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Areas
of Expertise
- 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
Client List
- 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.
Professional Experience
2000 to present, WordProse, Inc., Golden, CO, President and CEO
- 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.
1987-2000,
NREL, Golden, CO, Senior Communicator I, Center for Transportation Technologies and Systems (CTTS)
Held
progressively responsible positions in communications during a 13-year tenure. Highlights follow:
- 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.
1986-1987, Computer Technology Associates (CTA), Englewood, CO, Managing Editor, Business Development
Center
- 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.
1985-1986, The BDM Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, Technical Editor
- 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.
Education
- 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 Editorial Task List
My typical edit includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following tasks (in no particular order):
Checking facts and conducting research for missing information
Checking that all call-outs in text pertain to the correct figure, photograph,
plate, or table
Communicating and consulting with the client/author,
including answering editorial questions and following up as appropriate or requested
Compiling a comprehensive
and detailed style sheet, with explanations of any editorial decisions if needed
Compiling an acronym and/or abbreviations list, if necessary and requested by client
Correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Defining symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms as necessary and appropriate to
client’s industry
Editing and proofreading all
art; evaluating photos for quality
Editing for parallel
construction in headings, subheadings, lists, and captions
Enhancing
readability as needed by- Improving clarity, conciseness,
and flow
- Inserting transitions
between sentences and paragraphs
- Making
or suggesting changes to eliminate wordiness or redundancies
- Restructuring or rearranging sentences and paragraphs; suggesting additional changes to solve structural
or organizational problems
- Suggesting alternative ways
to more clearly present graphical and/or tabular data
Ensuring that all information presented in figures, tables, illustrations, and headings matches that given
in text
Ensuring that copyright permissions have been obtained if needed
Ensuring that document conforms to in-house style or follows client's
preferred style and format
Evaluating
and adjusting tone and voice of document for appropriate intended audience
Making sure reference citations in text match those in the reference list
Making sure all necessary elements are included and correct (e.g., title
page, table of contents, lists of figures and tables, headings and subheadings, page numbers, figure and table numbers, and
reference list or bibliography)
Querying any discrepancies,
missing information, areas that appear unclear or contradictory, and missing or incomplete references; working directly with
the author to resolve these queries
Styling references
consistently according to in-house style or client’s preferred style
Styling terms, units of measurement, and identifiers (e.g., figure and table call-outs) consistently
Using words correctly and appropriately in context and structuring
paragraphs and sentences properly
Verifying URLs and
replacing or querying for “broken” or obsolete links
Other specifics as requested by the client
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