Crafting a company brand, economic accountability with an entrepreneurial attitude than insures sustainability,increased profit and marketshare. Well developed skills in adapting and collaborating with industry and community partners to enhance and create value in line with the goals and objectives of an organization in the areas of crisis management, communications, public, community and government relations, as well as policy issues is a constant strength in achieving past success in each position served. My experience and ability in raising revenues and managing difficult budgets to be responsive to an organizations needs and goals are areas of my background I continue to excel in. A focus on cost savings in all disciplines of communications and marketing has achieve increased revenue and support in industries and communities served. Making an impact in the next step in my career both internally for the company served and externally to outside audiences in increasing brand and markets that will enhance managements goals and objectives is a skill and a focus that I will continue to provide as I move on to my next position.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
(Confidential)	Sr. Vice President - Communications, Marketing	/1997 - Present
(Confidential)	Sr. Vice President - Communications, Marketing	/1997 - Present
Port of Long Beach	Director of Public Affairs and Communications	/1995 - /1990
WESTCO Marketing, Inc.	Director of Group Marketing, Communications, Public Relations	1/1990 - 12/1997
Port of Jacksonville Florida & International Airport	Director of Public Affairs - Port/Airport	/1983 - /1985

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
University of California, Berkeley	Art History, Business		Bachelor Degree

TYPE	TITLE	URL	DESCRIPTION
Book	The Tipping Point	media url	Business development
Book	The Ultimate Guide to Business Process Managment	media url	Business Development Book
Book	Turn the Ship Around	media url	Leadership Book
Book	Effective Public Relations	media url	Top Business Book on PR
Book	The Zen of Social Media	media url	Social Media techniques
Book	The Social Media Bible	media url	Tips and rules of Social Media
Book	Kiss, Bo, or Shake Hands	media url	Doing Business in more than 60 countries - protocol
Magazine	Wall Street Journal	media url	International Newspaper and website covering the World
Website	Public Relations Society of America	media url	Public Relations of America
Website	SCI - Sister Cities International	media url	Sister Cities International Association
Website	Port of Long Beach, California	media url	Port of Long Beach, City of Long Beach, California

Highlights:

Consistently, throughout my career I have successfully managed communication programs that have provided increased revenue as well as brand development, whether it was for a product or organization. Successfully developed a new brand and education/community program for the Port of Long Beach; managed events and promotions involving large and small individual groups bringing awards and recognition to my employers, division and staff. Increased revenues, market share were the results of many programs in each position served. Top first place awards and recognition were received over my career from organizations: the international Association of Port Authorities - Port Communication Award; American Association of Port Authorities, Frist Place Public Relations Award; Long Beach International Sister Cities Award for Service; City of Long Beach, Pride of Partnership Award; Asian Pacific Business Association Award; American Cancer Society Award for Service; St. Anthony Star Award for Service; International City Theater Service Award; Long Beach Qingdao, China Association Award for Service, Propeller Club of America; Salute to 911 - 10th Anniversary Celebration; Long Beach World Trade Center groundbreaking and grand openings; co-founder of ACCORD Community First a non-profit workforce development organizations serving youth in the southland; wrote and gained grants for multiple non-profit and educational institutions; as a developer achieving a Gold, LEED Certification for recent 15 acre development; recently was appointed as a Charter Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Marine for the City of Long Beach.

Companies I like:

Nonprofits, Community Organizations, charities, US Ports, International Transportation, Government Relations, Community Relations, Cities, Non-profits, Edison, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, International Non-Profits, International Trade Organizations, Foundations, Educational Organizations

Problem Solving
Crisis Communications
Management
Grant Writing
Branding/Community and Public Relations

• Crisis management
• Non profit
• Public relations
• Public affairs
• Management
• Communications
• Grant Writer
• Team Builder
• Manager
• Problem Solver
• Budget Manager
• marketing
• marketing manager
• social media
• advertising
• account manager
• Communicatikns
• Government

Managing a team of professionals to create or increase branding and communication programs within an organization, while building revenues,community, company networking, managing and increasing and Social Media development, increasing grants and foundation donations and support are responsibilities I look forward to the next step of my career.