I thought the easiest way to introduce myself would be to recycle my CV and add a few illustrations to make it more pleasant to read.
When I started collecting information about environmental films I realized the best way for me to keep track of it was to create a blog.
Philippe Boucher
370 Grow Avenue, Apt.B 12
Bainbridge
Island, WA 98110
(206) 842-0810
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Entrepreneurial professional with
25 years experience in advocacy, local and national government, communications,
foundation and non profit association settings.
Innovative,
seasoned strategist and communications veteran able to lead organizations in sharing their vision and values through integrated and
diverse communication vehicles, including
, web site, strategic media outreach, books, newsletters, brochures, leaflets, radio/TV programs.
Demonstrated success in
conceptualizing, implementing and securing funding for new initiatives.
Proven skills in strategic
planning, management, research, writing, consulting, and contract
administration.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bainbridge Island, WA, 1999-2005
Founder of the community web-radio Voice of Bainbridge
Founder of blogvert and blogosphere, French blogs devoted to environmental issues and blogging trends, greenplogs about how to create a network of green bloggers
Founder of the web-directory Tobacco Control Directory
Editor and publisher of the book
People
and Issues in Tobacco Control, 124 cyberinterviews
Editor of 135 cyberinterviews about tobacco control issues posted on tobacco.org
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation : Secured
$100,000 grant to develop, create
and launch the Tobacco Control Directory.
Secured $50,000 grant to survey and analyze tobacco
control websites and to produce 52 interviews.
Union International Union Against Cancer:Secured funding to conduct and edit 50 interviews of tobacco control
leaders from around the world via e-mail.
National Committee for Tobacco Control
Executive Director
Paris, France 1991-1997
Initiated
and supervised more than 200 lawsuits to enforce the Tobacco Control Act.
Obtained
more than $2 million in punitive damages
and
out of court settlements.
Initiated
aggressive TV media campaigns funded by money from punitive damages and out of court settlements.
Successfully
lobbied the French Health Ministry to save and implement the International Convention for Smoke-free
flights.
Developed
and managed the first Tobacco Quitline in France.
Developed
a special stop smoking project designed to decrease smoking among pregnant
mothers and their families.
Obtained
grants and successfully led and organized five European projects under the auspices of
the Europe Against Cancer Program.
Created
the first tobacco control session within the International Congress on
Anti-Cancer Treatment.
Launched
the first daily tobacco control news service in French for the worldwide
anti-tobacco network Globalink.
Researched
and wrote briefs for senior ministry officials on a variety of public
administration issues including global and strategic planning related to tobacco control.
Led
a staff of eight to fifteen professionals and numerous external consultants.
Directed
extensive research, writing and production of in-depth reports on tobacco control.
Edited
and managed production of organizational publications including newsletters,
press reviews, public policy updates, association membership directories, non
smoking guides to restaurants and public places.
Participated
and contributed abstracts to four world conferences on tobacco or health.
Interviewed
on national television, Good Morning
America and various radio programs about tobacco control issues.
Tabac-Environment
Founder and Chairman
Paris, France, 1986-1998
Created
and developed a small, dynamic Non-Smoker’s Rights Association and eventually took over The National
Committee for Tobacco Control.
Adapted
the classic documentary film Death in the West into French.
Obliged
the French state Cigarette Manufacturers
to stop the launching of a new cigarette brand, targeting teens by showing that
the brand name would appear on a complete line of notebooks and school
supplies.
Conducted
the first code of conduct surveys about smoking habits of
French politicians
and CEOs for a future corporate social responsibility awareness campaign.
Produced
and for the first time in Franceran a TV spot about the effect of passive
smoking on infants and children. Obtained
funding from the Environment Ministry.
Developed
a school curriculum about tobacco control and passive smoking.
Association for the
Promotion of Recycled
Paper
Founder and Chairman
Paris, France, 1978-1986
Created and developed a line of
recycled paper stationery products
Created a recycling center and successfully
lobbied the Telecommunications Ministry to
provide a national program for the recycling
of all phone books.
Organized two international conferences on paper recycling
Author of the award winning book L'espoir des arbres
on forestry issues,paper waste and recycling.
(Best Environmental Book of the Year in
1983)
Wrote the official brochures and leaflets
devoted to recycled paper for the French
Environment Ministry.
Created a consumer cooperative
and a successful mail order catalog
for recycled paper products.
Recipient of a grant from the
German Marshall Fund of the USA
to study recycling programs.
European Environment
Bureau
Intern and Assistant
Brussels, Belgium, 1976-1977
Wrote position papers on sustainable agriculture
and energy issues.
Loretto
Heights College
Assistant French Professor
Denver, CO 1974-1975
Created a class entitled Women in French history.
Organized an exhibit of cartoons by J-J Sempé years before he was on the cover of The New Yorker Magazine
Taught French language and literature
Created a French Cinema Club
University of Cameroon, Law School
Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1973
Assisted in compiling and editing administrative court decisions.
EDUCATION
University of Paris 1 University of Cameroon, Yaoundé
M.A. Political Science 1974
B.A.French Modern Literature 1973
University of Paris 4
M.A.Communications, CELSA 1972
University of Paris 10
J.D Law 1971
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