Cathy Sweitzer, SCC Associate Consultant for Writing and Marketing
Cathy brings marketing, writing, and teaching experience to
her role in Science Communications Consultants.
She learned her craft at Foote, Cone and Belding
Advertising, Chicago, where she worked in television production and qualitative
research. She ran her own market research business for ten years, assisting
clients as diverse as Ralston Purina and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Cathy has served as a Director of Communications at the
University of Chicago, where she managed an educational outreach program for
over 2000 Chicago Public School students.
She has taught writing at Northwestern University, Sarah
Lawrence College, and Dominican University, where she is currently on the faculty.
Jim and Cathy’s collaborations combine his
scientific credentials and educational vision with her years of writing and
teaching experience. Together, they offer clients a solid science story with
narrative flair.
Elizabeth
Monroe-Cook, Ph.D., SCC Associate Consultant for Creative Problem
Solving/Group Facilitation
Liz brings years of expertise and leadership in creative
problem solving to SCC’s clients. She has been helping businesses and
individuals ask the right questions, understand complicated answers, and
translate information into action for more than 20 years.
As a facilitator, Liz creates and employs innovative
techniques to provide in-depth and meaningful information for strategic
planning, product and service development, and effective communications. She is
able to help individuals and teams analyze and integrate multiple sources of
information, work effectively together, and apply creative thinking skills to
solve complicated problems.
Liz focuses on the human factors involved in organizational
health and effectiveness, working with individuals and groups to identify,
develop, and apply their own skills and leadership.
"Jim, you and Liz really helped make the meeting a big success. I very much enjoyed teaming up with the two of you and appreciated your commitment to this project before and during the meeting. It was a big job of great importance to us!"
