Kris Surette

©2007 Paul Hansen

Kris Surette has worked in the public relations and writing fields for more than 15 years. Most recently, Kris directed media relations for Champlain College in Vermont for eight years. Prior to that position, she was a PR representative at the Museum of Science in Boston and at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont.

Kris has also been a reporter for the Manchester Journal in southern Vermont and was a freelancer writer for the Vail Trail in Colorado and Wakefield Observer in Massachusetts. She has written for magazines, newspapers and Web sites. Her publicity work and writing has earned awards from the Publicity Club of Boston, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Vermont Press Association.

A 1989 Cornell University graduate with a degree in communication, Kris has continued to take courses that sharpen and expand her skills in areas such as search engine optimization, online visibility and marketing, Web analytics, Google AdWords, online social networking, Web development and photojournalism. She’s taken graduate-level courses in magazine writing, reporting and accounting.  She has coordinated with designers, photographers and Web developers for her clients' projects.

Kris is a 2005 graduate of the Leadership Champlain program through the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce. She is a mentor to a young girl at Burlington's King Street Youth Center, and she served as a mentor in the Girls' Eye View program through the Girl Scouts—a program that encourages middle-school girls to express themselves in writing and photography.

A former ski instructor in Vermont and Colorado, Kris enjoys all forms of skiing. Among her favorite activities are hiking, mountain biking, sailing, photography and traveling.

She currently publishes the Vermont skiing blog at www.skimaven.com.