Independent Marketing Services: Owner Atlanta, 1994-present Columnist Worth Knowing for the Reporter Newspapers May 2019-August 2023 Columnist The Chamber Report for the Dunwoody Crier Atlanta, December 2014-March 2015 Features Writer Dunwoody Crier Atlanta, Dec. 2009-May 2019 Full-Time: Associative Creative Director TuckerWayne/WestWayne (Now 22 Squared) Atlanta, 1993-1994 Vice-President/Creative Director Sawyer Riley Compton (Now Brunner) Atlanta, 1986-1993 Education MA and PhD, English, University of Georgia BA, French and English, Florida State University Certificate, University of Paris-Sorbonne Inbound University (HubSpot) Honors Georgia Press Association 2022 winner for “Serious Column” One of Ten Women to Watch, Atlanta Business Chronicle One of Atlantas top three creative directors, Atlanta Business Chronicle Winner of local, regional and national awards for advertising and marketing creativity and effectiveness: National EFFIE (American Marketing Association) Show South ACE (New York) American Advertising Federation ADDY NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association) National Pro-Comm (Business Marketing Association) AMY (American Marketing Association, Atlanta) O&R (American Business Press)

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