Resume of Francine Brevetti
Francine Brevetti
770 California Street, #403
San Francisco, CA 94108
Home: 415-397-7830, e-mail: francine@francinebrevetti.com
Work: 510-208-6416
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
September 1998 to present: Regional reporter covering Bay Area personal-finance, retail, high technology, banking and foreign trade for ANG NEWSPAPERS (Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, Fremont Argus, Hayward Daily Review, San Mateo County Times, Tri-Valley Herald).
The Fabulous Fior — Over a Hundred Years in an Italian Kitchen, published by San Francisco Bay Books, November 2004. www.fabulousfior.com
1985-1997, director of FRANCINE BREVETTI PRODUCTIONS in Hong Kong
Covered foreign trade, finance, shipping and transportation in Hong Kong, China and other Asian economies for broad variety of periodicals . Among them (the most recent on top):
Pensions & Investments (Crain Publications)
Seatrade Review (U.K.)
Asian Business
The Journal of Commerce (U.S.)
The South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Business, monthly column
Asia Travel Trade
Asiatrade (Australia)
The Asian Wall Street Journal
Institutional Investor
Business International
The Christian Science Monitor
Dallas Times Herald
San Diego Union
Newsday
The San Francisco Examiner
China Traveller
1995 – I created and led a workshop for entrepreneurs, teaching them how to conduct their own public relations.
1995-97 — I launched, wrote, edited and coordinated the production of bimonthly newsletter for the China chapter of trade association, ECA International, a worldwide organization representing HR professionals who manage expatriate compensation. I conducted the public relations for the association.
1977-1985, The Journal of Commerce, New York City
Staff writer covering insurance, banking and foreign trade
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, advisory board, Grade the News (www.gradethenews.org;) 2003-present
Society for Professional Journalists, Northern California – Board of Directors and Chair of the Program Committee, 1999-present
Women in Publishing Society, Hong Kong, President for two terms, 1994-96
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, Member of the Press Freedom Subcommittee
The New York Financial Writers Association 1978-2000
Who’s Who in America 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Who’s Who in American Women 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Who’s Who in the World 2000, 2001, 2002
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., French
University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., Theatre Arts
Universite de Bordeaux, part of the University of California’s Year Abroad Program
Languages: reading knowledge and conversational fluency in French and Italian;
elementary Mandarin
November 2006