Ya'el McLoud
Journalist | B2B Content

November 11, 2025, Ya'el worked with Davina but they were at different companies

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Davina on multiple large-scale reports for restaurant-industry trade magazines. On every project, she went above and beyond—not only writing comprehensive, 10,000+ word reports, but also using her deep industry knowledge to strategize and brainstorm what would best serve our audience and our clients’ goals. She is flexible, open to feedback, and highly adaptable. I hope to continue working with Davina and am excited to see what she does next.

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Charlie Pogacar
Editor in Chief, Hospitality Technology | B2B Journalist Covering Hotel & Restaurant Tech

October 27, 2025, Charlie worked with Davina but on different teams

The first day I spent at QSR magazine, I read work Davina had written in a freelance capacity. It was both excellent and inspiring—I hoped to one day write hospitality content as well as she does. In the years following, it was a pleasure to be able to assign freelance work to Davina. I always knew the assignment was in capable hands. She never missed a deadline, and always turned in outstanding work that rarely needed edits. Davina felt like an extension of our team at QSR and FSR, and she was the consummate team player.

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Lauren Monitz Durie
Marketing + Communication for Travel, Tourism and Government Agencies and Brands

Even outside her primary niche, Davina writes with a poetic lyricism that engages while staying rooted in business objectives. She was a pleasure to collaborate with—responsive, quick, and someone I’d be glad to work with again.

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Carolyn Webber Alder
Executive Content Director | Content Strategy | AI Visibility

February 14, 2022, Carolyn worked with Davina but they were at different companies

Davina is undoubtedly organized, professional, reliable, and a phenomenal writer, but what makes her such a joy to work with is the ambitious, eager attitude she brings to every piece of content she produces.

While creating articles, case studies and more for Samsung Business Insights, Davina has blown me away with her enthusiasm for the subject matter and insatiable desire to learn and improve. She is thoughtful in her approach to new topics and skilled at crafting stories that speak to the audience she is writing for — whether that’s a small retail business or an enterprise hospitality company. She is truly an experienced writer and an invaluable asset.

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Courtney Bosch-Tanguy
Senior Strategic ABM Manager at Everpure, formerly Pure Storage | ABM, Demand Gen & Field Marketer | High-Growth SaaS | Financial Services Vertical Marketing

May 27, 2019, Courtney was Davina’s client

Davina and I worked together on several writing projects. She was an extension of my internal team and wrote everything from articles, to email content, to a killer white-paper on restaurant automation and its impact on labor savings in the back-of-house. Her knowledge of the restaurant space is invaluable. She was able to tap into this expertise to write content that resonated with our audience. She is detail-oriented and organized, managing multiple client projects with ease. Davina is a gem of a person with a pleasant demeanor and amazing attitude towards everything she does. I plan to continue working with her in the future. She’s fabulous!

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Peggy Carouthers
Vice President, Client Services and Content Studio at Arrowfly

December 18, 2018, Peggy was Davina’s client

I have used Davina for numerous assignments for restaurant-industry trade magazines, and I highly recommend her. She always conducts herself very professionally. She is a skilled writer who always meets deadlines, conducts great interviews, and turns in clean, engaging copy. She is dependable and does excellent work.

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Nicole Rollender, MFA
Award-Winning Freelance Copywriter for + Fractional Marketing Director for Brands & Marketing Teams | Websites, Email & Long-Form Content

August 21, 2018, Nicole managed Davina directly

I worked with Davina on several content marketing campaigns, where she connected with clients in diverse industries and wrote advertorials and white papers. Her language was colorful, precise and compelling. She has a reporter's nose mixed with a marketer's understanding of nuance. Her work always came on deadline and needed next to no editing. I highly recommend Davina for content marketing work.

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Bryan Smith
Legacy Teledata Services, Founder / Owner

February 8, 2018, Bryan was Davina’s client

I highly recommend Davina for any public communications that you need. She's very personable and easy to work with. She did an outstanding job writing the content for my website. I simply shared my story and vision for my business in a brief conversation with her and she made me look fabulous! The content is clear, concise, and very professional and I couldn't be more pleased with her work. Five star rating all the way!

