Reporting only to the Executive Director and managing all phases of the operation, including all media contact and leading the day-to-day business operations of a statewide ballot initiative to end race preferences. Legally-charged with the responsibility for financial transfers and state campaign finance reporting and compliance.  Handled more than one million dollars in receipts and expenditures. Successfully defended initiative from legal challenges to campaign finance reports, and filed successful counter-charges against opponents. Created press releases, graphical and written materials for fundraising letters, promotional material, newspaper advertising, and other outreach materials.

Freelance Consulting, Marketing, and Writing
1993 – Present

Most recent investigative publications include a widely-cited investigative analysis in The Wall Street Journal revealing scientific manipulation of data in the Michigan affirmative action cases and opinion editorials in the Michigan Bar Journal, Ann Arbor News, and Kalamazoo Gazette. Work has been cited nationally by columnists Nat Henthoff, Linda Chavez, and Thomas Bray, supported in a Detroit News editorial, discussed on Hannity & Colmes, mentioned in the National Review, and resulted in a detailed scientific analysis by quantitative specialists.

As campaign manager and lead consultant, helped Marty Knollenberg win the "fourth most interesting" Republican-primary of 2006 and become one of three Republican state representatives to garner a higher vote percentage than his 2004 predecessor.
 
Political consultant, writer, and member of steering committee for the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, a statewide ballot initiative to end race preferences. Designed a transitional website for MCRI (July 2003 - Jan. 2004), and co-developed written content for the current petition-drive website (Jan. 2004 - present). Additionally, composed and edited marketing material for real estate agents; directed the marketing efforts of, and developed website for, a local rock band now recording with Grammy-award-winning producers; consulted for political candidates; created promotional material for a motivational speaker; and built a website for a mortgage company.

During an eight-month period in 1994, worked in Washington D.C. in multiple capacities on short-term projects. Proposal and grant writing for government agencies, analysis for consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and the private sector, and other administrative functions for a variety of clients. Skills include research, writing, desktop publishing, graphic design, computer and Internet use on multiple platforms, web publishing, and marketing.

Art Van Furniture, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Novi, and Kalamazoo, Michigan
Commissioned Sales, largest furniture retailer in region
May, 1993 – August, 2002

Created and pioneered company's first 'unofficial' website in 1997, 3 years before company officially came on-line. Made company's first Internet sale in 1997. Recognized as a bedding specialist and as grandfather clock specialist. Attended numerous product specific seminars, selling skills seminars, and factory-production tours.

The Michigan Review
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Business Manager and Staff Writer.
Sept. 1991 – May 1993

Published investigative articles, essays, and opinions; provided general editorial assistance; and assisted in marketing and advertising operations. Promoted to business manager in first six months.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Political Science
Sept. 1989 – May, 1993

* National Merit Scholarship Finalist and four–year Pechiney Corporation award winner. 1989 – 1993
* Regents–Alumni Scholarship award winner.
* Muskegon County Frauenthal Foundation scholarship winner.
* Selected by Political Science department as 1 of 5 students to attend Princeton University Foundation for Student Communication "Business Tomorrow" conference in Atlanta, GA.
* Selected by Economics department (secondary field of study) as the sole U-M representative to the "Student Conference on United States Affairs" at the West Point Military Academy.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The Evidence of Things Not Seen. The Wall Street Journal. Friday, May 16, 2003. W7.

An Economic Alternative to Affirmative Action. The Michigan Bar Journal. May, 2003.

We need to target class, not race: Why should poor white students pay the price for preferential admissions standards? The Ann Arbor News. Sunday, April 13, 2003.Op-ed.

End affirmative action, but help economically disadvantaged. The Kalamazoo Gazette. February 24, 2003. Op-ed.

A Critical Examination of the University of Michigan's Role in NSFNET. The Cook Report on the Internet. January, 1995.

Phantom Funding: Millions of Dollars in Corporate and Federal Research Grants Have Enabled University Administrators to Discover… Paris? Business Today. Winter 1993.
 
Examining the Impact of Military Expenditure on Third World Economies, A statistical review of the mixed effects of military expenditure across the third world. Honors Thesis for Political Science Department, University of Michigan. April 1993.

University Research Policies Questioned. The Michigan Review. October 7, 1992.