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SAMPLE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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Patricia Beard (555) 555-5555
Vice President of Community Relations
WXOR-TV, 13 Alive 112 E. Main Street
Anytown, Ohio 44222
patricia@myemail.com

Patricia Beard is vice president of community relations for WXOR-TV/ 13 Alive, Atlanta’s NBC affiliate. In this position, she manages public service events and cause-related marketing campaigns for the station. Patricia is executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning 13 Alive Community Service Awards, a program that annually honors outstanding volunteers, and the 13 Alive Holiday Can-a-thon, Georgia’s largest televised food-raising event.

Patricia is a multi-Emmy Award winner and founder of the Black Women Film Preservation Project. She was named WXOR-TV’s first female vice president in 1982. Likewise, she was featured in USA Today as an Ortho 21st Century Woman, which designated her as one of the women who can lead America into the 21st century.

Patricia received a bachelor of arts degree from Spelman College and Georgia State University awarded her a master’s degree in education. In 2000, she was awarded a master of arts degree in film and video from Georgia State University.

A native of Waco, Texas, Patricia is the wife of Jeff Beard and the proud mother of three sons, Edward, Jeffrey, and Ellis.

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