BIO
Simona David is a content creator and media consultant living in the Catskill Mountains, New York.
She is the author of Self-Publishing and Book Marketing, A Research Guide (2013), Art in the Catskills (3rd. edition, 2016), and How Art Is Made: In the Catskills (2017).
Ms. David holds a Master’s Degree in Communications from State University of New York at Albany, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (International Economic Relations) from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania.
EXPERTISE
Ms. David’s consulting expertise draws on important milestones in her career, working as:
- Economist, administering a government program;
- Writer and researcher in the lobbying industry at the State Legislature in Albany, NY;
- PR consultant and marketing strategist for various non-profits upstate New York;
- Media consultant working with award-winning advertising executives, travel and tourism professionals, artists, writers and entrepreneurs to achieve a variety of publishing and marketing objectives;
- Travel Writer, Jetsetter;
- Publisher, Art in the Catskills;
- Author of Self-Publishing and Book Marketing, A Research Guide (2013), Art in the Catskills (3rd. edition, 2016), and How Art Is Made: In the Catskills (2017);
- Contributor to magazines such as Chronogram, Upstater, Explore the Hudson Valley, Catskill Country Magazine, and Catskill Mountain Guide;
- President (2012 – 2019), Writers in the Mountains (WIM);
- Co-founder (2012 – 2020), Greater Roxbury Business Association (GRBA).
certifications
HubSpot SEO Certification
CAUSES
Art and Literature
COMMITTEES
Town of Roxbury Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) Steering Committee
Town of Roxbury Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee
Simona David Consulting 