Experience
Award-winning Marketing Director with 20+ years’ experience in Community Development projects and Senior Living. Deep experience developing strategic marketing plans and budgets that build brand, create media interest, increase qualified marketing and sales leads, and yield strong conversion ratios and sales. Focused on the Holistic Customer Journey from engaging management, partners and staff in the brand to creating an integrated and consistent customer experience across all touchpoints of the journey for an exceptional customer experience, increased sales and retention.
Career Highlights
Leadership
Franke Tobey Jones Senior Living, Senior Director of Marketing and PR
Serve on the Senior Management Team that oversees operations of the community including strategic planning and reports to the Board of Directors.
Jenamar Communities, Vice President of Marketing
Served on the Jenamar Executive Team and was involved in nearly all decisions of the Jubilee Active Adult (1,500 homes) and Edgewater (600 conventional home) communities as they were being developed and built, including all infrastructure, homes and community amenities.
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, Director of Marketing
Served on the Northwest Landing Development Team that designed all community infrastructure, residential and commercial building and amenities for this 3,200-acre master planned community.
Regional Shopping Centers – Director of Marketing
Served on the management teams of six regional shopping centers (each million sq ft+ malls) in four states, reported to the Board of Directors
Coordinated the sales and marketing efforts with hundreds of mall merchants, department stores and their home offices.
Served as the Annual Conference Chairperson three years in a row for an 800-employee shopping center company. In charge of coordinating every conference detail including the venue, theme, speakers, food, award ceremony, outings, fun night, etc.
Toastmaster International (volunteer positions)
District Governor – Led and inspired a volunteer district leadership team of 30 Toastmaster members, 250 club officers across 60 clubs. Helped write and achieve the District Success Plan placing #9 worldwide.
Lt. Governor of Education and Training – Helped lead the district (60 clubs and 2,500 members) in education and leadership goals to #4 worldwide.
Toastmasters International “Top 5 Club Membership Drive” Award Winner (3 times) – Created innovative, fun membership drives that inspired club members to participate.
Junior Achievement – Program Administrator and Board of Directors (volunteer positions)
Served on three Junior Achievement (JA) Board of Directors in Utah
Oversaw and led all three JA programs (Student Company Program, Business Basics and Applied Economics) in Ogden, Utah. Trained 50 business executives on how to guide JA club operations, planned trade fairs, award banquets and more.