
Growing companies through strategic marketing is my business. It’s also my passion that's taken me through a 27-year career managing international and national marketing departments as an in-house leader, outside consultant, and business owner, all working directly with senior-level management. As the Chief Marketing Officer of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan-based marketing firm, CCS Innovations®, I spend each day solving business puzzles and my clients’ challenges, sourcing skills earned throughout my experience-rich marketing career. My strategic, common sense approach mixed with a willingness to roll up my sleeves and get to work, no matter the obstacle, that has earned me a reputation as a business ‘miracle worker’. My marketing skills have benefited businesses at all stages, from start-ups to firmly established corporations, in a wide range of industries. My diverse background has included marketing some of the world’s biggest brands as well as countless smaller businesses. I have guided two consulting firms from a single office without a marketing program to worldwide expansion in just a couple of years, earning Inc. 500 and Business Journal ‘Fastest Growing Company’ awards along the way. In 2014, I was named one of the Top 40 Digital Marketers, Globally, by the Online Marketing Institute. Helping others achieve business growth is what led me to write, I Think I Need Marketing: the Knowledge You Need to Build and Manage a Successful Marketing Program. My specialties include: • Designing and managing local, regional, national and international marketing and advertising campaigns and strategies, online and through traditional channels • Developing brands and brand strategies that generate long-term buyer impact and engagement • Creating and managing corporate marketing, both online and via traditional efforts • Working with C-level clients in Fortune 100 & 500 corporations and managing diverse marketing, creative and sales teams
ccsinnovations.com
caninesnkids.org
aquent.com
rotary.org
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Chief Marketing Officer
CCS Innovations®
• www.linkedin.com/company/ccs-innovations
Mar 2009 - Present
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Board Member
Global Campaign for Education-US
• www.linkedin.com/company/gce-us
Sep 2020 - Present
Board Member
Canines-N-Kids Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/canines-n-kids-foundation
Jun 2020 - Present
Owner, Author
I Think I Need®, LLC
Aug 2015 - Present
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Board Member, Executive Member, Communications Committee Chairman
WWLI.org - The Washington Women's Leadership Initiative
• www.linkedin.com/company/wwli-org---the-washington-women's-leadership-initiative
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022
Member, former Communications Chair
Rotary International
• www.linkedin.com/company/rotary-international
Oct 2015 - Dec 2020
Radio Talk Show Host
I Think I Need® Marketing
Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
Board Member, Sponsorship Committee, Events Committee
George Mason University - BOD, School of Business: Women in Business Initiative
Aug 2018 - May 2020
VP of Marketing
Lessard Group, Inc.
Dec 2007 - Jun 2009
Director of Business Development
Zephyr Environmental Corporation
Jan 1999 - Aug 2005