Publishes a quartely life skills e-magazine titled SKILLS FOR LIVING 101. She is founder and facilitator of a popular 100 member author/reader online forum ROMANCE NOIRE BOOK CLUB (Yahoo Groups). Serves as moderator/facilitator for several other online forums. Writes and contributes book reviews to Amazon.com. Reviews books for her Work & Family column at BellaOnline.com Vannie is also the host and editor of the Hot and Spicy Food column and Mystery Movies at BellaOnline.com

Chosen as a judge for the 2003 prestigious EMMA Awards Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, March 6 to 9, 2003.

A member of the Editor/Review Committee of AuthorsEdge.net for Romance and Mystery&Thriller genre.

A member of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's (NJPAC) Womens Board Association and a committee member of the NJPAC Board's Newark Cultural Legacy Committee.

A member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Association of Women in Computing.

Earned a recognition certificate from the American Cancer Society, and inducted as a 'Society Partner" for contributions to the ACS.

Manuscript reader for soon to be published book from the popular "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series

Presently a senior contract assistant in the legal department of a large heath sciences facility where she reviews and drafts contracts for eight university campuses throughout New Jersey. Hobbies include reading, writing, theatre and finance. Hopes to retire in two years to devote full time to publishing her quarterly e-magazine on a monthly basis, writing five book reviews per month and putting more effort into her own businesses; The Independent Publicist/TIP Online; TNC Gifts and Collectibles retail & wholesale giftware and Watkins products.