Curriculum Vitae

Bonnie A. Blake28 East 10th Street

New York, NY 10003(917) 596-1021

bonnie@bonnieblake.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnieblake

BIOAs an educational leader, faculty, advertising and marketing communications professional, Ms. Blake offers transformative leadership advice to her clients and students to create successful learning and career outcomes.

She founded Bonnie Blake & Company to bring creative communications and measurable customer relationship management (CRM) solutions to clients across various media. Her practice helps leaders in higher education, non-profit and commercial companies grow and succeed in this changing media and communications landscape.

She encourages pro-active stakeholder participation, aligning best in class knowledge, insights with emerging technologies and design thinking to changing needs of audiences and markets. Ms. Blake’s contributions to New York University over 25 years included Academic Program Director, Advisor and Faculty of the Master’s Program in Graphic Communications Management and Technology; and as Coordinating Chair for the graduate degree programs in Publishing, Digital Imaging and Design and continuing education programs in Design and Digital Arts. She has also served as a special advisor to students in Independent Study and Culminating Experience at NYU Gallatin. Ms. Blake’s leadership philosophy is to provide transformative opportunities for learners to launch, develop and grow in their careers. She is focused on creating and developing innovative professional programs for diverse types of learners and for various levels of expertise. She has extensive experience working with industry leaders and advisory boards to build strong communities. These relationships have resulted in strong learning outcomes, internships, mentorships and jobs. She creates engaging and collaborative and innovative events in higher education and business.

Ms. Blake serves on the New York Women in Communications Foundation board as co-vice president of mentoring. She is also an advisor and mentor for students and alumni from the NYU, Boston College and the Graphic Communications Scholarship Foundation. She was recently highlighted in the Spring 2015 University of New England press for her appreciation of the marketing, admissions and program teams’ dedication to online learning for doctoral students. She was honored with the “Best in Communications” award at the Fall 2014 Franklin Luminaire event, for her contributions to education in the media and communications industry. The Luminaire Award was

highlighted in the global magazine article by Dalim Software in Spring 2015. She received the 2013 Naomi Berber Memorial Award honoring outstanding women for her role as an educator. She has served on the Board of the Advertising Production Club of New York. She was honored with the NYU PRISM Alumni Achievement Award for Graphic Excellence in 1993.

Ms. Blake is a passionate adult learner. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership at The University of New England. She earned her M.A. in 1987 from New York University. She graduated cum laude from Boston College in 1976 with a B.A. in History and a minor in Education. Bonnie lives in Greenwich Village with her family plus a lab named “Piper.”

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY POSITIONS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU SCPS 2013 to Fall 2014Academic Program Director, Faculty and Student Advisor at NYU SCPS 2007 – 2013Coordinating Divisional Chair at NYU SCPS 2007 – 2010Special Advisor for Independent Study and Culminating Exp. NYU Gallatin 2006 - 2008Acting Program Director at NYU Steinhardt 2005 – 2007 Associate Program Director at NYU-Steinhardt 2004 – 2005Super Adjunct Instructor and Student Advisor at NYU Steinhardt 1998 – 2004Adjunct Instructor at NYU Steinhardt and NYU SCPS 1989 –2012

Courses Taught * Emerging Topics: Managing Group Dynamics for Innovative Teams*

Design and Persuasion Graphic Communications Management

Graphic Communications Management Seminar Buying and Selling of Print and Graphic Communication Products Graphic Communications II: Print and Web Media Culminating Experience – M.A. Capstone Thesis

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Independent Study: Customized student research projects and the internship program with industry

Created additional emerging topics curriculum in for Data-Driven Decision Making, Effective Communication Across Media, Strategic Sales and Building and Managing Communities in Social Media. Guest Speaker in CRM Marketing.

Summer 2012 Summer 2012

HOSTED EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRY EVENTS

NYU’s Prism Award Luncheon to support student scholarships, sponsored by the Program’s Advisory Board

New York Women in Communication (NYWICI) Twitter Chat Presenter on the benefits of mentoring

NYWICI “Pay It Forward” career panel for high school students from diverse educational backgrounds

NYWICI Annual Student Career Conference

NYWICI Annual “Night of the Coaches” Mentoring Event

MediaPost’s “Future of Media” Forum

Seminar on “High Growth Opportunities in Advertising”

Mobile Media panel: “Google vs. Apple: Who Will Win?”

Apple Educational Event: “Innovation with Mobile Apps”

Advertising Production Club of New York’s educational seminars at NYU

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS EXPERTISE

President and Founder Est.1982 Bonnie Blake & Company, Inc., Advertising andStrategic Communications

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Visiting NYU faculty, Italy’s Lipari School of Computational Science: Course Topic: The Importance of Human Engagement in Social Data Mining and Emergent News” delivered live in Italy and via audio stream to NYU students.

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Representative List of Clients

Liddell & Company: Salesforce Partner/CRM Integration Consultants: Higher ed client projects include: Stanford NY Internship Program, University of

New England, Glass Panel (Education Dynamics)Association of American PublishersAT&TBlake Global – Real Estate Appraising and ConsultationCBS Radio NetworksChic Jeans/H.I.S JeansCNNElectronic Media Marketing AssociationForbes MagazineGrubb & Ellis Real EstateHarperCollins – College PublishersLippincott Raven PublishersLucent Technologies/Caribiner GroupNational Geographic Television Explorer and LibraryNational Information Standards Organizations (NISO)New York University PepsiCoPitney Bowes/ZabitTishman Realty Corporation – Hotel Division

Director of Strategic Marketing/Advertising and Technology 1985 – 2011Blake Global

Director of Creative Services – Print 1980 – 1982 Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc.

Advertising and Promotion Manager 1979 – 1980Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company

Special Account Group Coordinator 1978 – 1979DKG Advertising: Simon & Schuster, Ideal Toy

Assistant to the Director of Corporate Participation 1976 – 1978United States Olympic Committee

EDUCATION

Doctoral Candidate, Educational LeadershipUniversity of New England: Online Present

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Master of Arts Degree 1987

1987Graphic Communications Management and TechnologyThe School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts ProfessionsNew York UniversityM.A. Thesis Culminating Experience topic: “The Role of Communication between Clients and Printers”

Professional Certificate: Advertising and Promotion 1980

The School of Continuing and Professional StudiesNew York University

Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, Dean’s List 1976Boston College/Newton College of the Sacred Heart

Major in History Minor in Education

PRO BONO SERVICE, HONORS & AWARDS

Beaudoin Endowed Scholarship for Online Learning

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The University of New England 2015-2016

Published in UNE Magazine for Online Programs University of New England 2015

Pro bono marketing, admissions and student retention consultant, The Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center, SUNY 2015

Co-Vice President, Mentoring and Mentor New York Women in Communications Foundation Board Present

Mentor, The Graphic Communications Scholarship Foundation Present

Mentor, Students and Alumni from NYU and Boston College Present

“Best in Communications” Luminaire Award Idealliance/Franklin Event

2014

“Naomi Berber Memorial Award, Distinguished Leadership”Printing Industries of America 2013

Honored contributions to education and increased student membership 2011NYWICI Matrix Award Luncheon

Award for Innovative Graphic Design Concept & Execution 1998Pitney Bowes/Zabit

Featured in the National Corporate Film for Pro Bono Ad campaigns 1995Best small business: “Winning in the City.”New York Special Olympics

Recipient of the PRISM Alumni Achievement Award for Graphic Excellence 1993New York University

Company Profile featured in alumni advertising campaign for the program 1992New York University

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