Faye H. Goolrick
Certified Interpretive Planner and Interpretive Exhibit Writer
A longtime professional writer, editor, and interpretive planning consultant, Faye works with clients throughout the U.S. to develop long-range interpretive plans for cultural and historic sites, including many plans for the National Park Service. She also plans and writes engaging, award-wining interpretive exhibits and audiovisuals. Faye's intelligent, lively prose has won awards in three different fields: interpretive exhibit writing, corporate/business writing, and magazine journalism. A Phi Beta Kappa English major (Hollins College) with an advanced degree in history (University of Virginia), she has helped hundreds of clients with interpretive projects large and small.
Faye has consulted and written for scores of cultural and historic sites, from history museums to battlefields to national forests (National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service), as well as blue-chip corporations (The Coca-Cola Company, Georgia-Pacific, IBM), top-ranked universities (Emory University, Georgia Tech), and mass-circulation journalistic publications (the Michelin Green Guides, Reader’s Digest Publications, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
She holds professional memberships in the American Association of Museums, the Atlanta Press Club, the Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC), and the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), where she earned her Certified Interpretive Planner credential in 2007.
Allie Goolrick
Interpretive Writing, Content Creation, Social Media and Digital Expert
Allie Goolrick worked for more than a decade in fast-paced newsroom environments as a content producer and later the Digital Executive Producer at the top ABC News affiliate in the U.S. She brings a wealth of knowledge about social media, audience analytics, digital content creation, website management and writing for all audiences to every project. She has an M.A. from the University of Georgia School of Journalism
A 2005 summa cum laude graduate of Emerson College, Boston, with a degree in media arts and a specialty in audio engineering, Allie boasts a lifelong background of visits (sometimes unwillingly) to museums, visitor centers, nature centers, and state and national parks all across America.
Chester B. Goolrick III
A retired Wall Street Journal reporter, Dad is Head Cheerleader, Chief Recreational Officer, and occasional consultant and copyeditor for GIG.