About Me
I never had a chance as a ballplayer.
Countless hours heaving pitches at one particular brick in our backyard wall wouldn’t land me on the mound at Dodger Stadium. But they weren’t a complete waste, either. The games I dreamed up between invisible batters — players, teams, and scenarios in the friendly confines of my imagination — would carry me further than my fastball ever could. It was the story of the game that kept me coming back, and it was the storytellers I grew to idolize as the players came and went.
I chased that love of story into journalism, across a continent and back again, from small-town gyms and rural rodeos to big-league fields and arenas. I followed it into creative agencies and around the tables of family brands, then further still into conference rooms of global tech giants.
Now, I help teams of every size tell their stories, clearly and confidently, in a way that’s true to them.
Fast facts
LOCATION
Beautiful Portland, Oregon — probably chasing my kiddos around, pulling weeds in the backyard, or running with an audiobook in my ear.
PRONOUNS
He/Him/His
STRENGTHSFINDER
Includer, Positivity, Strategic, Learner, Ideation
SUPERPOWERS
Jargon busting, audience advocacy, brainstorm ignition, brief tightening, narrative weaving, headline heroics
FIRST BUSINESS
Selling sports cards in AOL chat rooms
FAVE FAR-FLUNG BYLINE
New Orleans Times-Picayune (RIP)
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s in History from Oregon State University, where I was editor-in-chief of the Daily Barometer and a Charles R. Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism intern.
AWARDS TO WRITE HOME ABOUT
2015 BMA B2 Awards: Excellence Award for Internal Branding + Category wins in Custom Publishing and Demand Gen for Praxis, for which I was managing editor.
BEST STORY
Dodging galloping broncos in full cowboy wear on the arena floor of the Pendleton Round-Up.