The Resume

Experience

• Graphic Designer/Photographer/Owner - Hummel Publishing & Design and Hummel Art
• Graphic Designer/Photographer - Boy Scouts of America, Greater St. Louis Area Council
• Graphic Designer - Liberty Creative
• Graphic Artist - MagneTek/Motors & Drives Division
• Graphic Designer/Editor - University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Layout/Copy Editor - Suburban Journals, North County edition
• Reporter/Editor/Photographer - West County News

Freelance Experience

• Graphic Designer/Owner - Hummel Publishing & Design

companies/organizations served:

A.G. Edwards | Anchor Communications | Bethany Center | Burrows Office Service | Catholic Family Service | Christ Presbyterian Church | Clayton Printing Company | The Composing Room | CPB Publications | Creative Management Dimensions Inc. | DePaul Health Center | The Farrell Group | Hastings & Chivetta Architects Inc.| Holy Cross Sisters | Infotron Systems | Macintosh Consulting Group | Mark Twain Summer Institute | Microcomputer Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis | MoneyWise | Morgan-Wightman Supply Company | Mystic Valley | Office of Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs | Pathfinder News | Pegasus Publications Ltd. | Pepsi-Cola | Presbyterian Children's Services | PROPIPE Corporation | St. Louis Public Schools | St. Louis Zoo | Serenity Distributing | SJI Inc. | Software Tutors | SSM Health Care System | Sverdrup Corporation | The Type Gallery | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Voyager Educational Services | Washington University in St. Louis | Wave Technologies Training

Technical

• Adobe Creative Suite 6 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro)
• Microsoft Office 2010
• older versions of PageMaker & QuarkXPress

Education

• Associate in Arts, Graphic Design major/Journalism minor - Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
• Associate of Science, Business major - Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
• certificate in photography, Modern School of Photography, Little Falls, New Jersey
• courses toward Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design emphasis - University of Missouri-St. Louis
• numerous classes and workshops in graphic design, desktop publishing, photography, and specific art topics

Awards & Honors

• National President's Award for Marketing Exellence, Boy Scouts of America
  • best newsletter: Greater St. Louis Area Council's newsletter The Duffle Bag (9 individual years including 2016)
  • best Friends of Scouting [fundraising] brochure: 2012 "Prepared. For Life."; 2009 "The Journey Continues"; 2006 "100 Years From Now"; 2004 "Good Turn"
  • best collateral material: 2015 Summer Camp booklet
• Excellence in Marketing & Promotion Awards from University Continuing Education Association for University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • gold: St. Louis Storytelling Festival Press Kit and Continuing Education Credit & Noncredit Course catalog
  • silver: EconomicsAmerica Program booklet
  • bronze: Mini-MBA Noncredit Management Training logo and Storytelling Fesival Publicity Kit publicity campaign
• St. Louis Camera Club member photography competition
  • numerous awards in "photojournalism," "color," and "black & white print" categories since 1999
  • photojournalism image of the year, honorable mention: "Memorial Day Honors" (2013)
  • photojournalism merit award (2005)
• Selected as one of 27 "Letters of the Year" in Time magazine (12/28/2009):
• "Here's a riddle... If a woman is denied a mammogram at 40 and dies at 45 of breast cancer, how much money does her insurance company save?"
• First Class Scout, highest honor in Girl Scouting at the time awarded

Memberships

• International Freelance Photographers Organization
• St. Louis Camera Club

Military Service

• U.S. Navy, Journalist 3rd Class, specializing in naval aviation