bio + curriculum vitae
As a creative generalist, I have a keen interest in crafting curated solutions aligned to specific goals. From meeting planner to graphic designer, to non-profit founder and head of marketing – each role has sharpened my skill synthesizing big-picture strategies and unlocking creativity within constraints.
With more than 20 years working in design, marketing and strategy, I have developed and launched branding and marketing campaigns across a variety of industries and business sizes, and organizational structures. These initiatives include logo design, brand positioning, graphic design, video and photo editing, illustration and animation, copywriting, and digital marketing campaigns. Additionally, I have 25+ years of experience in meetings and events, managing the projects and logistics that bring people together.
Volunteer service has been a throughline of my career, particularly the arts and education, having applied my skills toward meeting the funding gap for several public schools. Seeing the dire need in Washington D.C., I co-founded GrantEd Foundation to provide a lifeline for Title I school teachers in need of support across the city. All together, I'm proud to have played a part in raising more than $750,000 for public schools, with more than half of that specifically earmarked for arts education.
In addition to my current position as Marketing Director for a regional insurance brokerage, I operate JND Creative, an independent graphic design studio.
SERVICE
Executive Board,
Vice President
Arts in Western Education (AWE)
2025-Present
Described as a PTO for the arts, Arts in Western Education (AWE) serves the arts programs in six public schools in the western part of Albemarle County, Virginia. AWE seeks to support arts initiatives through grants and events that empower students to develop their creative expression.
Design & Communications
Two Rivers Public Charter School's Framing the Future Gala
Two Rivers Public Charter School, chartered in 2003, is an EL Education school in Washington D.C. Framing the Future is the annual fundraising gala to support arts education, raising about 30% of the arts budget through corporate sponsors, individual donors, and an auction. From 2015-2019, + $400K was generated through the gala.
Co-Founder
GrantEd Foundation
GrantEd Foundation was founded to ensure that Washington DC teachers at Title I schools would no longer have to spend their own money to do their jobs. This revolutionary funding model puts educational philanthropic dollars directly into the hands of teachers and changed how the community supported their schools. GrantEd raised and distributed +$350K for public education from 2016-2022.
Design & Communications
Taste of H Event
What began as a typical fundraiser, grew into a lifeline for teachers across the District. In 2012, a group of motivated parents looking for a way to do more for their DC public school put together the first “Taste of H” - an evening of food and drink from H St. NE restaurants. Proceeds from ticket sales, donations, and live auction first supported J.O. Wilson Elementary School and then funded GrantEd.
Founding Member
Capital Hill North Neighborhood Association (CHNNA)
The Capitol Hill North Neighborhood Association (CHNNA) was created to promote the interests of the residents of Capitol Hill North and worked directly with local government representatives, police, and neighbors to foster community and address neighborhood challenges.
EMPLOYMENT
Marketing Director
Risk Cooperative / Ensurise
2018-Present
An insurance brokerage providing the full spectrum of risk and insurance solutions. Leading all marketing, branding and communications activities including writing/editing, graphic design, marketing strategy and execution for both prospect and customer facing materials. Risk Cooperative was acquired by Ensurise in 2023 and my role transferred to serving all agency divisions – currently at 12 and growing.
Owner & Creative Director
JND Creative
2009-Present
Special Projects Manager
The Optical Society (OSA)
Meeting Coordinator
Design-Build Institute of America
Conference Manager
College of William & Mary
As an independent graphic design studio, I have worked with more than 75 different organizations and small businesses at every stage of their branding journey - from logo design to printed materials and digital assets.
Optica, formerly OSA, was founded in 1916 as a scientific society and has been the world’s leading champion for optics and photonics for over 100 years. Supported sales, meetings and exhibits in several roles over nearly 10 years of service.
DBIA brings together the full spectrum of design and construction professionals for education and collaboration.
The Office of Conference Services coordinates housing, meeting space, meals, catering, audio-visual, and registration services for on-campus meetings and events. During the summer conference season, a student staff supports all aspects of conference planning and implementation.
Education Intern
Peninsula Fine Art Center
PFAC was acquired by Christopher Newport University and is now the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center. In my first year, I collaborated on "Six Degrees of Inspiration," an exhibit designed to celebrate ethnic diversity in the U.S. and Hampton Roads, Virginia. Asked to return for a second year, I worked alongside staff and educators to prepare materials to tie arts education to the Standards of Learning (SOLs).
EDUCATION
Graphic Design Certificate
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Now part of George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, the Corcoran's continuing education certificate program in graphic design required 18 credit hours of instruction in the core methods, processes and skills of visual communication design.
Bachelor of Arts
College of William & Mary
Major | Classical Studies
Minor | Anthropology
As the second-oldest institution of higher learning in the country and a "Public Ivy," William & Mary furnished a rigorous academic experience. Studies in the culture, history and archaeology of ancient civilizations provided a solid background for understanding modern cultures.