PROFILE Writer, speechwriter, and seminar leader with extensive experience in business, government, non-profits, and policy

Co-author of The Molecule of More: How a single chemical in your brain drives love, sex, and creativity—and will determine the fate of the human race

The revolutionary book that explains why you do what you do.

Learn more at MoleculeOfMore.com.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: TEACHING Teaching • Lecturer & past director of writing, master’s • Resident Writing Coach, Professional program in PR, Georgetown University Speechwriters Association (PSA) • Creative writing teacher, Georgetown • Writing tips newsletter featured weekly as “Prose • Faculty advisor, Georgetown Speechwriting for Pros” by PSA Advisory Group • Author of One Step at a Time: A Practical Process for • Curriculum designer, Georgetown & Columbia Writing Any Speech, a white paper for PSA Universities • Presented speechwriting seminar for European • Owner and director of The Magic Show, an Speechwriters Guild at Oxford University education website for writing and presenting • Taught speechwriting staff of Chairman of the (ProMagicShow.com) Joint Chiefs of Staff

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SPEECHWRITING, STRATEGY, BUSINESS WRITING & ENTERTAINMENT Speechwriting Strategy • Prepared remarks for more than 20 Fortune • Created media strategy and training for 500 CEOs historic Supreme Court case • Prepared remarks for four presidential • Contributed to media strategy for Senate nominees campaign finance hearings • Co-writer of defense secretary’s remarks on • Scripted over 200 radio debates between European security Senator Edward Kennedy and Senator Fred • Prepared remarks for and coached high- Thompson profile speaker at TEDx Beacon Street • Author of inaugural and first State of the Business & Policy Writing Commonwealth addresses for Kentucky • Ghostwriter for a non-fiction bestseller & a governor major biography • Author of addresses for New Jersey • Scriptwriter for ADDY Awards and governor Advertising Hall of Fame • Former director, White House Writers • Contributor, National Review Online and Group Jewish World Review

Entertainment • Lead author on healthcare policy book for presidential panel • Multiple-award-winning screenwriter and playwright • Wrote portions of White House budget, A Blueprint for New Beginnings • Author of liner notes for Jerry Seinfeld film/DVD Comedian • Senior writer on emergency room project on homeland security • Film critic for major-market radio station and National Review Online • Directed preparation for mock presidential debate partner • Contributing editor, Washington Examiner • Author of monthly newsletter on US • Consultant, The Onion and Saturday Night politics (distributed in Japan) Live

SELECT PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA APPEARANCES • Art of Manliness Podcast • Janice, the literary humor • San Diego Union Tribune • 60 Minutes magazine • San Jose Mercury News • Claremont Review of Books • The Times • USA Today • CNBC • Morning with Heather Hiscox – • Vice’s Tonic Podcast • Digital Politics Podcast – CBC, Canada • Vital Speeches of the Day e-Voter Institute • National Review Online • The Wall Street Journal • Entrepreneur.com • New York Daily News • The Washington Examiner • Good Day New York with Greg • New York Post • The Washington Post Kelly • Politico • The Weekly Standard • Reader’s Digest

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SELECT AUDIENCES AND CLIENTS Corporate Trade Groups, Think Tanks & Societies • AbbVie – Paris, • American Association of Political Consultants • Bechtel • American Hospital Association • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee • Awesome Women Entrepreneurs • Booz Allen Hamilton • Biotechnology Innovation Organization • Citadel • Consumer Technology Association • CME Group ( Mercantile Exchange) • Cooperative Communicators Association • Dougherty Dialectic • The Dead Horse Society (Netherlands • Environics Speechwriters Network) • Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center • The European Speechwriters Network • Global Strategy Group • The Heritage Foundation • Glover Park Group • Independent Speechwriters Summit • The Home Depot • International Association of Business • Kivvit (formerly M Public Affairs) Communicators (IABC) o • Mediabistro Regina, Saskatchewan o Washington, DC • Navy Federal Credit Union o World Conference (June 2020) • NextLevelPractice • International Security Management Association • Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) • National Association of Attorneys General • PR News • National Association of Government • Qualcomm Communicators • Target Corporation • National Association of Government Web • UPS Professionals

Government • The Norwegian Washington Seminar

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • Professional Speechwriters Association

• Colorado Attorney General’s Office • Public Relations Council of Alabama

• Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity • Public Relations Society of America and Efficiency • Silicon Valley Speechwriters Roundtable • Panama Canal Authority • Toastmasters – Calabar, Nigeria • Premier’s Office, Government of Saskatchewan, • VMD Association of Electric Cooperatives Canada • Women in Government Relations • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Military • 82nd Airborne All-American Leaders Conference Education • Defense Information School (DINFOS) • Georgetown Hoya Pitchmasters • United States Army • Georgetown Speechwriting Advisory Group • United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman’s • The George Washington University speechwriting team) • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – • United States Navy Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Non-Profits • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public • Congressional Youth Leadership Council Health • Cristo Rey • University of Maryland • Michael J. Fox Foundation • United Nations Foundation

