Career highlights 2015

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Paul Quillin Darden Darden Publishing 1640 Emerald Dunes Drive Sun City Center, Florida 33573-4433 Phone 757-389-5473 Fax 757-389-5473 Cell 757-869-0029 E-mail: darden.publishing@verizon.net Web Site: http://dardenpublishing.net 1993 to present – Darden Publishing & Creative Communications an Advertising/Publishing company. Publisher of COASTAL VIGINIA; Living in Hampton Roads formerly Living on the Virginia Peninsula magazine, an annual Newcomer / Welcome Guide.

Publisher of Hampton Roads BRAVO! The voice for Cultural Arts magazine, a bi annual Cultural Arts and Art Venue Guide. Publisher of Healthcare in Hampton Roads and Former publisher of the USO Military Guide to Hampton Roads and Living in Greater Isle of Wight, the welcome guide for the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce. Former Sales and Marketing Manager for UNIGLOBE Travel World.

1988 to 1993 – Owner of Creative Concepts a full service Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations company. Former full time marketing and sales contracts with: Stout Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado; Warwick River Design & Marketing, Newport News, Virginia; Commercial Marketing Services, Atlanta, Georgia; Special Event coordinator for Read Commercial Properties, Hampton, Virginia; Advertising Sales manager for HRT formerly PENTRAN, Hampton, Virginia.

1974 to 1988 – First Federal Savings & Loan / Bay Savings Bank. 14-year career from Branch Manager to Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations.

1968 to 1971 – United States Army tour as a Musician and Public Information Officer for the U S Continental Army Command Band, Fort Monroe, Virginia.

1958 to present – Professional musician, recording artist as a drummer / percussionist.

Education

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B S Degree in Business Administration from Christopher Newport College of The College of William and Mary Degree of Distinction – The highest honors within a 60 course curriculum from the U.S. Savings & Loan League’s Institute of Financial Education Graduate of the Saving’s Institute’s Marketing Society Association’s Marketing School at the University of Tennessee Graduate and assistant Instructor of Dale Carnegie’s Public Speaking program Graduate of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute

Awards & References

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2008 ALLI award for Media contributions to the Arts & Culture of Greater Hampton Roads.

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Past President of Peninsula Sales & Marketing Executives

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Past President of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute Alumni Association

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Past President for Christopher Newport University Alumni Association

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Past President of the Peninsula Institute of Financial Education

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Served or serving on the following boards and commissions: 2011-2013 President of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads 2014 Retired from the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce American Marketing Association Junior Achievement United Way of the Peninsula Virginia Bank Security Association Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council’s membership committee 1998- 2000 Executive Committee of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce (VPCC) 1998-2000 Vice Chairman of Marketing for VPCC 2000 Small Business Advocate of the Year for VPCC 1999 Volunteer of the Year for VPCC 1999 & 2000 Chairman of the President’s Circle of the VPCC 1998 President’s Award from the VPCC 1997 Ambassador of the Year from the VPCC 1996 & 1997 Chairman for the Peninsula Housing & Builder’s Public Relations Committee 1997-99 Vice President of Membership Development 1998 – 2003 Cablevision Commission for the city of Newport News, Virginia 1987 Chairman of the VPCC Seafest committee 1987 Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from the Peninsula Sales & Marketing Executives Club

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Recipient of various certificates & awards for volunteerism and fund raising efforts

PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

Living in Hampton Roads magazine are full color, and glossy 8 ¼” x 10 7/8” publications printed annually. It is designed specifically as a reference guide for the Virginia Peninsula and Southside communities that together is now commonly known as Hampton Roads.

Editorial and local photography represent a collection of factual data that includes area maps; neighborhood profiles from all 13 Hampton Roads municipalities; a Quick Start telephone reference guide for new arrivals.

Editorial sections cover the Media; Real Estate; Home Building; Education opportunities; Health Care; Entertainment and Recreation; Arts & Culture; Festivals and Events; Restaurants; Shopping; Active Senior Living and Military Life. The Business Development section has references regarding Employment opportunities; Economic Development; a Publishers FYI, Regional Leadership; Economic Percolators; Small Business Boosters; a financial buffet and Meetings and Conventions. The Community Profile section provides Economic Development info on all 17 cities and counties of the Hampton Roads market. In addition there is a People’s Choice Business Guide category index for Business Advertisers.

Testimonial users of the publication endorse it as a handy reference guide that enables small and large business owners a source of information to enhance their education about the market area’s lifestyles and a one source guide to set up new households. Most importantly it is a reference guide that enables people that are starting or enhancing existing businesses a source for advisory and financial assistance agencies to promote successful business operations.

