• Climate change science and policy
• Construction management
• Energy efficiency issues and technologies
  
• Energy policy and regulatory compliance
• Engineering of all types
• Environmental impact assessments and statements
• Environmental remediation
• Feasibility studies
• Green building design, retrofit, and certification
  
• Infrastructure construction, management, and security
• Mining, including sustainable practices
• Natural resource management
• Renewable energy of all types
• Risk assessment and decision analysis
• Societal impacts of weather forecasting
• Sustainable development
  
• Water and wastewater treatment and management
• Water-demand forecasting

• Allen Press (e.g., Journal of Coastal Research, Rangeland Ecology & Management)
• American Animal Hospital Association
• American Water Works Association (Journal AWWA)
• American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF)
• Architectural Energy Corporation (AEC)
• Blackwell Publishing (Journal for the Society of Conservation Biology)
• Brookings Institution Press
  
• California Sustainability Alliance (through Navigant Consulting, Inc. [NCI])
• CH2M HILL International
• College of Metaphysical Studies
• Elsevier Science, Inc.
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Navigant Consulting, Inc.
• Pacific Gas & Electric (through AEC)
• Policy Studies, Inc.
• RAND Corporation
• Resources for the Future (RFF)
• RFF Press
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
• Southern California Edison (through AEC)
• Southern California Gas (through NCI)
• Stratus Consulting, Inc.

• Maintain a successful, small, woman-owned freelance editing, writing, and communications consulting business with a wide variety of clients (see client list).
  
• Edit technical reports, program and overview documents, Web site content, journal and magazine articles, brochures, proposals, and books for grammar, consistency, completeness, and readability.
  
• Function as senior editorial consultant for several clients, which includes managing the editing/proofing process and ensuring editorial quality on high-profile projects.
  
• Compile, edit, and rewrite in-house style guides for client organizations.
  
• Write newsletter, journal, and magazine articles, along with brochures, reports, and Web site content.

• Wrote, edited, and produced communications products designed to present scientific research results and explain renewable energy technologies to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
  
• Wrote and edited content and consulted on design and ease of use for several World Wide Web sites.
  
• Wrote and edited articles for NREL's internal newsletter, Inside NREL.
  
• Formed and led a team of communicators from two different NREL centers, coordinating workload, setting priorities, and acquiring additional resources as the team grew.
  
• Developed and implemented a communications plan for CTTS each year; ensured the editorial quality of all CTTS communications products.
  
• Rewrote and edited the annual update of NREL's publications policy.
  
• Acted as editorial quality reviewer and mentor for new communicators.
  
• Composed, administered, and graded the editing test given to all prospective communicators.
  
• Wrote a guide to NREL's internal publications process, establishing guidelines that were implemented throughout the laboratory.
  
• Coauthored a guide to NREL's editorial style that is now distributed to all of NREL's subcontractors.
  
• Launched and served as managing editor for several external newsletters.
  
• Wrote and edited articles for several technical newsletters and journals.
  
• Designed, wrote, and managed the launch of NREL's internal communications Web site; the site was widely emulated by other national laboratories.

• Managed the desktop production of proposals, marketing presentations, source qualifications, and technical reports.
  
• Copy edited, proofread, and rewrote technical and promotional materials.
  
• Developed and implemented production procedures and schedules to meet tight deadlines.
  
• Supervised two graphic artists and two word processors.
  
• Developed publications work flow procedures and tracking forms, streamlining operations.
  
• Wrote the company's Publications Standards and boilerplate.

• Edited, proofread, and coordinated word processing, graphics, photo, and printing support for technical reports, briefings, proposals, conference papers, and source qualifications.
  
• Mentored and trained new editors and proofreaders.
  
• Held a Department of Defense Secret clearance.

• University of New Mexico, B.A., English Literature, 1982, Presidential Scholar, GPA 3.8
  
• Numerous continuing education courses
  

Volunteer Work

Editing, writing, marketing, and fundraising for the Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance, Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital, Cat Care Society, Delta Society, FrontRange Earth Force, and Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver