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