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Experience
Experience
2000 - Present
FREELANCE SCRIPTWRITER/SPEECHWRITER
FOR NATIONAL AWARD SHOWS, CONFERENCES, MULTIMEDIA
FOR NATIONAL AWARD SHOWS, CONFERENCES, MULTIMEDIA
Creative Director/Scriptwriter
for 2-hour Opening Ceremonies of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington Convention Center, October 21, 2019
Career Communications Group Inc.
Multiple event scripts and videos for Black Engineer of the Year Global STEM Conference Awards (5 events annually) and for Women of Color STEM Conference Awards (4 events annually) – 15 years
Fantastic Sams Hair Salons
Convention general session scripts and speechwriting for CEO
Rita's Italian Ice
Rita’s Franchise Company: franchisee business meeting general session scripts and speechwriting for CEO
National Association of Workforce Board (NAWB)
NAWB Forum: multiple event scripts – 4 years
National Retail Federation
videos for Retail’s BIG Show – 3 years
American Advertising Federation
Hall of Fame Awards and Hall of Achievement Awards-6 years
Alzheimer's Association
videos and multiple event scripts for National Alzheimer’s Galas (Washington, DC) with emcee David Hyde Pierce, Jean Smart, and others — 5 years
Friendship Public Charter School
Teacher of the Year Awards event scripts – 4 years
Scottish Rite
Celebrating the Craft: Scripts for annual 6-hour live webathons – 5 years
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
videos and multiple event scripts for Ophthalmology Hall of Fame honorees and award events, including “The 10 Most Influential Ophthalmologists of the Century” – 7 years
Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT)
Scripts for annual Foundation Galas and
Leadership Conferences – 4 years
Horatio Alger Association
Multiple Horatio Alger Awards events scripts- 5 years
Bend the Arc
General Session Conference Events Scripts
Whitman Walker Gala Fundraiser
starring Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Maureen McGovern, Melissa Manchester
1980 - 2000
AWARD-WINNING ADVERTISING AGENCY
SENIOR COPYWRITER, PRINT AND BROADCAST, BROADCAST PRODUCER
SENIOR COPYWRITER, PRINT AND BROADCAST, BROADCAST PRODUCER
Marvin Gerstin Associates, Inc.
Specializing exclusively in working with major commercial and residential real estate developers
and builders, among them Charles E. Smith Companies and International Developers Inc. (IDI)
Kal & Salan Advertising and Public Relations
Clients in healthcare, financial, associations, hospitality, retail, and business-to-business,
including Manor Healthcare Corp., Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Montgomery County
Department of Economic Development, The George Washington University Health Plan, and American Institute of Architects
Lowenthal Walker & Associates
Automotive, retail, education, financial services, and special event accounts