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Joanna Calabrese
Psychotherapist, I help people harness their wisdom and intuition to find ease and clarity in themselves and their relationships

July 15, 2015, Joanna managed Davina directly

Davina is a Member and Front Desk Host at the Hive Paonia coworking space I manage where she is one of our most engaged Members. She is an exceptionally motivated, inspired, self-learner and comes to nearly all of the workshops and events we organize here. Ive had the pleasure of watching her develop her freelance writing business and totally soar to new heights. Don't miss the chance to work with her on any editing, copywriting, and writing project...She is 150% dependable without fail. Bonus: She's a talented cook, passionate foodie, and so fun to be around I usually hurt from laughing after hanging out.

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Cindie Sorensen
Proprietress at Zenzen Gardens

July 15, 2015, Cindie was Davina’s client

Davina is an outstanding copy editor and has greatly helped my business. She has helped me with my company's brochure and my web site. She is pleasant to work with and responsive to my personal business needs. I will reach out to her again when the need arises.
Cindie Sorensen Interior Design.

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Michelle Amiott
Systems Manager at Solar Energy International (SEI)

July 15, 2015, Michelle worked with Davina but they were at different companies

Davina has a way with words. She brings intoxicating flavor to her writing driving you to savor every word!

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Robert Wright
Organic Web Strategist and Marketing Expert specialized in Entertainment, Hospitality and Real Estate.

July 15, 2015, Robert worked with Davina but they were at different companies

Davina is an awesome freelance writer and editor. I recommend her as a copywriter and a writing coach for both online content and printed content.

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Heidi H.
Self-employed Bookkeeper

July 15, 2015, Heidi worked with Davina but on different teams

Davina is an excellent and motivated copywriter. I hired her to write a press release for my charitable organization, and I took a class she taught on writing bios. I have learned a lot from her.

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Patti Kaech
Ancestral Healing Mentor & Genealogist, Reiki Master, Connector

July 15, 2015, Patti worked with Davina on the same team

Davina is a wonderful writing coach and copy editor to work with.

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Cobey Williamson
Leading change in the age of disruption

July 8, 2015, Cobey managed Davina directly

It was a pleasure working with Davina on the Trail Town Still feature for MicroShiner magazine. Her friendly yet professional demeanor made the process effortless, and her written product was well developed and finely crafted. We look forward to the next opportunity to work with Davina again.

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Jessica LaRusso
Editor-in-Chief at 5280 Magazine

October 20, 2014, Jessica managed Davina directly

Davina is a thorough and dependable reporter, writer, editor, and fact-checker. She deftly juggled many duties and deadlines while at 5280 and continues to do freelance work for the magazine (including writing the Buyer's Guide and doing fact-checking as the research editor for 5280's quarterly shelter publication, 5280 Home). She excels at coming up with original and fun content ideas and specializes in promoting her stories effectively through social media—an added bonus for any publication/brand. On top of her skills, Davina is an all-around pleasant, responsive, and trustworthy person to work with.

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Daliah Singer
Freelance Journalist, Editor & Content Creator

April 15, 2012, Daliah managed Davina directly

I worked with Davina van Buren for more than four months while she completed her editorial internship at 5280 Magazine. I typically hire about six interns a term, and Davina immediately stood out as a professional, personable, and hard-working young woman. Davina was always up for anything I handed her way, from fact-checking to story assignments. She asked intelligent questions and dealt well with feedback, listening to my critiques and applying them in subsequent assignments. I also worked with Davina on our event newsletter and when I needed an extra hand for a few weeks, including taking on the onerous task of pitching and writing an entire newsletter, she was more than willing to take on the additional work and complete it with the same amount of thought and attention to detail that she devotes to everything. Her writing was consistent (and improved throughout her time here) and always completed on deadline. Davina is pleasure to be around and has a strong desire to learn and grow.

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Daniel Brogan
Founder, 5280 Magazine (Sold 12/2024)

February 12, 2012, Daniel was senior to Davina but didn’t manage Davina directly

We're fortunate to have many great interns at 5280 Magazine, and Davina was one of the very best. She was hard-working, inquisitive, and fun to be around. I expect her career to be very successful.

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Michael Hemmerich
Investment Professional at Fortress Financial Partners

January 23, 2012, Michael was Davina’s client

Davina is a fabulously good communicator, both in her written and verbal work, and excels with her "people skills." Davina served as a public speaker coach for me, and I cannot be happier with the results. I would recommend her with the highest accolades. For attention information or details, feel free to contact me at michael.r.hemmerich@gmaill.com.

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