Public Affairs Officer, SC Air National Guard (2001-Present)
Employee Communications Coordinator, Palmetto Health (2000-Present); Community Relations Coordinator (1999-2000)

Director of Communications and Development, Carolina Children's Home (1996-1999); Director of PR (1995-1996)

Public Awareness Campaign Coordinator, Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (1994-1995)

Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Public Affairs, SC Air National Guard (1993-2001)
Chief of Media Relations, 583rd Air Base Group, Hahn Air Base, Germany (1992-1993); Base Newspaper Editor, 583rd Air Base Group, Hahn Air Base, Germany (1991)
Base Newspaper Editor, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England Air Force Base, LA (1989-1990)

Winner of the American Society for Healthcare Human  Resources Administration's 2006 Communica-tion Award for written communica-tions and Ragan Communications' 2006 Most Improved Magazine national award of excellence.

The 2003 Health Academy Innovation Award (national award for excellence in employee com-munications from the Public Relations Society of America).

Eight Mercury and Silver Wing Awards (presented by the South Carolina chapter of the PRSA). Honors include 2002's Best of Show.

Two Palmetto Awards (from the South Carolina chapter of the International Association of Busi-ness Communicators) and three Wallie Awards (from the Carolinas Health-care Public Relations and Market-ing Society).

Outstanding Guardsman of the Year, 2000.

Served on the board of directors for the SCPRSA (president 2004), the Three Rivers Music Festival,  National Child Care Development Association, the Central Carolina Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, the Co-lumbia Sertoma Club, the East Columbia Optimist Club and the Crayton Middle School Founda-tion.

Regular guest lecturer for USC's PR writing courses and sometimes communications advisor to the United Way of the Midlands, the Souper Bowl of Caring and the So Help Me God Project.