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Jana Laird Phillips is a native Texan, who has lived and worked in Dallas, Washington DC, and Houston. She is a BBA graduate of Baylor University with a double major in Marketing and Journalism. Ms. Phillips worked in the Energy Industry for several years, and has numerous articles published in Energy trade journals. She is currently the publisher/owner of an online magazine, www.houstonhipandhaute.com
Ms. Phillips writing career began at an early age when she won a city wide essay contest “What Thanksgiving Means to Me” in the fourth grade. She continued her writing with short stories that were published in her high school’s literary magazine. Ms. Phillips was an honor student, a National Honors Society member and officer, a class officer, a member of the Student Council, and the lead in the Senior Play. In her Senior Year she was chosen by the yearbook chair and committee as the Outstanding Female of the class.
While at Baylor University she worked on the school paper, The Lariat, and in the Public Affairs office. She was very involved with her organizations and was a member of the Homecoming Court her junior year. She was a member and officer of the business school honor society and the public relations student society. She was one of three journalism students chosen to attend an advertising/marketing seminar in Dallas.
At the beginning of her professional career she worked on utility rate cases, wrote procedural manuals and was in the first marketing department at the utility. She was a Loaned Executive to the United Way and ran the company’s United Way Campaign two years. She was a member and officer of the PAC.
While at the utility she created a program to educate banks and the home building industries on the positive benefits of energy efficient construction, and equipment. When the annual Architects Interior Association (AIA) was in Dallas, she coordinated a tour of one of the most energy efficient new home construction for the convention attendees.
When the International Electrical Engineering Exposition (IEEE) was held in Dallas and the utility was the host, Ms, Phillips was in charge of tours to plants and other off site places for the attendees.
With her extensive work with the Homebuilders Association, she was awarded the top award of the year. The utility CEO was also the Chairman of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and he asked Ms. Phillips to be on his team to recruit new members. Ms. Phillips signed up the most new members that year for the Chamber and was awarded a prize for her work.
While at the trade association, Ms. Phillips expanded the National Accounts program where she was the liaison to the utility member, vendors, and seven different commercial industries. She represented the trade association at conventions, organized her conventions, spoke at meetings, and wrote articles for energy and other government studies.
Her positions at NYMEX and Calpine involved marketing and representing them at DOE, FERC, and the RTO’s (regional transmission organizations.
In Houston she is involved in many charities as member and officers. She was Chair of the American Red Cross Ball, and as a member of the Rotary club she was on the Lombardi Award committee, as the Parent Liaison.
Ms. Phillips enjoys meeting new people for her online magazine, and is working on her next Sterling Barrington Novel.
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