Writing Resume
Susan
K. Wenzel
Employment
· Food Writer/Specialty Food & Wine (Retail),
bayleaf, Coupeville, WA
September 2016 – Current
o
Research and write about current food and wine
trends with a focus on seasonal store needs, sustainably produced/procured
products, and local food webs
o Investigate and select new, innovative food products for sale in retail establishment
· Food Writer, Whidbey Life Magazine, Langley, WA
April 2013 – September 2014
o Researched and wrote news articles, assigned and independently selected, with a focus on “the power of locally produced food to fortify the health and well-being of both the individual and the community as a whole.”
· Nonprofit Executive Director (Environmental
Management), Back Bay Restoration Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA
July 2007 – July 2010
o
Singlehandedly managed all operations of water
quality/environmental protection/sustainability, Back Bay National Wildlife
Refuge friends group nonprofit, including: Acquired grant money for, planned,
and conducted annual public environmental education forum, fundraising events,
scientific fieldwork, monthly board meetings, monthly membership meetings,
weekly interagency working groups, and school, scout and community group event
presentations.
o Authored and edited organization documents, including: legal documents, press releases, interagency communications, training lectures, monthly membership newsletter, website and social media presence, grant proposals and packages. Notably, rewrote twenty-year-old, typewritten, original organization bylaws. And updated archaic tax documents.
· City of Virginia Beach, Planning Department, Environment and
Sustainability Office, Intern, Virginia Beach, VA March
2010 – June 2010
o Riparian buffer grant proposals (4)
o Riparian buffer Virginia native plant implementation plan (4)
o Interagency coordination plan (4)
o School, scout, civic group project plans (4)
Sonar Technician, United States Navy
July 1987 – July 2007
o
Surface Warfare Development Group, Staff
Writer, Norfolk, VA. Authored and edited
in excess of 100 technical manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and
time-critical Naval messages
November
2004 – July 2007
o
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), Sonar
Technician/Torpedomen Leading Chief Petty Officer, ASW weapons custodian,
Urinalysis Coordinator, Norfolk, VA.
Authored and edited in excess of 100 (SOPs), safety procedures,
classified and hazardous material handling procedures, Mk-48 torpedo and
AGM-114 Hellfire missile handling procedures, Maintenance, Material, Management
(3M) Procedures, and time-critical Naval messages
April
2002 – November 2004
o
Commander Undersea Surveillance, Staff Writer,
Training Officer, Moral Welfare and Recreation President, Urinalysis
Coordinator, Virginia Beach, VA.
Authored and edited in excess of 100 technical manuals, Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs), training lectures and courses, and Surveillance
Training and Operations Procedures, SURTOPS, Maintenance, Volume 6, Edition 3
May
2000 – April 2002
o
Commander Naval Forces Japan, Military Liaison,
Yokosuka, Japan. Authored and edited in
excess of 100 technical manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training
lectures and courses, and Maintenance, Material, Management (3M) Procedures
March
1997 – May 2000
o
Commander Undersea Surveillance, Staff Writer,
Training Officer, Moral Welfare and Recreation President, Urinalysis
Coordinator, Virginia Beach, VA.
Authored and edited in excess of 100 technical manuals, Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs), training lectures and courses, and Computer Based
Curriculum (CBC) and Learning Management System (LMS) storyboards and
courseware modules
March
1994 – March 1997
o
Naval Ocean Processing Facility Ford Island,
Navy Maintenance and Material Coordinator, Electromechanical repair technician,
Honolulu, HI. Authored and edited
command wide, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual Maintenance, Material,
Management (3M) Procedures
March
1991 – March 1994
o
Naval Facility Whidbey Island,
Electromechanical repair technician, Oak Harbor, WA. Authored and edited work center weekly,
monthly, quarterly, and annual Maintenance, Material, Management (3M)
Procedures
June 1988 – March 1991
Education
·
Creative
and Professional Writing MA, Central Washington University, Ellensburg,
WA
September 2021 – June 2023 (Expected)
·
Creative Writing/Literature, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
May 2015 – June 2016 (No degree)
·
Professional & Continuing Education
Certificate in Editing, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
January 2012 – July 2012
·
Nonprofit Management, Tidewater Community
College, Norfolk, VA
May 2008 – August 2008
·
B.S. Environmental Management, University of
Maryland, University College,
Adelphi, OR
August 1997 – May 2010