Professional Experience
Award-winning, visionary creative executive with extensive experience in corporate and nonprofit leadership at an executive officer/board of directors level; expertise and innovation in business development, strategic planning, design, communications, writing and editing
Expertise
Writer
20 Years
Art Director
20 Years
Copywriter
20 Years
Specialty
Women's Issues
10 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
10 Years
Humor
15 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
5 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
20 Years
Association publication
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Dow Jones National Business Employment Weekly (1-2), O, the Oprah Magazine (3-5), Refinery29 (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Houston Rockets (10+), Professional Sports Publications (10+), PROMAX & BDA (10+), Los Angeles Lakers (10+), USC Football (10+), Allstate Sugar Bowl (10+), Los Angeles Kings (10+), Anaheim Ducks (10+), Detroit Pistons (10+), UCLA Football (10+), Cal Football (10+), Oakland Raiders (10+), Los Angeles Clippers (10+), Houston Texans (10+), San Francisco Giants (10+), Arizona Diamondbacks (10+), Kansas City Chiefs (10+), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10+), Cincinnati Bengals (3-5), San Antonio Spurs (10+)
Other Work History
Sports Publication Design - Owner/President
KLC Creative - Principal Author/Writer/Speaker
PROMAX & BDA - Communications Director
Houston Rockets - Publications Manager
Cleveland Cavaliers, ABC Sports (Europe), World League of American Football (Europe)
Junior League of Los Angeles - Treasurer, Board of Directors, Exec Committee
Foreign Language Skills
Spanish - basic
Unions
SAG-AFTRA
Computer Skills
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Creative Suite
Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Equipment
Mac server and network
Awards
Folio Show Ozzie Awards for Excellence in Magazine Design:
Honorable mention, best new magazine—PROMAX&BDA dna magazine
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Gold Circle Awards:
Gold award, best annual publication, PROMAX&BDA dna magazine
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Helios Awards:
Honorable mention, publication design, BDA Awards Annual
Association for Women in Communications Matrix Awards:
Feature writing and publication design
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Excalibur Awards:
Gold award, publication design
Junior League of Los Angeles - Presidents’ Cup Award winner for outstanding leadership
Associations
Women in Film Executive Member
Junior League of Los Angeles
