Welcome Home Vietnam Air War Memorial Park” campaign announcement, “A Lunar Affair” exhibit feature
• Volume 39, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 2017): “We Flew Past Our Goal!” campaign update, “FedEx: Curating Compelling Connections Through Air Cargo” exhibit feature
• Volume 39, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 2017): “The Challenge” campaign ad
• Volume 38, No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2016): “Making Strides” donor profile, “Taking Leadership By Storm” education update
• Volume 38, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2016): “A Treasured Legacy” education update
• Volume 38, No. 3 (May/Jun 2016): “Getting the Big Picture” education update
• Volume 38, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 2016): “Inspiration Begins Here!” 8-page campaign feature
• Volume 37, No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2015): “Igniting the Spark of Inspiration” donor profile, “Inspiration Begins Here at The Museum of Flight!” campaign ad
• Volume 37, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2015): “The Boeing Academy for STEM Learning” education feature, “Memories Create a Lasting Legacy” donor profile

 

Campaign Videos

Storyboard, direction, soundtrack and messaging for fundraising campaigns. Special thanks to Francis Zera.

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park campaign Thank You video to celebrate the successful completion of the Project Welcome Home campaign (Aug. 2019)
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park construction time lapse video for a new park on the Museum’s campus (Jun. 2019)
• “Bringing Home Our B-52” video of disassembling and transporting the Museum’s B-52 to be the centerpiece in a new Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park (Sep. 2018)
• “Restoring Our Historic B-52” video as part of the Museum’s Project Welcome Home campaign (Nov. 2017)
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign Thank You video to celebrate the successful completion of the Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign (Apr. 2017)
• Aeronautical Science Pathways video to promote a new education program (Sep. 2016)
• B-29 restoration and unveiling video for exhibit opening (Jul. 2016)
• Aviation Pavilion construction time lapse video for a new building on the Museum campus (Jun. 2016)
• “Something Big is Coming” video for the Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign community gifts phase (Mar. 2016)

 

Campaign Newsletters and Websites

Keeping donors and community stakeholders engaged and updated throughout multi-year fundraising campaigns.

• Project Welcome Home, the Museum’s campaign to restore a veteran B-52G Stratofortress and install it in a new Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park at The Museum of Flight (Oct. 2017 – June 2019). More campaign info available here.
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign, the comprehensive $77Mcampaign to build the new Aviation Pavilion, expand our educational programs, create new exhibits, and upgrade our facilities to improve visitor experience (2015 – 2016).

Annual Reports

Content writing and copyediting the Museum’s annual shareholder report to donors.

• 2019 Annual Report
• 2018 Annual Report
• 2017 Annual Report
• 2016 Annual Report

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Freelance Writing, Editing and PR

(2014 – 2017)

• Materials Matter with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle five-part series (Oct. 2016-Feb. 2017)
• Getting to Zero with AIA Seattle four-part series (Jun. 2015)
• Press package for the CD release party of Seattle band Kings of Cavalier (Apr. 2015)
• Website, social media and RFP editing for Bonfire Art and Design (Jan. 2015)
• Website copy for the 8-Bit Weather mobile app (Dec. 2014)
• PR for the Phoenix Festival, a benefit event for local wildfire relief hosted by TwispWorks in Twisp, Washington (Oct. 2014)
• AIA Seattle Design Festival event review (Sep. 2014)

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KEXP 90.3 FM, Seattle, WA

(2013)

Writer and editor for a nonprofit listener-powered radio station.

• Whipped Cream and Other Delights (Nov. 2013)
• Make Your Mark and Help Build KEXP’s New Home! (Nov. 2013)
• 2012 Annual Shareholders Report (Oct. 2013)
• Breaking New Ground Together: the Campaign for KEXP’s New Home (Jul. 2013)
• Amplifier Love Week 2013 (Jun. 2013)
• Capitol Hill Block Party Flyaway 2013 (Jun. 2013)
• Civic Pride: The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (May 2013)

 

Music Matters Newsletters

Author and editor of KEXP’s monthly donor newsletter.

• Music Matters: A Year of Great Music (Dec. 2013)
• Music Matters: Gratitude, Gravy and Great Music (Nov. 2013)
• Music Matters: “Rock & Roll” Saves Lives (Oct. 2013)
• Music Matters: You Made This a September to Remember! (Sep. 2013)
• Music Matters: Vote for the Top Albums of the 21st Century! (Aug. 2013)
• Music Matters: You Make Summer Sizzle (Jul. 2013)
• Music Matters: You Make Summer Sound Sweeter (Jun. 2013)
• Music Matters: Iceland, Amplifiers, and Twelve Hours of Awesome! (May 2013)
• Music Matters: Better Sounds for a Better World (Apr. 2013)

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ISE Magazine

(2013)

Ghostwriter for Angela Bennink of NoaNet, a wholesale broadband provider in Washington, for an article in an online trade publication for telecom networks (formerly OSE Magazine).

• Over the Rivers and Through the Woods: How a Non-Profit Telecom Company Connected Rural Washington State with Fiber (Sep. 2013)

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Glumac Engineering, Portland, OR

(2010 – 2011)

Communications Director for the Portland office of a sustainable Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) engineering and energy analysis company.

 

Sustainability Matters Newsletter

Writer, editor and photographer for the quarterly email publication sent out to contractors, architects and other professionals in the green building industry.

• Issue 27 (Aug. 2011):
  • “Susan Szenasy of Metropolis Magazine Visits Portland to Talk Green Building”
  • “Charging the Future with Electric Vehicles”
• Issue 26 (May 2011)
  • “Glumac Commissions the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine”
  • “Glumac Introduces Construcion Services”
• Issue 25 (Feb. 2011)
• Issue 24 (Nov. 2010)
  • “Glumac explores Green Building in Toronto”

Ecotone Publishing

On-site editor and fact-checker for a book produced by the publishing branch of the International Living Future Institute that produces local and global sustainable design books.

• The Ecological Engineer: Glumac (2011)

Oregon Insider

Author for a monthly news publication for environmental management and regulation in the Pacific Northwest.

• Oregon Convention Center: the Convention Center that Challenges Convention, Issue 469 (Sep. 2011)
• The Vancouver, WA Hilton Hotel: Pioneering the Elegant Side of Efficiency, Issue 467 (Jul. 2011)

Sustainable Business Oregon

Author for a publication of the Oregon Business Journal that covers local news and issues at the intersection of business and sustainability.

• Oregon Convention Center: the Convention Center that Challenges Convention (Aug. 2011)

The Zweig Letter

Co-author for a marketing publication for architects, engineers and environmental planning professionals worldwide.

• Green: Under promise and over deliver, Issue 906 (Apr. 2011)

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Crosscut.com, Seattle, WA

(2008)

Writer and photographer for a Pacific Northwest nonprofit online news blog.

• LEED-ing the way to sustainability (Aug. 2008)
• Review: Faith and mental illness on Seattle’s streets (Jul. 2008)
• When it comes to energy consumption, what really drives change? (Jun. 2008)
• Folklife ’08: Seattle folks are the life of the festival (May 2008)
• Vancouver, B.C., loses some ground as a sustainability leader (May 2008)

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STIR Magazine, Worcester, MA

(2007 – 2010)

Writer, editor and photographer for the bi-annual student magazine of Clark University.

• Volume 5, Issue 2 (Spring 2010)
• Volume 5, Issue 1 (Fall 2009)
• Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2009)
• Volume 4, Issue 1 (Fall 2008)
• Volume 3, Issue 2 (Spring 2008)
• Volume 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)