It is mailed worldwide to inquires wanting information about the Hampton Roads area and is available locally at the following locations: The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce; the greater Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce; The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce; the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association; the Hampton Roads Alliance for Economic Development; The Peninsula and Williamsburg Associations of Realtors; local Military Installations; major corporations; hotels; restaurants; Real Estate Agencies and a variety of local businesses serving Hampton Roads.

The former USO Military Guide to Hampton Roads magazine (see sample) 68 pages, 5½” x 8 3/8”, full color, and glossy and printed annually as a source of shared revenue for the USO of Hampton Roads. It is designed to specifically serve Military personnel and their families at all 14 Military Bases in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

The editorial contains the most requested services that are provided to military families, including reference locations shown on all military base maps. It is designed to carry in an automobile glove box for handy reference of all the major military facilities with telephone listings.

It also describes the services available and locations of the Hampton Roads USO Centers. Among the editorial sections include: Arts & Entertainment; Chapels; Child Care Centers; Higher Education; Commissaries & Exchanges; Family Service Centers; Financial Aid; Health Care Facilities; Housing Referral offices; Major Commands; Military Education; Military Installations; Military Legal Assistance; Military Medical Facilities; and Military Moral, Welfare & Recreation Offices.

Revenue was shared and distribution is provided by the USO Hampton Roads through the Military Family Service centers for new arriving personnel and is available at all 14 military bases plus USO centers and Naval Shipyards.

Other publications produced by Darden Publishing include a Parent’s Guide to Family Day Care, written by Linda Pollard; a Public Relations manual produced for the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association; a Blind author’s autobiography and others (samples available by request).

In addition to these publications, Darden Publishing is currently marketing custom CD ROM presentations for local businesses, creating graphic designs, print advertisements, newsletters and company logos for area businesses and organizations (see samples).

Paul Darden has also written several marketing plans and proposals for local businesses in previous years with his Creative Communications business.

Producer of n audiovisual presentation entitled “Living on the Virginia Peninsula a Hampton Roads Community” This presentation is now available for Paul Darden’s speaker’s tour with area civic groups and professional organizations. The mission is again to promote business growth and real estate sales in Hampton Roads while showing its good characteristics to all groups interested in viewing. I would be happy to give you a private showing if it will help in my evaluation.

NEW MAGAZINE TO PROMOTE HAMPTON ROADS CULTURAL ARTS (NEWPORT NEWS, VA) – Hampton Roads Bravo!, a new regional cultural arts publication, has been launched by The Cultural Alliance of Hampton Roads and Darden Publishing. The premiere issue was published in January 2008.

The magazine, scheduled to publish every January and July, in addition to a smaller spring festival supplement, is the result of a non-profit/profit venture to promote the arts in Hampton Roads across all venues, political boundaries and artistic disciplines. It will foster public and private arts funding, arts education, and community and individual participation, as well as encouraging membership in the Cultural Alliance, which has served as the arts and culture community’s advocacy organization for almost 30 years.

Paul Darden, president of Darden Publishing, which has published the lifestyle guide Living in Hampton Roads and its predecessor Living on the Virginia Peninsula since 1994, is publisher. Gail Kent, who has more than 30 years of experience as a writer, editor and business communicator, is executive editor.

The glossy, four-color magazine will be distributed free of charge at arts venues, businesses, select retail and municipal locations, airports, Hampton Roads area Chambers of Commerce, business and professional organizations, hotels, and to local and state dignitaries and legislators.

Each issue will include features and interviews on Hampton Roads arts and artists; stories that address cultural arts topics such as arts and the law, sustainability, regionalization and funding; a venue map and arts organization list; dedicated sections on each of the major arts; and short news items.

To submit news items and story ideas or to obtain more information on advertising, contact Paul Darden at darden.publishing@cox.net or (757) 389-5473, or send releases to 931 A Shoal Creek Trail, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 or fax to (757) 389-5477.

What is important in our lives? Family, Jobs, and Education regarding our Health are at the top of the list.

To continue my mission to help and support our community of Hampton Roads, we are introducing a new and very special, semi-annual supplement publication:

“Healthcare in Hampton Roads� ARRIVED in November 2009 will provide an opportunity for physicians and medical facilities to promote their medical expertise or support in the Healthcare community.

Features will include national health issues as well as articles on local health practitioners and facilities from BOTH THE PENINSULA AND SOUTHSIDE It will enhance the Healthcare Directory within our current Living in Hampton Roads publication by providing current issues and news of the Best of Hampton Roads healthcare providers and of course have the glossy coffee table shelf life quality that has been our trademark here at Darden Publishing for over 16 years.

