Associate Director, May 2008-present
Mechanical Service Contractors of America, national press and public relations, publications, website administration. Rockville, Maryland. Websites: www.hvacgreen.net, www.projecthomeagain.com, www.mscastar.org, www.5starcareers.com.

Editorial Consultant, various clients, 2000-2008
Designer, Photographer, Researcher, Family Furniture by Lisa Tracy, a personal history of inheritance, under contract with Bantam Publishing, Spring 2009. Strategic printed materials and Web sites for countywide campaigns, individuals and organizations. I have worked as an environmental reporter with additional copy-editing duties at (now defunct) Business Publishers Inc., Silver Spring, MD

Public Relations Chair, Public Television Chair, Vice President of Administration, Montgomery County Council of PTA, Montgomery County, Md. 1995- 2004
I produced MCCPTA's 200-page annual directory (2002) and created and hosted two television programs aired on the local cable network: Dealing With Report Cards and Bullying in The Schoolhouse. I handled press inquiries for MCCPTA and regularly prepared press releases and information packets distributed to more than 40 outlets in the DC metropolitan area.
Editor, The Connecticut Law Tribune, Stamford, Conn. 1988, 1989 (as Virginia D. Sederis)
Law Enforcement Writer, The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn. 1985-1987 (as Virginia D. Sederis)
Associate Editor, New Jersey Reporter Magazine, The Center For Analysis of Public Issues, Princeton, N.J. 1983 - 1985. (as Virginia D. Sederis)(Now The Institute for New Jersey Studies New Jersey Heritage Press Inc., Morristown, N.J.)
Assistant Public Information Officer, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Trenton, N.J. 1981 - 1983. (as Virginia D. Sederis)
Reporter, The Herald News, Passaic, NJ, 1977-1981 (as Virginia D. Sederis)

Training

• Completed 25 hours toward Web Design and Media AA, Montgomery College, Rockville, Md.
• Television Field Producer and Field Technician, Montgomery Community Television, Rockville, Md. (certification)
• Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. national conferences, annually from 1979 through 1988. (I was a guest instructor on Organized Crime in New England, 1988)
• Women in Politics, Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J, (certificate)
• Photography for Publication, The Kodak School, Fort Wayne, Indiana (certificate)
• BA English and Secondary Education, Limestone College, Gaffney, S.C.

Memberships and Awards

Maryland PTA Life Membership Award
Executive Board Member, Montgomery County Council of PTAs
Board of Directors, Montgomery Community Television (2002-2006)
Member, Child Well-Being Committee, Collaboration Council for Youth and Families (2003-2006)
First Place Award from the Connecticut Chapter of The Society of Professional Journalists (1987)
The New Jersey State Bar Association Journalism Awards, First Place (1984 and 1985)
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award (1985)

Contacts

Web Designer Laura Sergovic; Montgomery County (Maryland) Board of Education Member Sharon Cox; former Business Publishers, Inc. Editor Mame Templeton; Author Lisa Tracy.

Ginny Hillhouse

Tools Used

Creating structure, strategizing, research, photography (Canon PowerShot Pro1), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat

 

Reporting, copyediting

 

 

Managing plant and staff, budgeting, creating and maintaining design vision and editorial focus, creating remote bureaus, increasing circulation and ad revenues, working with printer

 

 

Writing, editing

 

 

Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, server and domain setup, photography,ad creation and placement, database-linked mailing, knowledge of election processes,law and regulation

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