I grew up just outside New York City where I spent my formative years, ultimately moving to Manhattan after college. In my mid-20s, I relocated to San Francisco and after a series of productive and dynamic chapters there, I returned to NYC after the pandemic to be closer to family. I am at the core a person who has a passion for art, culture, and change-making. I care about the world and I have always supported creative artists who use their self-expression to make a difference. I have also spent a lot of my professional life in the non-profit space and around the education and social justice sectors. I’ve cultivated a broad skill set and a vast amount of experience in helping to advance, expand, and promote the brands and good works of the organizations with which I’ve worked.

I grew up just outside of New York City and attended Ramapo College in upstate New Jersey where I founded Entrepreneurs Inc., a holding company for Campus Video, a national college campus-based video store franchise for which I received a nomination to "'Who's Who' of American Colleges and Universities."

I moved to San Francisco in 1994 and joined the development department at KQED TV, which soon suffered a PBS cutback because of a new Congress-backed bill enacted by Newt Gingrich. Two months after, I started the North Beach Jazz Festival and grew it from an original attendance of 800 people to over 30,000 in five years, leading all of the development, marketing, and communications efforts. In 2003, I joined the San Francisco Conservation Corps as the Associate Director of Development & Marketing leading the development department successfully through large state budget cuts (after those same cuts forced the elimination of my own boss’s position - the Director of Development), diversifying and increasing revenue bases through special events, targeted outreach, and individual donor cultivation. Three years later, I joined First Graduate as the Director of Marketing and Communications and helped increase revenues by 46% in my first completed fiscal year, created a new annual fundraiser that raised record profits and is still the marquee fundraising event for the organization today, and managed an organization re-branding.

I served as the Director of Communications and Community Relations for Intersection for the Arts, a 50+ year old arts institution in San Francisco that is one of the most well-regarded arts organizations in the country. I founded sf|noir in 2001, a multi-disciplinary arts organization celebrating Black arts and culture following an epidemic wave of 'Black flight' from San Francisco and served as Executive Director until 2018. I served as the Director of Marketing and Communications for Partners in School Innovation, a national education reform non-profit based in San Francisco. Most recently, I served as the Director of Communications for Marin Academy, an elite independent college prep high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve been a published writer, provided consulting and freelance design services, sat on committees and boards, received awards and recognition for projects that I’ve initiated and continue to develop my skills and experience.

Currently, I am providing contract consulting services to Community Action Marin, the largest non-profit provider of services to low-income individuals and families in Marin County, CA - a county with one of the greatest wealth disparities in the country. I am also working with a photographer on a narrative photobook of past projects and in talks with City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco regarding publishing.

For more details on my professional experience and skills, you may visit my LinkedIn profile.