About Me
I trust that my many years of proofreading and copyediting experience in various areas augment the success of my clients’ endeavors. I am a college educator and a former business owner. My specialties lie in business and academia.
Over the years, my business skills and experience encompass newsletters, brochures, website content, marketing, advanced Word and Excel, computer maintenance, project management, media public relations, and QuickBooks.
My Proofreading and Copyediting areas of proficiency include Academic Proofreading, Business newsletters, e-blasts, sales brochures, company annual reports, formatting, graphics, charts, tables, scoring teacher qualification exams, study method and business websites, real estate, and website content.
Professional activities of interest include the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Board Member, SlingShot Project Board, local Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program and Kiosk project manager, and currently, a Project Gutenberg volunteer proofreader.
Following is a brief occupational history of relevant experience and skills, which I hope you will find interesting.
Account Executive, A.G. Edwards and Raymond James Investments (NYSE, ASE, CBOE)
Adjunct College Professor–Computer Applications: Windows O/S, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Publisher
Online Workplace Communication Skills and Customer Service Help Desk courses
Adult Education Instruction Credentials: Business Education, Public Administration, Adult Basic Education, Math, Computer Applications, GED, ESL
Counseling—Florida Suicide Hotline and South Florida and Florida State Hospitals Forensic Units
Education—M.S. Education (Instructional Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction, B.S. Business Administration
ESL master’s degree thesis
Information Specialist and Statistician—Public Relations, National and State Press and U.S. government offices and officials; press releases; reported FBI crime statistics. Write, edit, and proofread for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Crime in Florida Annual Report
Instructional Material Development—Schurr Learning Owner, online college undergraduate and graduate students’ Study Skills Program
Owner, Colonial Securities Corporation, Inc. (Florida)—Mortgage Broker; residential and commercial mortgage origination and title closing. Real estate sales. Wrote preliminary abstract reports for the loan committee’s attorneys
Owner of an SMB Business—Computer sales, networks, installation, and maintenance—sales material; online e-blast and newsletters; newsletters’ content. MS Publisher sales material and brochures
Planner Analyst Systems Engineering Labs, Inc. Department coordinator, developed the Management Information Systems (MIS) Software program
Professional Activities—Board Member, WIOA Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Leadership Council, evaluated the Mentoring and Incubator RFPs; wrote the Excel program to calculate and evaluate incubator and database PDR awards.
Auburn Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program and Project Manager, marketing kiosks program
Score and evaluate essay exams submitted for graduate teacher qualification certification examinations
Property Management– Regency Realty, Inc., operation and finances of seven large apartment complexes and on-site resident managers and employees
Real Estate—Licensed Florida Residential Real Estate Appraiser and VA Residential Appraiser
U.S. Census Bureau—Office Operations Manager, Training, Questionnaire Processing; Field Support
Website—Wrote a 10-page educational study method website for college and graduate students and maintained the site