Employment History:

9/94-Present

Editor/Publisher/Co-Founder/Entreprenuer
Modern Ferret magazine Lake Grove, NY
Publishing on-going award-winning magazine (min magazine’s 12 Best Magazines in the Magazine Industry in 1999 and Samir Husni’s 50 Most Notable Launches of 1995) about domesticated pet ferrets. Performing any task required including locating writers, assigning articles, editing, copy editing, proofreading, and writing articles, columns, press releases, and ad materials. Educating the public about ferrets, including television and radio appearances and writing books.

1/93-10/93

Managing Editor  
Global Medical Communications Ltd., New York, NY
Working with writers, medical doctors, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies, and slide and typesetting houses to ensure the timely and accurate completion of projects. Range of projects: journal article submissions, newsletters, slide kits, symposia materials, and monographs. Ensuring smooth flow of work through traffic and word processing departments. Medical writing and rewriting.

6/92-12/92

Senior Copy Editor 
Global Medical Communications Ltd., New York, NY
Supervising copy editors and proofreaders.

Other Skills:

• The Ferret: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
  1996, Howell Book House, New York, NY. ISBN 0-87605-498-X
• The Wit and Wisdom of the Modern Ferrets: A Ferret’s Perspective on Ferret Care  
  2000, Modern Ferret magazine, Lake Grove, NY. ISBN 0-9667073-0-3

Awards/Honors:

•  Samir Husni's 50 Most Notable Launches of 1995
• min magazines 12 Best Magazines in the Magazine Industry 1999
• Commendatino from Thomas Gulotta, County Executive 1997
• Featured in Borders Books television and print advertising
• The Ferret has sold over 50,000 copies 
• Modern Ferret has been written up in The New York Times, Entrepreneur's Small Business Start-Ups, The Costco Connection magazine, min magazine, and Newsday and has been featured on CNN.