U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
Cultural Envoy To Kenya, 2008

• Developed and implemented campaigns and staff training for marketing, tourism, and service enhancements, to reveal hidden revenue streams for the Trust For African Rock Art (TARA)

• Cultivated, prioritized and provided follow-through support for numerous non-profit directors
(Abasuba Community Peace Museum, and Health Providers KAMILI, and self employed
artists seeking to harness their vision and creative talents. This includes budget, planning and technical support toward satisfying and successful project management. 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
New York, Chicago, China, Kenya, Italy, 2007–2009

• Provides technical services to individual artists and non-profit organizations who rely
on the creative process for income and sustenance.

• Non-profit clients include: GlassRoots, TARA, Errol Grimes Dance Company, Aldo Castillo Gallery, ImageNation African American Film Festival.

• Individual clients include painters, sculptors, dancers, tradesmen in all phases of their careers. 

MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS (MFTA), DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
New York, NY
Deputy Director, 2001–2007
Director of Operations, Friends of Materials for the Arts (FOMA), 2004–2007

• Oversaw annual distribution of donated items valued at $6.5 million to thousands of art
professionals at New York City’s premier art resource and supply distribution program.

• Planned and managed a 20% annual increase in growth of services to non-profit arts
organizations and public school teachers for five consecutive years while streamlining
of operations by 25%.

• Assisted in the formation of the public/private art service partnership FOMA,
a 501 (C) (3) organization.

• Co-managed all operations FOMA, including collaboration with city government,
fundraising, non-profit status, operating budgets, personnel, technology initiatives,
and ethical business practice policies.

• Identified and cultivated relationships with board members and with corporate, foundation, and individual donors. 

DISNEY, BUENA VISTA THEATRICAL LTD., THE LION KING
New York, NY Project Manager, 1999–2000

• Managed production for London, Los Angeles, New York, Osaka, Tokyo and Toronto
as well as the touring company.

• Developed and managed multi-million-dollar budget for Los Angeles production. 

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
Assistant to Executive Producer, Programming, 1997–1999

• Produced long-range program schedule with Executive Producer.

• Partnered with New York City performing art centers to present the yearlong event
“Australia Now.”

• Managed Programming Department, including personnel and fiscal elements.

• Project Manager, BAMart, Planning and Development Department, 1997–1999.

• Cultivated relationships for BAM with world-class artists to secure donated artwork for fundraising events.

• Developed promotional portfolios of BAMart for galleries and art buyers.

• Marketed donated artwork, exceeding annual art sales projections two years consecutively.

• Curated and managed a Whitney at Philip Morris art exhibit to benefit BAM, Byrd Hoffman Foundation,  and Cunningham Dance Foundation. Patron Services Coordinator, Special Events Department, 1996–1997

• Nurtured BAM relationships with high-caliber board of directors, corporate donors, and individuals.

• Targeted donors for increased giving and benefit participation. 

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MUSIC AT THE ANTHOLOGY
New York, NY, 2001–2003

• Managing Director, offering grants to contemporary composers, and presenting the
2001 Festival

• Board Member 2002–2005 Producer and curator, NOTES: 2005, a limited-edition fundraising tool comprising compositions by Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, and Pauline Oliveros.

ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Bay Shore, NY and Grenada, West Indies
Student Enrollment Admissions Officer, 1993–1995
Alumni Affairs Director, 1990–1993

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FORUM
Bay Shore, NY
Student Exchange Director of Logistics, 1989–1990

AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE (AFS)
Rome, Italy
Student Exchange Volunteer Coordinator, 1988 

PROJECTS

• Consultant, Chicago ARTEahora, Latin American art fair, 2008.

• Installation and Sales, Aldo Castillo Art Gallery, Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai, China, 2007.

• Curator, Citigroup world headquarters exhibition “Made in the MFTA,” New York, NY, 2007.

• Advisory board member for board growth and fiscal management, Errol Grimes Dance Group, 2007–2008.

• Board member and Treasurer, Riverside Oval Association, 2003–2008.

• Selection committee member, Starving Artist Ball’s Visual Artist Award for young artists, 2006.

• Member, New York Society of Association Executives, 2006–2008.

• Guest professor, Bard College, Theater Practicum class 2005–2006.

• Panelist, Recycling/Re-use and Zero Waste, Eco-Metropolis Conference, 2005.

• Producer, limited-edition fundraising lithographs by Louise Bourgeois, 1998, 2004.

• Creator and producer, Artist Cares: Artists Respond, a successful day of citywide events responding to 9/11.

• Creator and nominating committee chair, “Emerging Curator Series” at Gale Gates, et al Gallery, 1999.

• Producer, Interiors, Susan Block Theater (off-Broadway), 1990.  

EDUCATION

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. BA: Political Science/English, 1984–1988.

American Field Service (AFS). Year abroad at Liceo Scientifico, Genoa, Italy. Fluent in Italian.