Prior to moving to DC and becoming a freelancer, I worked in marketing at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. That experience helped open doors in DC, where I was able to work on a number of projects for the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (CFNCR). I wrote the quarterly newsletter for CFNCR for nearly three years, and also worked on several special reports and marketing pieces. For instance, in 2005 I wrote five donor profiles for CFNCR’s annual report. I particularly enjoyed working on this group of profiles because I had great conversations with some really committed, visionary philanthropists, including Joe and Lynne Horning. Each profile had a key word as its title that also appeared on the cover of the report – for the Hornings, that word was “transforming.” View sample profile (PDF)