Partial Client List

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Artsmarketing Services, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) 

Wrote award-winning telemarketing presentations for high-dollar fundraising and season subscriptions on behalf of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Axios Press (Arlington, Virginia)   

Designed a number of books by Hunter Lewis: The Words of Jesus, A Question of Values, and Beguiling Serpent, as well as Nonsense by Robert Gula. Wrote direct mail promotions for books, and created a website for their sale.

Kate Barfield, Esq. / Straßer, Rehm, Bruns and Barfield (Chemnitz, Germany, and Atlanta, Georgia) 

Designed logo and letterhead for international law firm, and created direct mail package to clients on behalf of the firm

BodyWorks Health and Fitness Center (Palm Bay, Florida)  

Literature and advertising coordinator (writing, editing, design) for "The BodyWorks Challenge," a statewide bodybuilding contest. Wrote, edited, designed and produced monthly corporate newsletter. Designed logo and letterhead.

Bread for the World (Washington, D.C.)  

Edited and designed brochure for national conference. Copy-edited "Share the Harvest of Peace" media kit for H.Con.Res.259 / S.Con.Res.91 (the "Harvest of Peace" Congressional Resolution), and did public relations and advance publicity. Copy-edited press releases, promotional material, editorials, and background papers for national, local and religious media.

Bread for the World Institute on Hunger & Development  (Washington, D.C.)  

Content and copy edited Hunger 1990: A Report on the State of World Hunger, a comprehensive annual volume on global hunger. "Translated" statistical research and economist/policy analyst jargon into lively and accessible prose. Prepared bibliography for Hunger 1992.

Center for Taiwan International Relations  (Washington, D.C.) 

Content and copy edited Let Taiwan Be Taiwan: Documents on the International Status of Taiwan, a 260-page collection of primary materials and commentary.

Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts)  

Copy edited and designed Women in Research Universities: The Next Quarter Century, a collection of papers presented at a conference held at Harvard and Radcliffe in 1998.

Committee to Elect Ramberto A. Torruella (Washington, D.C.)  

Wrote campaign literature and platform materials for local political candidate; produced series of pamphlets on specific issues facing area residents.

The Communicator (Middletown Springs, Vermont)  

Copy and content edited local monthly newspaper.

Dragonfly Software / Equal Access Systems (New York, New York) 

Wrote and edited technical documentation for multilingual word processing software. Created direct mail packages and advertising brochures for new software releases.

The Environmental Council of the States  (Washington, D.C.) 

Design and layout ECOStates, a quarterly magazine for the national association of state environmental offices. Design the organization's annual financial and innovations reports, national directory of environmental agencies, meeting agendas, and capability brochures.

EnvironmentLink.com (Arlington, Virginia)  

Mounted initial fundraising drive for fledgling environmental clearinghouse.

Essential Wellness, PLC (Center Rutland, Vermont)   

Wrote and designed brochure for Wendy Leffel, M.D., a physician who balances traditional medical approaches with alternative therapies. Designed website (forthcoming).

Family Health International / AIDSCAP  (Fairfax, Virginia) 

Did the layout and design for the book AIDS in Kenya: Socioeconomic Impact and Policy Implications for national advocacy organization.

Haiti Reborn (Brentwood, Maryland)  

Wrote direct-mail high-dollar fundraising package for grassroots activist organization working for peace and justice in Haiti.

Long and Foster, Realtors (Washington, D.C.) 

Spearheaded advertising campaign for Capitol Hill office, and designed all office advertising. Wrote promotional and self-marketing materials for various real estate agents.

Lynn Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts) 

Designed book cover for Days with the Magicians: An Intimate History of Family Therapy.

Middletown Springs Historical Society (Middletown Springs, Vermont)  

Designed website for regional historical society. Design and layout quarterly newsletter.

Middletown Springs Planning Commission (Middletown Springs, Vermont) 

Created design and layout of Town Plan.

Pres-Den Pet Enterprises, Inc. (Columbia, Maryland) 

Wrote advertising brochure for boarding kennel, and promotional literature for pet limousine service. Coordinated Pres-Den advertising at Columbia Industrial/Business Exposition.

Priests for Equality (Brentwood, Maryland)  

Translated, edited, and wrote scholarly commentary for The Inclusive New Testament, a non-sexist and non-classist translation of the New Testament scriptures; also designed the volume, and did all promotional advertising for the project. Translated, edited, and wrote scholarly commentary for The Inclusive Hebrew Scriptures, a three-volume non-sexist and non-classist translation; also designed the volume and created all promotional materials for it. Edited and translated inclusive-language Sunday and daily lectionary texts. Wrote and produced numerous direct mail fundraising packages. Wrote and designed several advertising brochures.

Public Interest Communications (Falls Church, Virginia) 

Wrote telemarketing presentations for high-dollar fundraising on behalf of some thirty-five different political, environmental and artistic organizations, including Amnesty International, the National Organization for Women, the Sierra Club, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Reproduction Research Institute (Arlington, Virginia)  

Fundraising drive for organization researching alternative reproduction control methods.

