Career Highlights

• Multiple “Best of the Best” in the State Awards for Photography and Communications projects for telling “The Orange Story” (OHSPRA)
• Emmy Award- Investigative Reporting, WKYC-TV/Cleveland
• Society of Professional Journalists Award - Consumer Reporting
• Best of Gannett - Television News Coverage
• Covered three Presidents and their respective administrations (Clinton, HW Bush, Reagan) for Tribune and Hearst Broadcasting television stations around the country including WGN in Chicago, WCVB in Boston, WPIX in New York, and KTLA in Los Angeles
• Covered International News based out of Washington, DC including: Bosnia Peace Accords (Dayton), John Glenn’s Return to Space (Cape Canaveral), Oklahoma City Bombing Trial (Denver), Princess Diana’s Funeral (London), Clinton’s Impeachment Proceedings, JFK, Jr. Plane Crash and Funeral (Cape Cod/New York), and six National Political Conventions
• Coordinated 1:1 satellite interviews with Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Madeleine Albright, Dan and Marilyn Quayle, Bob Dole, among others
• Covered Challenger Explosion, Papa Doc Duvalier fleeing Haiti, shutdown of Eastern Air all out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Freelance Journalist: Cleveland Jewish News, Sun Press, Sun Messenger; Talent/Anchor for various production companies as well as Case Law School Simulations
• Youngest Inductee into Orange High School Hall of Fame, Past President Orange Alumni Association, PTA Senior Class Co-Coordinator, Guard and Drill Team Coach for 30 years, Active Involvements with: Kiwanis, Orange Senior Center, Noteoriety Show Choir, Mercury Theater Company, the Singing Angels, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, JCC Playmakers

Northwestern University, MSJ/BSJ

Accelerated Master's Degree Honors Program in Journalism

Washington, DC Semester

Additional majors in history, political science, and education

Orange High School - Class of 1983