P.O. Box 705, Cathedral Station 
New York, NY 10025-0705

EXPERIENCE

New York City Campaign Finance Board

Press Secretary and Director of Education July 1994-January 1997

• Created and implemented initiatives to increase awareness of the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) among the press, public, and potential candidates, markedly increasing off election year coverage of the agency's work.
• Targeted outreach to areas with little knowledge of the CFB, especially in less affluent communities where CFB public funding offers significant benefits for grass roots candidacies, and where greater access to information can help mobilize voter participation.
• Directed and publicized expansion of CFB public disclosure services, including its computerized data analysis and comparison of campaign finance information that have become a national model. Developed computer program to enable easy and unprecedented access to information about the sources of candidates' financial support. As a result of plans I put in place, this program is now on the web.
• Coordinated lobbying efforts at city and state levels for reform legislation on contribution and campaign finance disclosure.
• Utilized public access television resources to produce CFB public service announcements free of charge.
• Ran hearings on CFB proposals including a controversial plan to spur debates in municipal elections which generated broader understanding of the CFB's positions. Modified editorial board opposition to CFB plan.
• Developed educational programming to focus attention on issues related to democratizing elections.

Bronx Borough President

Director Policy / Special Projects June 1993-July 1994

Deputy Press Secretary July 1988-June 1993

Press Aide May 1987 - June 1988

• Developed policy strategies to maximize city-wide exposure for the Borough President.
• Implemented policy through coordination with other government agencies, local institutions and advocacy groups.
• Wrote annual State of the Borough report, highlighting accomplishments, analyzing each year's initiatives and identifying opportunities for improving issues management.
• Conceived and coordinated marketing and community outreach initiatives.
• Planned press strategy and supervised all aspects of press relations.
• Generated press materials including press releases, columns, speeches, PSA's and newsletters.
• Maintained and expanded relations with media; act as agency spokesperson.
• Reviewed all outgoing public documents for accuracy and consistency with administration policy.

Metro Area Newspapers Including NY Daily News and Gannett Papers

Freelance Reporter and Contributing Editor 1982-1987

• Covered urban issues including housing, health care, waste management, economic development, budget and politics.
• Developed in-depth articles on these and other topics for national magazines, trade and special publications.
• Revived the Bronx Press-Review, a weekly Bronx-wide newspaper, establishing new editorial course with emphasis on community issues. Assigned and trained reporters and photographers.

NBC Nightly News

Production Assistant / Commercial Coordinator 1979-1982

• Prepared rundown, script, promotional copy and back timed national television news program.
• Edited copy and correspondents' scripts. Researched news stories and supervised news assistants
• Administrated multi-million dollar commercial schedule, exercising authority to order changes in commercials when conflicts with editorial content compromised overall program integrity.
• Designed and implemented computer tracking system for commercials, training all involved.

WNBC-TV News 1977-1978

Held several news positions including:

• Assignment editor, news writer, field producer, news and production assistant. In these capacities, I:
• Wrote news copy for air, produced stories, handled logistics for news crews.
• Researched special features and documentaries, edited filed footage and booked interviews.
• Trained in field production and video editing, producing an award winning sports feature.

INTERNET & COMMUNITY

The LINKS Project

Executive Director August, 1996 - present

• Founder of a startup project initiated in August, 1996, entitled Learning to Improve Neighborhoods through Knowledge and Service, that uses journalistic tools, youth and technology to promote family literacy and community involvement. The program will produce a bilingual (English and Spanish) newsletter containing the work of middle school children, and enhanced with community contact information. The newsletter will be sent to students' homes, used in adult English-as-a-Second-Language classes, distributed to community sites, and made available on the Internet. To date, my role includes developing the concept, establishing an advisory board of experts, designing a web site, locating support and working with the bilingual program at Booker T. Washington JHS in Manhattan Valley to create the first LINKS prototype.

Political & Media Consultant

February, 1997 - present

• Proposed and am engaged in developing political web sites designed to enhance voters' awareness of election issues and the role of money in local political campaigns, as well as designing sites to enable candidates to present their agendas to a broader audience. My role includes conceiving content, design and HTML coding, drafting budgets, as well as managing software acquisition and database programming for sites.
• Provide pro bono public relations and web development services to community based and educational organizations including P.S. 163 on Manhattan's Upper West Side and the Harlem Heights Historical Society.

EDUCATION

Master's in Public Administration, Baruch College CUNY June, 1990

Bachelor's in Communications, Lehman College CUNY June, 1978

Certified Public Access Television Producer, BRONXNET Fall, 1995