Richmond Clubs and Organizations

• JGH Consulting/Epicuriousity

  With over 15 years of marketing, account management, and advertising experience, I have worked on both the agency and client side in a wide variety of capacities and industries. From healthcare systems and governmnent agencies to museums, non-profits and financial services, I have experience in branding companies and organizations large and small, telling their stories, and increasing their public awareness, sales, traffic, and constituent loyalty. These work experiences are enhanced by my diverse educational background. With an MBA, and a BA and MA in Art History, I am able to combine the worlds of the left and right brain. I am well versed in the strategies of marketing and social media, the hands-on mechanics of production, and the research metrics to measure its success. I am also very involved in the food world, writing a blog Epicuriousity and as a freelance writer for Style Weeky as well as the Vice-Chair for the newly established Slow Food RVA chapter. I have served as a Board Member for 1708 Gallery and was the Board President in 2008-2009.

• BNI (Business Network International)

  Business Network International (BNI) is the world's largest business networking organization, with more than 5,500 Chapters in 42 countries worldwide. Learn more about BNI by visiting http://www.bni.com. BNI-Central Virginia is the largest and most successful business networking organization in Virginia, with more than 800 members in 41 Chapters in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville areas. Last year, the members of BNI-Central Virginia passed more than 40,000 referrals representing more than $80M in revenue for them. BNI-Central Virginia's CEO/Executive Director, Mark M. Deutsch, MBA, is the areas business networking and word-of-mouth marketing expert and the most sought-after speaker and writer on the topic of referral-based business development.