A Résumé of Commitment, Experience, and Service

Thorough background in Finance, Business Management, Cash Management, Financial Operations, and Financial Systems.

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Family

• Married to Victor Cozzone
  
• One child

Chester County resident

• 2006-2007 Campaign for Chester County Commissioner — won 2007 Democratic Primary

Professional Experience…

Rodale, Inc., 2001 to Present

Corporate Business Manager

• A family owned publisher of books and magazines, which focuses on inspiring people to improve their lives and the world around them. Notable titles are Prevention and Men's Health magazines and books such as The South Beach Diet and An Inconvenient Truth.
  
  • Monitor costs, budget and forecast compliance, prepare annual budget and three-year strategic plans
  • Revise allocation methodology for each department
  • Developed internal policy; implemented process, procedure and policy
  • Developed a forecasting and tracking tool for sizable expansion of an office facility, monitoring all related capital and operating spending
  • Prepared a three-year strategic plan for new-ventures investment and tracking/reporting vehicles for each investment's capital and expenses
  • Prepared business plans and developed financial impact analysis of man-hour requirements
  • Created and implemented new processes, procedures and models to account for revenue and costs.

esävio Corporation, 1999-2001

Director, Treasury Operations

• An investor-backed consulting company specializing in Managed Services, e-commerce and network systems resale

Network Programs, LLC, 1997-1999

Controller (1998-1999)
Assistant Controller (1997-1998)

• A startup software company providing Service Order Management solutions, primarily to the Telecommunications industry

Scholastic, Inc., 1995-1996

Business Manager, Sales and Marketing, Instructional Publishing Group (IPG)

• The largest publisher and distributor of children's books in the world; IPG — educational solutions in print and media for kindergarten through eighth grade
  • Responsible for all IPG revenue and Sales and Marketing expense planning, forecasting and analyses

Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985-1994

Sales Systems Manager, College Division (1993-1994)
Business Manager, The Free Press (1992-1993)
Financial Business Manager, College Division (1990-1992)
Manager of Financial Analysis, Macmillan Publishing Company (1988-1990)
Financial Analyst, Macmillan Publishing Company (1985-1988)

One of the largest and best known international publishers in the world

The Dreyfus Corporation, 1984-1985

Staff Accountant

• One of the nation's leading mutual fund companies

Education…

The College of New Jersey (fka Trenton State College)

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Dean's List 1984, 1984