RESULTS Educational Fund (Washington, D.C.)  

Did the design and layout for their international Microcredit Summit publications: Declaration and Plan of Action, and Microcredit Summit Report. Created webpage of information for their post-summit report.

Side Roads, LLC (Takoma Park, Maryland)   

Edited, designed and produced all publications for innovative, Internet-based travel information services company. Designed the Side Roads website.

St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church  (Washington, D.C.)  

Wrote, edited, designed and produced Bread, weekly newsletter with an international circulation. Wrote, edited, designed and produced occasional newsletter for St. Stephen's Community Center. Was contributing editor/translator for Hearing the Word: An Inclusive-Language Liturgical Lectionary, a ground-breaking and critically acclaimed three-year cycle of biblical readings cast in non-sexist language.

Starlit Ridge Farm (Middletown Springs, Vermont)  

Designed website for farm offering Friesian horses, llamas, Cormo sheep, and luxurious fiber products.

Tad Galin (West Melbourne, Florida) 

Wrote book proposal and outline for autobiography of an immigrant's life under Hitler and Stalin.

Time-Life Libraries, Inc. (Washington, D.C.) 

Wrote award-winning telemarketing presentations for most of Time-Life Books' popular multi-volume libraries. Wrote Creating Successes of Your Employees: Seven Principles of Effective Personnel Management, a telemarketing sales and management training manual.

Vermonters for a Clean Environment (Danby, Vermont)  

Created fundraising campaign for organization trying to thwart plans for a new limestone quarry in a pastoral Vermont valley.

World Health Organization—Tuberculosis Programme (Geneva, Switzerland)  

Designed and copy edited TB—A Global Emergency: WHO Report on the TB Epidemic (1993). Copy-edited WHO's 1994 Annual Report.

Publications: Books

The Inclusive New Testament (translator/editor). Brentwood, Maryland: Priests for Equality, 1994.

Completely new translation of the New Testament scriptures from the original koiné Greek into richly poetic, non-sexist and non-classist modern English. Now in its third printing.

The Inclusive Hebrew Scriptures (translator/editor). Brentwood, Maryland: Priests for Equality, 1999, 2001.

New translation of the Hebrew Scriptures from the original Hebrew and Aramaic into non-sexist and non-classist modern English. Published The Inclusive Psalms as a separate book in 1998. Volume I: The Torah and Volume III: The Writings already published; Volume II: The Prophets is forthcoming.

Hearing the Word: An Inclusive-Language Liturgical Lectionary (contributing editor/translator). Washington, D.C.: St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1985.

Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed three-year cycle of biblical readings cast in inclusive language.

Publications: Magazine and Newspaper Articles

" 'Christianity and Lakota Tradition: One and the Same.' " The Witness, January 1992.

Interview with the Rev. Virgil Foote, an Episcopal priest and full-blooded Lakota Sioux.

"Mazakute Integrates Christianity and Traditional Way." Soundings, April 1992.

Profile of Episcopal mission in Minnesota that incorporates Native American forms of worship into a traditional Episcopal service.

"Red Road, White Road: Native American Spiritualities and the Church." Episcopal Life, October 1992.

Discussion of the tension between Christian ministries to native people and the need to preserve their own traditional religions.

"Raised in Rage." The Witness, November 1992.

Profile of Emmett Jarrett, president of the Episcopal Urban Caucus who took a controversial vow of non-violence.

"Clear-cutting" (sidebar). The Witness, June 1993.

Investigative report on the practice of clear-cutting in the Pacific Northwest.

" 'No More War. No More Injustice.' A Cry from North Ireland." The Witness, July/August 1993.

The impact on "the troubles" in Northern Ireland on young people.

"Peace in Israel/Palestine?" The Witness, July/August 1993.

A look at attempts to create greater understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.

"Teaching Peace." The Witness, September 1993.

An interview with Washington Post columnist and peace activist Colman McCarthy.

"The Word in Our Hearts." The Witness, December 1993.

A look at the love-hate relationship many 20th century Christians-lay and clergy alike-have with the Bible. Article won the 1994 Polly Bond Award for Excellence in Communications.

"What to Expect from the House of Deputies." The Witness, General Convention Supplement 1994.

Overview of the Episcopal Church's 1994 General Convention, and forecasts by special-interest groups and advocacy organizations.

"A New Captivity of the Churches." The Witness, October 1995.

An interview with author and theologian Gibson Winter.

"ANC Candidate Responds." The In-Towner, November 1990.

A discussion of the issues in a local Washington, D.C. election.

"Sustained Outreach Boosts Membership at D.C. Church." Washington Diocese, June 1991.

Profile of inner-city church renowned for its social activism.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things
new.

—Samuel Johnson