• Professor Susan Fussell, Associate Professor, Communication, Member, Graduate Field of Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (http://sfussell.hci.cornell.edu/)
• CMS Station Brokerage, Pittsburgh, PA (http://cmsstationbrokerage.com/)
• Professor Pamela J. Hinds, Associate Professor, Department of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University (www.stanford.edu/~phinds/)
• Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA (http://ldaamerica.org/)
• The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  (www.cmu.edu/osher)
• Jewish Women's Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  (www.jwcpgh.org)
• Universal Charge Accounts, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
  (www.drugstorecharge.com)
• Professor James D. Herbsleb, Associate Professor, Institute for Software Research, and Director, Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University (http://conway.isri.cmu.edu/~jdh/)
• Ann Gibbons, The First Human Pittsburgh, PA (www.anngibbons.com)
• Professor Suzanne P. Weisband, Eller Fellow and Associate Professor in MIS, University of Arizona, Tucson (http://uainfo.arizona.edu/~weisband)
• Complex Collaboration: Research projects about coordination across people, tasks and resources, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Nehemiah Persoff, actor and artist, California: online gallery (http://www.nehemiahpersoffpaintings.com/)
• Professor Robert Kraut, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut)
• Academy of Management 2003 Conference, Seattle, Carnegie Mellon University and Pace University (http://myaom.pace.edu/AnnualMeeting/2003/home.htm).
• Professor Sara Kiesler, Hillman Professor of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kiesler/).
• Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (earlier version).
• Professor Denise Rousseau, H. J. Heinz II Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rousseau/).
• AIA Baltimore.
• Temple Sinai, Pittsburgh, PA (www.templesinaipgh.org/).
• ABWebworks, Pittsburgh, PA (www.abwebworks.com).
• Online family album (www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut/Family_Photos/).
• Birchbark Films, Los Angeles, CA (no longer active).
• G.C. Pontius Architect, Baltimore, MD (no longer active).
• Journal of Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (no longer active).
• Towboatlaw, Frederick B. Goldsmith, Attorney at Law, Pittsburgh, PA (no longer active).

Published "Launching a Solo or Small Firm Web Site (Or How to Get a Web Site if You're Not Amazon.com)" with Robert S. Bernstein, ACBA [Allegheny County Bar Association] Sole & Small Firm Practitioner, May 1999.

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Planned and executed promotion campaigns and budget for 75 new titles and existing inventory of 600 titles covering poetry, literature, natural history, regional history, and social sciences. Wrote and supervised design, production, and mailings of seasonal catalog, brochures, subject catalogs, flyers, and press releases. Supervised scheduling and production of space ads and sending out of review copies. Obtained endorsements and wrote jacket and cover copy. Maintained author contact. Initiated sales meetings with sales representatives and book buyers.

Freelance editor, 1993-1995

Director of Marketing/Special Projects, 1987-1993
Advertising and Promotion Manager, 1983-1986
Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ

Marketing

Planned and executed promotion campaigns and budget for 100+ new titles a year and existing inventory of 1800 titles (library science texts; reference books and monographs in humanities, business, and the social sciences). Maintained contact with authors from production through publication and throughout the life of the book.

Automation

Automated invoicing, sales reports, accounting, inventory management, and royalty processing through installation of The Cat's Pajamas publishing software. Automated production of camera-ready promotional literature through desktop publishing. Designed and maintained database for catalog and sales information to produce listings, forms, and reports. Helped develop and market Scarecrow's library software products. Supervised office computer network.

Editorial Acquisitions

Acquired manuscripts in film, literature, and women's studies at scholarly conferences and through author contacts. Spearheaded CD-ROM publishing effort for reference titles. Managed subsidiary rights program and in-house paperback publishing program.

Associate Director of Marketing
Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, 1982

Associate Editor
Holmes & Meier Publishers, New York, NY, 1981

Freelance editor, rewriter, copy editor and proofreader, 1980-1982