COASTAL VIRGINIA magazine replaced Living in Hampton Roads magazine in February 2012. They are full color, and glossy 8 ¼” x 10 7/8” publications printed annually. It is designed specifically as a reference guide for the Virginia Peninsula and Southside communities that together is now commonly known as Hampton Roads. Editorial and local photography represent a collection of factual data that includes area maps; neighborhood profiles from all 17 Hampton Roads municipalities; a Quick Start telephone reference guide for new arrivals.

Editorial sections cover the Media; Real Estate; Home Building; Education opportunities; Health Care; Entertainment and Recreation; Arts & Culture; Festivals and Events; Restaurants; Shopping; Active Senior Living and Military Life. The Business Development section has references regarding Employment opportunities; Economic Development; a Publishers FYI, Regional Leadership; Economic Percolators; Small Business Boosters; a financial buffet and Meetings and Conventions. The Community Profile section provides Economic Development info on all 17 cities and counties of the Hampton Roads market. In addition there is a People’s Choice Business Guide category index for Business Advertisers.

Testimonial users of the publication endorse it as a handy reference guide that enables small and large business owners a source of information to enhance their education about the market area’s lifestyles and a one source guide to set up new households. Most importantly it is a reference guide that enables people that are starting or enhancing existing businesses a source for advisory and financial assistance agencies to promote successful business operations.

It is mailed worldwide to inquires wanting information about the Hampton Roads area and is available locally at the following locations: The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce; the greater Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce; The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce; the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association; the Hampton Roads Alliance for Economic Development; The Peninsula and Williamsburg Associations of Realtors; local Military Installations; major corporations; hotels; restaurants; Real Estate Agencies and a variety of local businesses serving Hampton Roads.

A Business and Practice Management Magazine for Physicians MD News is an award-winning, custom business and practice-management publication for leading physicians and surgeons.

Custom publishing is a sophisticated form of marketing that builds relationships with customers through a collection of articles, the majority of which are sponsored by select underwriters and advertisers. Local editions of MD News are published in major markets across the United States, creating a national footprint with unparalleled local impact.

Content underwriters and advertisers in MD News gain powerful opportunities for targeted marketing by reaching our select readership of the most influential people in the medical industry in a high-quality editorial environment. Each issue of MD News contains a wide array of relevant national and local information of great interest and importance to physicians.

The articles highlight leaders in the medical field doing groundbreaking work, along with a variety of medical, business and practice-management topics such as hospice care, HIPAA compliance, Medicare, genetics and alternative medicine, as well as stories related to personal finance and retirement planning.

Through its highly targeted circulation strategy, MD News provides underwriters and advertisers valuable access to readers with tremendous buying power. To increase the exposure and impact of your marketing messages, MD News also offers a strategic reprint program that allows you to leverage your article as it appears within the publication as a stand-alone marketing resource.

Paul Darden Publisher MD News Richmond & Hampton Roads Region c/o Darden Publishing 757-389-5473 cell 757-869-0029 fax 757-389-5477 http://MDNEWS.COM MD News Corporate Office True North Custom Media 738 Broad Street, Suite 708 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 428-266-3244

Recommendations for Paul Darden Owner/Publisher/Executive Editor

Darden Publishing

Penny Peters

Business Development Paul is a creative and keenly intelligent businessman. I had the pleasure of working with him in public relations/marketing for Bravo magazine.

He has demonstrated over and over again that his knowledge, combined with his commitment to excellence in his expertise, results in producing innovative and outstanding publications.

Paul's leadership, dedication and achievements, have contributed greatly to our community and has helped to enhance life here in Hampton Roads.

January 13, 2013, Penny reported to Paul at Darden Publishing

Van White

Photographic Artist Paul published the Bravo magazine, which was an excellent periodical. It was very professional and highly regarded by everyone I showed it to.

Van December 2, 2012, Van was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Jim Hamilton

Author of a series of fictional books at Self I have had the honor to get to know Paul and read much of his publications. I believe him to be a wonderful addition to any professional organization.

March 14, 2012, Jim worked with Paul at Darden Publishing

Don Willis

President at Village Events, Ltd. Happy to endorse Paul Darden and his publishing company. If you want get the word out to a very focused group Darden Publishing is worth considering. Paul and his staff will make sure you get the biggest bang for your dollar.

December 29, 2011, Don was a consultant or contractor to Paul at Darden Publishing

Elena Montello

Development Director at Hope House Foundation I have worked with Paul for a little over two years promoting Hope House Foundation’s Stockley Gardens Arts Festivals via “Bravo.” Paul is very professional in a personal sort of way, which I love. He always follows up, not only when it’s time to advertise, but throughout the year. I truly believe his publication is of who he is.

