Published Work

In my former life at the largest PR and advertising firm in Indiana I wrote for many clients, including Indiana University, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Ivy Tech Community College, Mid-America Science Park, New Tech High School and many regional businesses and organizations. Much of my writing focused on web and ad copy, communications and marketing plans, annual reports and select public relations work.

Samples of published web content and communication materials can be found here.

Since I just submitted the very first story to a literary magazine I was proud to be named a finalist and receive an honorable mention for one of the chapters from my manuscript “From the Ashes.”

Awards Fiction

• Glimmer Train, finalist and HONORABLE-MENTION for “Horse,” a chapter (short story) from the unpublished novel-in-stories manuscript about the trials of two German youth during and after WWII, Fiction Open September 2011

Published Press Releases and Feature Articles:

• Indiana Foreign Language Teacher Association (IFLTA) – IU Honors Program Sent 241 Students to France, Spain, Germany and Mexico, Newsletter, Fall 2011

• Intheknowtraveler.com – Cologne Revisited, July 2011

• WSJ.com and CNN.com – German American Unites Under One Common Name and Shield, November 2009

• Concrete Openings Magazine – Concrete Cutting Helps Prevent Environmental Disaster With Diamond Belt Saw , June 2009
  

• Business Wire - Should Commodities be in Your Portfolio? Feature article published by various online and print publications, August 2008

• Businessweek.com – Another Stellar Month for Pardo Capital’s XT99 Commodities Fund, December 2008

• Forbes.com – Pardo’s XT99 Commodities Fund at Top with 141.98 Percent Gain in 2008, March 2009

• PR Newswire – Stonegate Mortgage Corporation Buys Ohio Servicing Firm, June 2009