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Since her childhood days touting pigtails and well-pronounced ad copy as she auditioned for talent agents, Erin understood the power of communications. Today, Erin uses the written word to move readers and make things "make sense." As Editor-at-Large for Washington Parent Magazine, she writes feature articles for each monthly issue on a wide range of parenting topics. In this role, she has frequently appeared as an on-air contributor to the WRC-TV/NBC "News 4 at 4:00pm" Washington Parent segment. She is also a frequent contributing writer to Bethesda Magazine and has been published in Washington Woman Magazine and DailyCandy DC.

Erin has more than ten years of experience in business communications in the Washington, D.C. area. Through ELM Tree Communications, Erin writes e-newsletters, brochure copy, web site copy, executive communications, employee communications, press releases and program materials for corporations, consulting firms, non-profits and more. Prior to her freelance writing life, Erin worked as Senior Communications Manager at America Online and managed Global Human Resources Communications at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting). She served on the Board for Washington Women in Public Relations and is a member of Washington Independent Writers. She began her career in Chicago's children's television industry, in roles ranging from production to talent management.

Erin grew up in Chicago and attended Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications in Ithaca, New York. Erin now lives in Potomac, Maryland, with her husband, two sons ages two and six, and a pug named Rizzo.

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