Position:
co-founder at Context Travel
Location:
Greater Philadelphia Area
Industry:
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Work:
Context Travel
since Oct 2002
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co-founder
1995 - 2011
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freelance writer
Landscape Architecture Magazine
1996 - 1998
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Senior Writer
The New Press
May 1994 - Dec 1995
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publicist
Education:
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School 2009 - 2011
certificate, entrepreneurship
St. John's College (NM) 1996 - 1997
MA, Liberal Arts
Macalester College 1988 - 1992
BA, English
The Williams School 1984 - 1988
high school diploma
Skills:
Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Tourism, Travel Management, China, Leisure Travel, Journalism, Writing, Publishing, Editing, Leisure
Interests:
travel, architecture, archaeology, sailing, 18th century political philosophy, Roman hydrology, Algerian cuisine
Honor & Awards:
Context is a Conde Nast Traveler "Top Travel Specialist" (2010-11), on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing American companies, and named one of the top European companies by Travel + Leisure (2006). As a writer I've won a Thomas Lowell Award for travel writing and been included in the Best American Travel Writing (2005) and Best American Nature and Science Writing (2006).