December 20, 2011, Elena was Paul's client

Wilson Futrell

Site Manager, Sentara PACE Churchland at Sentara Life Care I worked with Paul in starting up a new healthcare publication. Paul is well-connected in the community and has a passion for the local area that is reflected in his informational publications about services, events and entertainment in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. He has a vision for each of his publications and works well with his colleagues in translating that...more October 19, 2011, Wilson reported to Paul at Darden Publishing

Tina Dwyer

Realtor, Property Manager, Investor Paul is an advertising professional and entrepreneur that holds himself to to the highest ethical standards. He maintains a broad presence in the Hampton Roads Community, with a far reaching network. I can recommend with certainty that he will succeed and exceed any undertaken endevor.

Sincerely, Tina Dwyer October 19, 2011, Tina reported to Paul at Darden Publishing

Natalie Miller-Moore

Communications and Marketing Strategist Paul lives up to his reputation as a community leader through his innovative local publications. He works to ensure that all voices are heard as he brings people and organizations together. With the addition of HealthCare in Hampton Roads, he's innovating in-depth coverage in a much needed area, as well as highlighting local services and organizations to share their missions.

October 17, 2011, Natalie reported to Paul at Darden Publishing

John Thomas Caldwell, CPA, MST, CGMA

Managing Partner at Malvin, Riggins & Company, P.C. Paul is a leader in his field and professional to the highest level.

October 12, 2011, John Thomas was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Marty Weber, CEBS

Senior Employee Benefits Consultant at TFA Benefits (A TowneBank Company) I have known Paul Darden since the very early 80's. I have worked with him in business related organizations as well as social. I would recommend Paul and his work highly.

Socially Paul is great.

Marty October 12, 2011, Marty was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Diane York

President at Diane York Creative Paul Darden produces magazines that are visually stunning and are packed with current important information. I worked with him on an edition of Bravo!; writing an article on the Arts in Richmond, VA. His company, Darden Publishing, is run in a professional, efficient manner and brought out the best of my talents.

October 12, 2011, Diane was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Tom Powell

President / Creative Director of The Addison Group Paul is a dedicated entrepreneur with forward-thinking vision and excellent branding skills. His publishing work is superior to the status quo.

October 12, 2011, Tom was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Mark Hanna

President & CEO, Virginia Company Bank I have worked with Paul as a fellow director at the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. I have always found him to be insightful and very engaged in the operations of the Chamber. During this time I have been exposed to his work. While we have not worked together directly, I have heard nothing but positive accounts of the quality and professionalism of the work done by...more October 12, 2011, Mark was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Sandy Sammons

Print and Marketing Solutions Breeger Media Group Paul is creative, disciplined and has a great set of values and knowledge which makes him such a great publisher. He truly loves his work and life.

October 12, 2011, Sandy was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Chip Booth

Dominion Brokerage LLC As a business owner I worked with Paul to create an article & advertising for my firm in Living on the Virginia Peninsula for several years. Paul was always very reliable, consistent and creative providing an excellent representation of my company at a reasonable cost. I can highly recommend him to anyone considering his services.

October 12, 2011, Chip was Paul's client

Leslie Hanson

Owner, Energy Reduction Solutions, LLC Paul is dedicated to his profession and he does it very well. If Paul knows one thing he knows public relations and people. He's kind and easy to get along with.

October 12, 2011, Leslie was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

MaryAnn Toboz

Executive Director at Tidewater Arts Outreach As producer of Bravo! magazine, Paul manufactures and publishes a dynamic, professional, inclusive magazine that takes on a broad topic, the arts in Hampton Roads.

Bravo! is well executed and beautifully produced. I also commend Paul for his voluntarism and for his advocacy of the arts. We need more community supporters like him!

October 11, 2011, MaryAnn was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing

Bud Ramey

Author, Public Affairs Consultant Paul is one of the finest people I have had the honor of working with over thirty years in communications. He is creative, disciplined and has a fabulous set of values in his work ethics and life. It has been and will continue to be a joy and an honor to work with Paul Darden.

October 11, 2011, Bud was Paul's client

GAIL KENT, MFA, ABC

Award-winning PR and Marketing Pro | Corporate Storyteller | Social Media Trainer and Consultant | Writer I have known Paul for years, but only worked with him for the past year since we began planning to publish Hampton Roads Bravo!, a cultural arts magazine. It has been a pleasure working with Paul. He is doggedly determined, hard-working, honest, and a visionary -- not to mention a fun guy to work with. He cares about quality and cares intensely about making his customers happy.

March 18, 2008, GAIL was with another company when working with Paul at Darden Publishing