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HONORS: STAGEPLAYS Stageplays • Belgium Has Fallen o Take Ten Festival – Official Selection (2019) • Brad Pitt o Sky Blue Theatre British Theater Challenge – Short List (2019) o Georgetown University’s Heart of the Harvey Festival – Official Selection (2016) o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Audience Favorite (2015) o San Miguel International Literary Festival – Diez Minutos Play Festival – Semifinalist (2015) • Catchpole o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Audience Favorite (2015) • Color Timer o ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition – Finalist (2020) o Neil LaBute New Theater Festival – Winner (2019) • Details o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Audience Favorite (2016) • The Gettier Problem o Neil LaBute New Theater Festival – Winner (2018) o Sky Blue Theatre British Theater Challenge – Long List (2019) o Georgetown University’s Heart of the Harvey Festival – Official Selection (2018) • Hostages o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Audience Favorite (2011) • How to Save Your Own Life o Manhattan Repertory Theater Summerfest – Official Selection (2013) • The Megaphone o Rockford New Play Festival – Official Selection (2015) • Propaganda o Forearmed Productions Philadelphia Festival – Official Selection (2012) • The Second o Georgetown University’s Heart of the Harvey Festival – Official Selection (2017) • Seinfeld: The Quarantine – Online! o The Company You Keep Theatre Group – Production (2020) • Since the Kids Are Gone… o Freshwater Theatre Company Minneapolis Better or Worse Festival – Official Selection + anthologized (2012) • The Test o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Audience Favorite (2016) • Various One-Acts o NYC Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival – Official Selection “Sex” - 2012-13, 2015-19 “New York Stories” - 2014-15, 19-20 “Boo!” - 2011-16, 18-19

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HONORS: SCREENPLAYS, FICTION, NON-FICTION & MUSIC Screenplays • Henry Wallace o Table Read My Screenplay: Historical/Bio – Top 100 (2020) o International Screenwriters Association Pitch Challenge – Finalist (2020) o Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition: Historical/Bio – Top 25 (2019) o Truth Be Told Non-Fiction Screenwriting Competition – Winner (2018) o International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship – Top 50 Finalist (2016) o Creative World Awards – Finalist (2015) • How to Save Your Own Life o Richmond – Semifinalist (2019) o International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship – Top 50 Finalist (2018) o ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist (2018) o Nicholl Fellowship Competition (MPAA) – Top 15% (2015) o Creative World Awards – Quarterfinalist (2014) o World Series of Screenwriting – Finalist (2014) o Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Competition - Finalist, Grand Prize + Semi-finalist, Feature (2013) o Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist (2012) • The Joby Project o Faith in Film International Screenwriting Competition – Semifinalist (2017) o Christian Screenwriting Competition – 2nd Place (2012) o Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays – Semifinalist (2012) Fiction • Bus There o NYC Midnight Microfiction Competition – Semifinalist (2020) • Water, Falling on Water o Boulevard Magazine Short Fiction Contest – Finalist (2016) • The Wiring o ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition – Quarterfinalist (2019) Non-fiction • The Molecule of More o Next Generation Indie Book of the Year: Science – Winner (2020) Music • “Technical Writer” (w/comedian Steve Goodie) o The Dr. Demento Show – Featured (2017)

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HONORS: PROFESSIONAL • Dean’s Service Award – Georgetown University • Member, Advisory Council • Outstanding Faculty Member, Nominee – o Professional Speechwriters Association (multiple years) – Georgetown University (PSA) • Most Entertaining Instructor (multiple years) – o Gotham Ghostwriters Georgetown University Professional Program in • Host, Speechwriters & Executive Communicators Public Relations & Corporate Communications Conference – Ragan Communications • Magis Lecture – Georgetown University (also • Judge, Theodore Sorenson Speechwriting published in “Vital Speeches of the Day”) Competition – Ragan Communications • Weiss Lecture – Southeast Missouri State University • Judge, HEARD Creative Writing Competition EMPLOYMENT 2000-Present Various clients Washington, DC Writer, seminar leader

2007-Present Georgetown University Washington, DC Lecturer Director of Writing, Department of Public Relations and Corporate Communications

2007-Present Ragan Communications Chicago, IL Leader, Speechwriting and Executive Communications Seminars

2000-10 White House Writers Group Washington, DC Director

1999-2000 National Association of Realtors Washington, DC Chief Speechwriter

1998–99 Widmeyer Baker Public Relations Washington, DC Assistant Vice President and Senior Writer

1996–98 Senator Fred Thompson Washington, DC Chief Speechwriter and Special Assistant

1990–96 Various publications Nashville, TN Freelance writer

1986–96 TCS Management Group, Inc. Nashville, TN Systems analyst and trainer

EDUCATION Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Graduate studies in general physics

Murray State University Murray, KY B.S., Physics; cum laude; full scholarship; ranked #1 in department

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