Communications * Media Production * Photography * Design * Grant Writing * Leadership

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Skills & Expertise

Communications

• Strategic communications planning
• Crisis/emergency communications
• Multimedia implementation
• Social media strategy/management

Media Production / Photography

• Producing
• Directing
• Screenwriting
• Editing
• Script supervision
• Videography
• Photography - journalistic, portrait, nature, landscape

Design / Technology

• Web design - HTML, CSS, Visual Studio Code
• Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Lightroom, Photoshop
• Canva, PowerPoint
• Hootsuite certification
• Microsoft Office, Outlook

Grants / Fundraising

• Grant writing
• Fundraising
• Volunteer management

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Experience

Freelance Documentary Filmmaker

LenzView Productions LLC | 2005 - present

• All aspects of filmmaking
• Client communications/management
• Detailed project information available upon request

American Meteorological Society Board Member

AMS Board on Societal Impacts | Nov 2023 - present

• Draft/manage communications plans
• Post social media content to further Board mission
• Plan BSI Voices video project for 2025 conference

Communications Manager

Storm of Passion/TIV2 Stormchase Team | June 2019 - present

• Draft/manage communications plans
• Write press releases
• Post social media content
• Manage website
• Provide live TIV2 content to LiveStormChasers
• Pursue/manage TIV2 sponsors and partners

Grant Writer; PTSO President

Aurora Public Schools - Dalton Elementary, Aurora Quest K-8 | Aug 2013 - Dec 2019

• Research/write/manage community garden grants
• Manage volunteers, fundraisers, meetings, resources
• Write community newsletter updates

Producer, Green Screen Director, Screenwriter, Script Supervisor

Tipping Point Solutions | Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

• Screenwriter/Green Screen Director for the Army PCMH Training Suite - winner of one Telly and two Omni Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Education and Film-Based Training
• Interact with clients/SMEs to deduce learning goals, refine educational information, hone project details
• Contribute to e-learning design and implementation
• Script supervise full-length dramatic film shoot
• Direct green screen film shoots
• Assist in audition/hiring process of on-screen talent
• Edit proposals for various company project bids

Colorado State Senate Intern

Sen. Jim Isgar, Colorado State Capitol | Dec 2007 - May 2008

• Research policy issues, draft policy statements
• Manage email, talk with constituents/lobbyists
• Represent Senator Isgar at political functions

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Education

MCMM:
Master of Communications & Media Management

Colorado State University
| 2023

BFA:
Film, Theatre & Television, Writing/Directing

University of Colorado Denver
| 2009

BA:
Political Science

University of Colorado Denver
| 2009

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