Summary:

A full-time freelance author and communications consultant for 15 years, with a high-quality, diverse, national client base.

Services offered:

Writing; editing; communications master plans (concept, design and execution); video scripts; public relations; publication management, from concept through fulfillment; speech writing.

Highlights:

• Conceived, developed and executed communications master plans for several clients, including the American Culinary Federation (ACF), the Automotive Hall of Fame and Greater Olean, Inc.
  
  
• Conceived and executed several educational programs with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which have brought national exposure to the ACF and have prompted the USDA to identify the ACF as its key source on food safety, preparation, cooking and handling.
  
  
• Co-author (with my wife) of two books on parenting topics which have won critical acclaim from national organizations and groups.
  
  
• Wrote "Drugs and the Athlete...A Losing Combination," the NCAA's official drug education booklet, which has been reprinted several times.
  
  
• Wrote "To Learn and to Lead," the successful cross-age mentoring program for the National Federation of State High School Associations.
  
  
• Principal writer for the NCAA's revolutionary Gender-Equity Report.
  
  
• Principal writer for the NCAA's innovative Life Skills Program.
  
  
• Wrote the NCAA's Sportsmanship Report.
  
  
• Honored by CASE (Council for Advancement of Secondary Education) with silver medal for opinion writing done for client college.
  
  
• Rewrote the book, "How to Improve Your Odds Against Cancer," by Dr. John Potter, founder and former chair of the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center at Georgetown University.
  
  
• Regularly write speeches for college presidents, high-level executives of Fortune 500 companies and political candidates.