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Public Information Officer
Borough Of CarteretPublic Information Officer
Nov. 2021Carteret, New Jersey, United States* Obtain and administer more than $1 million in state and county grants for Urban Enterprise Zone, Community Development, Recycling and Clean Communities * Penetrate the entire community by writing, editing, designing and selling ads for Mayor’s Office’s 32-page monthly magazine, as well as several annual special publications, all of which are distributed directly into 25,000 residents’ homes, as well as businesses. *Write articles, press releases, grant proposals, correspondence, and other materials that promote economic and community development, communications, and environmental awareness in Carteret. *Coordinate Urban Enterprise Zone, Recycling & Clean Communities programs, including $1 million marketing and grant program for Downtown Business & Cultural Arts District, redeveloping waterfront, and annual town-wide Earth Day event. *Promote and publicize Downtown Business & Cultural Arts District, including $50 million performance arts center and redeveloped waterfront with forthcoming ferry. *Plan, produce and promote business, cultural, fundraising and environmental events for community to experience and enjoy.
Personal Trainer
ELITE Fitness AlliancePersonal Trainer
Mar. 2021 - Dec. 2021East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States* Lead boot camp classes with high intensity interval training and functional fitness. * Train clients ranging from a stroke victim to an FBI applicant focusing on functional fitness, interval training, yoga, and in some cases, kickboxing. * Lead virtual exercise classes on Zoom. Provide nutritional suggestions to clients on healthy eating, lifestyle, and weight loss.
Co-Owner
Makin WellnessCo-Owner
Aug. 2020Central Jersey* Developing collaboration between Witness Fitness™ personal training services, Massage By Design massage therapy, reiki and aromatherapy, and Flourish Nutrition & Chiropractic functional medicine. *Developer of Fite4Life™ Wellness Program, including workout, meal plan, mindfulness exercises, injury prevention and self-care. Fite4Life™ principles can help other fitness and wellness clientele improve all aspects of fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness; lose and maintain body weight; build lean muscle, and prevent and treat injuries.
Makin Waves Columnist/Radio Correspondent
NewJerseyStage.comMakin Waves Columnist/Radio Correspondent
Mar. 2017Spring Lake, NJSyndicate extremely popular Makin Waves music column with NewJerseyStage.com. Since 1988, Makin Waves has won five New Jersey Press Association Awards, been nominated for 16 Asbury Park Music Awards, and raised $156,000 for a variety of charities.
Personal Trainer
Jersey StrongPersonal Trainer
May. 2010 - Jun. 2011East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States* Sold personal training packages to dozens of clients and helped them lose weight, increase lean muscle, maintain body weight, and improve body composition. * Focused on body weight exercise, suspension training, SAQ training, kickboxing & yoga. * Trained athletes with a performance fitness program of my own design. * Sold, designed, and led small group exercise classes with four to five clients in each.
Writer/Editor
Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORKWriter/Editor
Feb. 1994 - Dec. 2020courier news/home news tribune/mycentraljersey.com, somerville, nj* Led the state in coverage of its flagship university during the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement as statewide Rutgers University reporter, including extensive coverage of the university’s massive health network. * Managed full-time staff of 7 and freelance staff of 15; expanded depth of coverage of weekly entertainment tab, Sunday entertainment section, and daily entertainment news, and developed leadership skills that will inspire fitness clientele. * Demonstrated superior communication and information-producing skills via interviews with and articles about Bruce Springsteen, Ozzy Osbourne, Garth Brooks, Phish, and Wynton Marsalis that were among stories that won 13 New Jersey Press Association Awards and 4 Best of Gannett awards. * Produced the popular “Fighting for Life” blog, which focused on combat sports and conditioning and led to a career in personal training and nutrition coaching.
Makin Waves Columnist/Correspondent/Contributing Editor/Managing Editor/Banding Together Editor
ARTS WEEKLY/AQUARIAN WEEKLY/EAST COAST ROCKERMakin Waves Columnist/Correspondent/Contributing Editor/Managing Editor/Banding Together Editor
Feb. 1988Little Falls, NJ* Banding Together editor, managing editor, and the contributing editor for nearly 20 years. * Continues to cover local music scene statewide with Makin Waves column, which launched in 1988 in The Aquarian, New Jersey’s oldest alt-weekly. * Cover interviews included Jon Bon Jovi, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Sheryl Crow, and William Shatner. * Four-part 1992 report, "Better Days of Asbury Park: Past, Present or Future?," led to being handpicked by music historian Robert Santelli as his replacement for the "Greetings from Asbury Park" column in Backstreets Bruce Springsteen fanzine. * As managing editor, managed a staff of one full-time writer-editor and 40 freelance writers and increased circulation size with depth of local music coverage.
Account Associate
Robert Marston And Associates, Inc.Account Associate
Jan. 1987 - Feb. 1988Greater New York City AreaHelped book and manage media tours for clients, such as Pantene Shampoo, the American Paper Council and Citrus Hill Orange Juice into such outlets as ABC-TV’s “Good Morning, America” and U.S. News & World Report. Worked with two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland as a brand ambassador.
Account Assistant
RubensteinAccount Assistant
Aug. 1986 - Jan. 1987Greater New York City AreaAssisted account executives with publicity accounts, including the Trump Organization.

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