Cathy Rodgers
Marketing Coordinator & Brand Manager

 

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Staff member since 2004

Cathy coordinates Marketing initiatives at Melaver, Inc.  She serves as point-person with our outside Marketing and PR partners, as well as the go-to person in-house for all marketing and web-based needs.  Part design guru, part techno-geek, Cathy’s responsibilities include producing and/or overseeing the production of all marketing materials, coordinating such efforts with our outside marketing folks, participating in the design and layout of such materials, working with our outside IT partners to ensure that our back-of-house web coding does what it needs to do, updating information on both our outside website and our internal intranet site, and serving as a clearinghouse for general information regarding sustainable initiatives.  She has a strong penchant for getting us all to quit pondering possibilities and make decisions, accompanied by a distinctive laugh that makes you wonder “oh, no what did I do now.”  She became LEED Accredited in June, 2005. 

Cathy is a Board member of Performance Initiatives Inc., the Savannah Advertising Federation, and is on the 2008 Light the Night Executive Committee.  She is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council Savannah Chapter,  Buy Local Savannah, and volunteers with Light the Night - The Luekemia & Lymphoma Society. She is a Certified Master Gardener and was nominated as a Buy Local Advocate in 2007. 

When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up?

A toss up between a nurse, actress or a jingle writer - I loved TV commercials and still do, unfortunately I didn't pursue my music.

Name a Movie you could watch over and over again.

Ferris Beuller's Day Off and Miracle on 34th Street

 

Who is your favorite fictional character?

Mr Bill, SNL and my alter-ego Wonder Woman 

What makes you laugh?

Goofy stuff like stupid human tricks and sports bloopers

 

What are you most proud of?

My family and how unique each member is.

 

What green items would you like to incorporate into your life?

I would like to revamp part of my garden from flowers to veggies and install a rain barrel.  I would also like to be on a committee to help green up transporation, incorporate mass transit and eliminate stretch Hummer limos from the planet.

 

If you could be reincarnated, who or what would you like to come back as?

The Apostle John 

Would you do it all again?

Unquestionably - but I think I might exceed my quota of changes.