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My Marketing / Project Management Experience
Thank you for you interest in my marketing skills and background.
I have over 20 years experience in
creative marketing development, graphic design and project management.
I have helped a number of large high tech firms as well as smaller
independent organizations to develop and create strategic marketing
tools that will enable them to receive increased visibility.
From collateral development to web design to multimedia
presentations and tradeshow support, I am here to assist with your
projects – large or small.
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My Breast Cancer Experience
In
December of 2003 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was 42,
the same age my mother was when she was first diagnosed.
Interestingly enough we were diagnosed 25 years apart. During
this time I kept an online diary – affectionately nicknamed Bald
Wendy – to keep my family and friends updated as I progressed
through my treatments.
 I shared candid thoughts about how I was feeling physically and
emotionally, and displayed many photos including my head being
shaved in preparation for chemo, the team at the cancer center, and
even photos of my nieces and nephew painting my head like an Easter
egg.
The site was shared by hundreds of people – many of whom I didn’t
know but who thanked me for sharing my story so candidly and
honestly. Because I understood first hand the impact a breast cancer
diagnosis can have on a patient and their family, I decided to
create a similar site that would enable others to stay connected as
well.
In 2004 I broke away from the corporate routine
to start the non-profit organization
BreastCancerStories.org – an online community where people going
through breast cancer can stay in touch with loved ones and with one
another while going through treatment.
You can read my story here.
I have also been very active in other breast cancer initiatives
including
Seacoast Concert For A Cure,
Breast Friends Calendar and helped
Fill The Gap
with their website and marketing collateral.
My Life
I grew up on the seacoast of NH surrounded by music,
especially 4-part a cappella music sung in the barbershop style. I sang
with my sister Debbie in two Harmony,
Incorporated International championship quartets –
Heart’s Delight (1989)
and Limited Edition (1995) – and co-founded and co-directed
New England
Voices in Harmony, also with my sister Debbie. I was honored in 1995
to sing and win yet another quartet championship with
Exhilaration.
Our father, Jim Dodge, was
the founder and past director of
Sounds of the
Seacoast (previously known as The Harborbelles) – a chorus I am
now very privileged to direct – and is currently the
director of the
Yankee Clipper chorus, a men’s barbershop chorus also based in Portsmouth.
Our mother Joanne Dodge (although a big fan) didn't catch the "barbershop bug"
but has dedicated much of her life to senior issues. Among other things
she founded
Senior Moments Theater Group – a group of seniors who put on an annual
play at Seacoast Repertory Theater and travel throughout the greater seacoast
area writing and producing (often quite humorous) plays that address senior
issues.
I live in Eliot, ME with my wonderful husband,
Kevin and our very cute dog,
Bailey. Our (combined)
kids – Erienne,
Brittany,
Sean and
Ryan – are all grown
and (mostly) on their own. ;>)
When not engaged in all of the above I love to spend time in
my garden and to
sail with Kevin. In fact,
my husband is the Commodore of the
Piscataqua Sailing Association.
Outdoors on the seacoast is just priceless.
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