Eleven years of professional public information experience with local government, including the City of Rock Hill (S.C.), a full-service city of 50,000; and Wake County government (N.C.), a county of 680,000 with 12 municipalities. Responsible for internal and external communications, including weekly employee newsletter, media relations (news releases, news conferences and serving as spokesperson), web site content, a wide variety of presentations, event planning (board and management team retreats), and production of information pieces ranging from brochures to annual reports to citizen newsletters.