Gretchen Healey

About Gretchen Healey

Business owner delivering copywriting, content creation and online marketing strategy to small businesses with a focus on tourism and wildlife conservation. Blogging, website content, editing, marketing copywriting and newsletter creation are among Pangolin Media\'s offerings. Travel experience in more than 60 countries, with a deep knowledge of African travel destinations. Clients include tour operators, trade groups, destination management companies, wildlife conservation organizations and more.Dedicated leader and volunteer with long track record of serving the non-profit and NGO community at the board of directors officer, member-at-large, and event leader levels.Tenured executive IT leader with extensive experience in service delivery, outsourcing, integration, and managing large, global organizations with budgets exceeding $100 million. Direct experience in the travel, transportation, utility, communications, health care, telecom, and education industries. Specialties: content creation and management, blogging, travel industry, tourism, travel writing, writing, editing, web content, marketing copy, leadership, executive management, leadership development, career development, organizational development, strategic thinking, change management, change leadership, consulting, customer relations, executive management, executive leadership, resource development, leadership, networking, process engineering, corporate communications, IT leadership, IT manager, service delivery, management, service delivery.

Experience

1. Marketing Director

   Kusini Collection

   Jul 2015 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   The Kusini Collection is a US-based travel marketing firm that represents an exclusive group of complementary, owner-operated camps, lodges and ground handlers in Africa and Latin America. Our collection offers a premium service, unique travel experiences and comprehensive cross-selling potential for our trade partners. We are intimate, personalized and entirely focused on connecting highly-qualified, knowledgeable and productive North American agents and outfitters with elite in-bound operating partners. Ultimately, we strive to increase occupancy and drive travelers to the destinations we support.

Education

• Metropolitan State University of Denver

  BS, Computer Information Systems and Management Science

  1992 — 1997

Skills

• Web Marketing Strategy
• Wildlife Photography
• Management
• Networking
• Business Process
• Business Process Improvement
• Travel Photography
• Data Center
• Information Technology
• IT Strategy
• IT Management
• Coaching
• Cloud Computing
• Leadership Development
• Blogging
• Integration
• Vendor Management
• Business Intelligence
• Outsourcing
• Facebook Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Executive Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Leadership
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Saas
• IT Service Management
• Email Strategy
• Change Management
• Professional Services
• Telecommunications
• Sharepoint
• Email Marketing
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Program Management